I don’t handle heat well at all these days but I still want to look appropriately dressed. I was gifted some very light weight wool in raspberry and grey that I made into a doublet and slops. For the patterns I used The Tudor Tailor pages 99 and 103. They are about 90% hand sewn. I did trade a friend some fabric to make the buttonholes for me because mine are always sloppy. For the shirt I used the pattern from The Tudor Tailor page 54. I sewed that piece about 50% by machine and 50% by hand.

photo credit: Heather Parchen

Photo credit: Heather Parchen

The pants fabric is thin so I reinforced the seams with twill tape to hopefully avoid seam blow-out.