Between taking new Christmas photos, I'm also working on making my three knights some new shirts. With Baron and Naomi back in Medieval times, their story will eventually continue, but Baron and the other two guys don't always need to be wearing their chainmail, so new shirts were in order. I chose brocade fabrics in their three main colours; wine, black, and blue....
. I started with Baron's first. I wanted little ruffles at the wrist and neck, to reduce bulk by simulating him wearing a shirt underneath. I didn't want to use lace for the ruffles, so had to make lined strips out of my finest cream cotton, and then hand gathered and sewed the strips inside the ends of the sleeves....
I made an entirely separate cream collar to be sewn inside the wine red one....
The shirt is turning out rather well, but I still need to finish embroidering the front, hemming the bottom, and sewing on buttons. Then he can wear the shirt alone, or under his surcoat. Either way it's a more casual look for around the castle....
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I also tidied up his hair recently. After that trip up north in the RV, he had a serious case of 'bed head' from going in and out of the padded box many times each day.
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