Interlinings and Quandaries
First, the interlining. I decided to go with a layer of canvas (I think it's really mattress ticking, but it's really stiff) on the upper part of the front, with a layer of thin quilt batting over that, covering the entire front of the doublet. The canvas hopefully will provide some body to the area above the corset, while the batting will help soften the line. So here's the bad news. I went back to my white velveteen to get a couple of strips to use for the tabbed edging at the waist and shoulders. As I started ripping off strips, however, I realized that I didn't have nearly enough left to make sleeves. There's only about 1/3 of a yard left, and even with miserly piecing that won't cut it. I wanted to have fairly full sleeves, at least at the top, so I'm going to have to find something else. I'm not too concerned about the sleeves not matching the doublet, as there's certainly evidence for it. I contemplated trying to attack the sleeves to the kirtle, but I think I'll put a lacing strip inside the armscye of the doublet instead. In fact, now that I think about it, I may change the simple tabbed edge of the shoulders to a tabbed wing, since I'll have to conceal some lacing there. Again, something that I have plenty of documentation for. I didn't want to make separate sleeves, since lacing holes will be a lot of work, but that's just the way it's going to have to be. The question becomes:; what do I make the sleeves out of? I'll have to root through my fabric statsh and see what looks good. It'll be another excuse to use some tiny scrap of fabric that's not big enough to make anything else out of.
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