Patterns for men's garb

[LordPaulet]

Another note about the Slops in Margos Patterns...Most likely you will need to lengthen the top by 2~3 inches.  I have found in most of my crouch measurements that I take, I end up having to lengthen her slops by about 2 to 3 inches.  It seems they were designed to sit on the hip but the doublet only goes to the waist and I have this anal retentive thing about shirts poking out between doublet and slops

[Lady Rosalind]

Thanks for the tip about the slops, Lord Paulet! I have to make a set for my ever-growing 16yo, and am sick of his shirt always working its way between the doublet (which suddenly became 4 inches too short over the winter), and his current pants (cut off black scrub pants, because they were cheap, but now it's hard to find the drawstring ones, so we need real pants).

Prof: as another poster said, talent is admired, no matter what! Do what makes you happy! And share your results with us!

[DonaCatalina]

also the Costume Connection patterns, Elizabethan Gentleman and Early Tudor Gentleman.

[DonaCatalina]

Another note about the Slops in Margos Patterns...Most likely you will need to lengthen the top by 2~3 inches.  I have found in most of my crouch measurements that I take, I end up having to lengthen her slops by about 2 to 3 inches.  It seems they were designed to sit on the hip but the doublet only goes to the waist and I have this anal retentive thing about shirts poking out between doublet and slops

Good point Lord Paulet.
I found that I had to do the same with his lordship's slops on Margo's patterns as well as others. Measure, measure and measure again.

[Goody]

For the price Simplicity 4059 is good!! You should join MNRF Fest Friends. Plenty of men in the group have their own machines!

[Master James]

Lord Paulet is so right!  I fix that by several methods.  First, I do lengthen the crotch as he suggested.  Second I change up the waistband from a very modest 1-2 inches to a full 4 inches wide and finally, I lengthen the doublet a bit.  Now the lengthening of the doublet is not because the pattern is wrong, its just that I have a very long body so in order to get it to fit right I have lengthen it by about 2 inches as well.  As with many patterns, tailoring them to your own body type takes a bit of fiddling so always do mocks before you start cutting the good fabric! 

[Cilean]

My best advice for you is to pick up Margo's Anderson's Gentlemen's Patterns
www.margospatterns.com

Tudor Tailor has some a little bit but they are pricey:
www.tudortailor.com

Margo has a ton of information held with her patterns that really make the experience easy plus she has a yahoo group that you can ask questions.  Many of the people are very knowledgable.

Cilean