Christopher Columbus?

My friend Amy, who I made the first apron for emailed me about making a costume. Her son, Ashton had a school project coming up and he needed to be Christopher Columbus. 

Ashton aka Christopher Columbus 

I tried looking for a pattern to help me out with this new challenge but no such luck. So after I took Ashton's measurements, I was on my own.  

Sewing the front to the back of the jacket.

I found a few basic patterns that I based the jacket on but since my printer can't print bigger than regular paper, I still had to free hand the cuts. That was very nerve racking lol.

Chalking out the sleeves.

Making the sleeves was particularly hard. After I cut the fabric, of course I realize the cut should have been on the fold to make a mirror of the shoulder curve. Also I thought the sleeve would be too tight so I added a strip of fabric to the main sleeve.

Making the shoulder curve. 

Cutting

Sleeves attached and pinning on the collar.

I want the collar to be simple like I had seen in the pictures of Mr. Columbus. When I started pinning the collar I thought it might be to Mandarin. I decided to top stich the lapel over the collar to keep it more European.

Collar mock up.

Finished collar and lapels.

Before a good pressing.

Top stich 

After trimming the sleeves to the correct length, I liked the idea of a cuff. 

Pressed cuffs

For the pants I use a pair of my boyfriend jeans as a pattern. After the first fitting, I sewed in some elastic to take in the waist and keep them on. No buttons needed lol. Before hemming the bottom of the leg I added some lace and elastic to make them look puffy.

See puffy lol

Amy made the awesome hat to complete the look.

I just sewed stripes of fabric to a t shirt for under the jacket.

As new and changeling as this project was, I learn so much about free hand pattern making and my own sewing ability. I'm glad it turn out pretty cool:)