As a long-arm quilter and seamstress, I often try to find ways to “up my game”. This time, I combined both loves to create a Quilted Gown and Doublet for the faire that was a great success.
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This will be a bit longer post than normal, but the subject is worth the time. I have never heard of someone quilting plain fabric and then creating this type of garment.
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Below I outline how this concept was conceived and executed. I hope you like it!

Putting it all Together
Feathers it is!
Quilted Doublet
The first part of this experiment was the Doublet. Â


It was also helpful to use preview plastic to decide the orientation of the feathers. I flipped them up and down and side to side until I had a finished design that my husband liked. He was, after all, going to be wearing the doublet!


The pieces come off my Avante’ in one sheet. Then I am able to pin my pattern pieces over the finished cloth to cut out the individual elements.

The front pieces of the doublet above show how seamless the design looks when I overcast my quilting.
Quilted Gown
After creating the doublet, there was no question that it had to have a gown to match. The gown had some unique challenges. The pieces were very large and could not be quilted at one time. Instead, I had to roll my fabric back and forth as I created what would look like a continuous feather.



Looking Fabulous

It is times like these that I appreciated the amazing photographers at Faire. The images Mike Morgan captured made me so proud!
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