Now, when you look at the pattern you will also see that the main body of the coat consists of 3 long vertical panels on each side: a front, a side, and a back panel. I made each strip 3" wide (+seam allowance on either side) and I used 8 strips so that they go from the bottom of the coat to about waist level. when you do this make sure you maintain a curve along the bottom, don't just cut it straight across.) I made a series of circular patterns in Illustrator and then printed them out and traced them, but you can just as easily do this with a large compass. Use the bottom of the pattern as a guide for how much curvature you need (Although keep in mind that you need to hem the bottom of the pattern to make a shorter coat. So to make the strip fabric you need to cut all your strips like concentric circles, NOT straight lines. When you look at the pattern you'll see that the fabric for the bottom hem of the coat is like a semi-circle (so that when you're wearing it it forms a cone with a flat bottom. Tips for making the strips: The idea here is to first make a piece of fabric that consists of several long strips sewn together, and then just use this fabric to construct the bottom half of the coat.
2) I made the coat about a foot shorter so that it ends just below the knee, 3) (the hard one) the seams on the bottom half are modified so that the bottom half of the coat is made out of horizontal strips of fabric. I made 3 modifications to the pattern: 1) I made the collar MUCH bigger so that it could be folded over to give the turtleneck look. On to the important stuff: The design is a modified version of Simplicity pattern 5386 (men's duster, aka matrix coat) version A (the pattern includes A and B versions).
The bottom half of the interior is lined with burgundy polyester lining. I'm a big fan of this inexpensive fabric, but be aware that it takes a few washings to break it in, and it shrinks quite a bit, so definitely prewash it. Specifically I used "unbleached drill fabric" from joann. I went with fabric to avoid the heat of anything leatherish in atlanta in August. They also range in colors from beige to olive green. In the show Jaime's coat looks to be leather, but the other kingsguards' look like cloth.
I don't know if this really counts as a gambeson since it doesnt appear to be quilted or padded at all. Re: Another Kingsguard Armor (Game of Thrones)
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