King's Attire: Adding a Lining to a Ready Made Jacket

First I turned the jacket inside out and then placed it on my mannequin. Then I chose the fabrics based on what I thought would look good on stage and not just up close. For the front panels I selected a darker blue brocade. I pinned it in place so that I did not have t sew through the jacket but could stick to sewing the lining to the seam allowances and the already lined and interfaced front pieces.

After deciding on the font panels I decided on this rich blue velvet for a wow factor. In the show the jacket gets used a prop a few times and gets taken off by the King and placed on another character's shoulders, and then later it gets carried on stage and put on the King as he gets dressed. So I wanted to make sure that anytime you could maybe catch a glimpse of the inside of the jacket that there was going to be something wonderful to look at and that's why I chose the bold blue velvet.
All in all it took a couple of hours to do the draping, cutting, pinning, and hand sewing the lining in place. Worth it!

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