The scary part is over

I've been toying with this idea of making my HB a pair of bias-cut cloth hose for over a year now.  I've gone through three mock-ups and I thought I was getting nowhere, but then I realized that the lumpiness on the top of the foot is just the nature of the beast; it doesn't mean I was doing it wrong.

Yesterday I finally broke down and did the scary part: cutting them out in the real fabric (a slate-color linen twill - wool would probably stretch more and fit better, but the heat is an issue).  I pinned one leg onto him and fitted it smoothly.  I'm using the pattern and directions from The Tudor Tailor.  All the shaping is done in the CB seam, which makes for simple fitting, but a really funky-looking pattern piece.  

This morning I trimmed the excess off the piece and transferred the changes to the other leg as well.  Then I sewed them up with a narrow zigzag as the book suggests.  I want to fit them again before I add the sole and waist facing.

I'm a bit torn about the codpiece.  Giant, stuffed-and-be-ribboned codpieces are really just too weird for my modern eye, and anyway the husband has given them a definite veto.  The dilemma is whether to make a small codpiece, or just a flap.