I use Linen, and Saris if I can find them in cotton. I have found that using linen is so much better than using cotton really but I do have some silk that use...
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SCA
sca_chimera
Jul 3, 2011 10:11 pm
My husband and I face a similar problem here in Atenveldt. This is one reason I like Mediterranean cultures over English or Northern European. The Italian...
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SCA
sca_chimera
Jul 3, 2011 10:15 pm
I love linen in hankerchief wt. for my camicias. After some years, it is so soft! I also used a very light silk for one that is lovely, but doesn't wash as...
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De
alfrdis
Jul 7, 2011 8:06 am
For those that don't do flat patterns, what would be the best pattern to adapt for a 1560s "V" gown? http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/wardrobe/ven4.jpg...
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Deborah Lane
oonaghsown
Jul 7, 2011 9:01 am
I don't know as I have never started with another pattern. But these might help. http://webspace.webring.com/people/lo/oonaghsown/blue_gown_diary.htm ...
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c_de_montigny
Jul 7, 2011 8:02 pm
You can start with any generic Tudor/Elizabethan bodice, and just futz from there (for instance, make longer, shape the front opening, etc.) The Tudor Tailor...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Jul 7, 2011 8:09 pm
Thank you. I do have these sites but what I was looking for was more of an actual pattern to work from, like one of the big three or perhaps an Anderson's...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Jul 7, 2011 8:57 pm
I had considered this Simplicity #2589 http://www.simplicity.com/p-1547-costumes.aspx or Simplicity #3782 http://www.simplicity.com/p-2009-costumes.aspx but...
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lilinah@...
urtatim_alqu...
Jul 7, 2011 9:46 pm
... Simplicity made a pretty good Elizabethan pattern after the film "Shakespeare in Love" was released, pattern #8881. Maybe that is what you were thinking...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Jul 8, 2011 4:46 am
The Florentine package is on my wish list, I have some fabrics set aside for it. One is a more modern velvet for just a costume for Christmas, Christmas green...
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Alexandria Doyle
cybalshouse
Jul 8, 2011 1:23 pm
So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… ... I've handled the the v- on the skirts several ways. First was to cut the skirt straight...
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peryn7
Jul 8, 2011 7:55 pm
Are there any available pictures or drawings?...
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peryn7
Jul 8, 2011 8:44 pm
They also found other items, including shirts and underpants (string bikini bottoms)...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Jul 8, 2011 9:20 pm
Thank you. I will give this a try. I need a t-shirt with that saying or better yet have it translated into Latin and have it as a motto on a pavise and other...
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Alyson
cemper_obreo...
Jul 9, 2011 1:17 pm
Is there an English translation? The translating it into English will take time and I don't relish the thought. Cheers, Cemper  One cannot silly-walk into...
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Raphaella DiContini
raphaellad
Jul 9, 2011 2:55 pm
It looks like German to me. If only it was a regular website instead of a scanned PDF you could put it through a translation site and at least get a general...
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Alessandra
redsnaper2
Jul 10, 2011 8:28 am
Hi! I'm just tackling my second Florentine gown, and have stalled. My first gown was based on the pattern I got from Alaina Blackram and was a re-creation of...
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Alexandria Doyle
cybalshouse
Jul 10, 2011 2:08 pm
I've done it two ways, one was as you mentioned is to closed at the very top of the side seam and the sleeve is fully set in. This works fine for me, seam is...
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Vandy Tune
vandy_tune
Jul 10, 2011 5:35 pm
I use the half attached method described by Alexandria with a linen camacia underneath. The range of motion is very important to me and it is indeed a cooling...
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Antonia di B C
antonia_di_b...
Jul 10, 2011 9:23 pm
... Hear, hear! I've used this method more than twice. It works qite well in terms of looks, and having some venting that leaves your armpits covered only...
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c_de_montigny
Jul 11, 2011 6:48 pm
Sorry, belated reply, I'm on digest and don't keep up with them regularly. I had forgotten about these two Simplicity patterns, and yeah, they both look like...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Jul 11, 2011 7:12 pm
Thank you. :) ... Sorry, belated reply, I'm on digest and don't keep up with them regularly. I had forgotten about these two Simplicity patterns, and yeah,...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Jul 14, 2011 6:42 pm
Now I do not remember if the debate was on this list or the Costume History list. Once upon a time I remember there was a debate about the partlets in ...
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Steph Sitzes
stephehawks_...
Jul 19, 2011 8:48 pm
okay.. I know this is gonna sound strange, but do you think it is possible, that this is crimped? like with a crimping iron on silk??? is that even a...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Jul 20, 2011 4:39 am
It's a possibility. I had not thought of that. I was mostly posting to show another artist had painted someone with a similar partlet. As best as I can ...
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Chris Catalfamo
chriscat53
Jul 20, 2011 12:39 pm
The artist's imagination argument does not sound logical. "Hey--I think I'll paint someone with this weird partlet in my head!" Unless it's goddess hair or...
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borderlands15213
borderlands1...
Jul 21, 2011 9:49 pm
Another possibility is that the fabric was actually woven that way. Someone more knowledgeable about weaves than I am informed me very definitely that those...
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Isabella D'Angelo
jubileel_ins...
Jul 21, 2011 10:13 pm
I'm not entirely sure it is crinkled. To me, it looks like it could be an embroidery pattern of some sort. We do know that embroidery was more stylistic than...
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Annikki Raiford
annikkiweston
Jul 22, 2011 1:13 pm
Given this thread, I was amused to find this fabric while rummaging through the discount piles at a local fabric store. ...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Jul 24, 2011 6:24 am
I remember long time ago when reading about Fortune' that the crinkled material that he was famous for was not his original creation but a rediscovery of an...
