Dear all,
while I take on board Kim's frustration about the lace patterns, or lack
of, don't forget these books are entitled *dress* patterns not lace patterns.
Presumably the writers are pattern cutting experts and they are aimed at
people interested in reconstructing the clothes not the
Dear Jacquie et al,
I wonder if that information was edited out of the book, but still exists.
Does anyone have an 'in' with the editors to find out? Both books have exactly
the same number of pages, which could be indicative of the need to edit the
second volume.
Jacquie wrote:
I have just received my copy, and gone through to look at the lace. I have
to say that I am surprised the lace patterns are once again done hastily.
When I opened to page 24-25 I was completely titillated, not believing
what I saw in the x-ray. It is common knowledge amongst lacemakers lace
Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns - Book Two
Edited by Susan North and Jenny Tiramani
VA Publishing, 2012
Hardback of 160 pages, ISBN 978-1-851-77685-6
In 2011, Arachne correspondence was generated by Book One of this series.
Book Two is a continuation of studies of costumes and
