At 01:01 AM 8/30/2005, you wrote:
Although Burnham (and everyone who follows her) shows this gore as having a pointed top, this is a misleading simplification. The gore is actually slightly gathered at the top, and so the actual "pattern piece" must have a somewhat flattened top. I don't know that we can conclude that the binding was intended to reinforce the top of the point -- although it may well have had that effect. _All_ the seams on this garment are finished with a tape binding, and the extension of the tapes into an overlapping "X" at the top of the gore, similarly to the same effect at the center front of the neck facing, seems to be designed to cope with the acuteness of the angle (i.e., rather than trying to turn the corner with a continuous tape).
Heather and Robin are well educated in this. I have a lot of admiration for both of them. Here's another option for using a sewing machine that works really well for me. It may not be period or accurate, but after a few practices, I can get a very smooth insert.
http://sca-garb.freeservers.com/articles/cotehardie.html Good luck Genie _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
