Hi,
Thanks for taking the time for this.
I also have ben thinking it would be silly to add the engageantes to the
chemise, as it always is going to be washed after each use, and therefore
would be more labout to iron the laces of the sleaves.
I want to make a casing for a drawstring along the neckline, so that it can
be perfectly fitted to the dress neckline. I will use 2 inches extra,
Thanks for this
Bjarne
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Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] chemise construktion
In a message dated 11/15/2005 11:21:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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My lady meassures 21 inches from under the arms and over the bust. I
suppose
this should be my meassure for the front and back pieces then + 2 inches
for
movement.
Is this correkt?
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I'd add more that 2". Remember, in the period the cut reflects a time when
things were not really cut as we think of it today, but came off the loom
in
rectangles and squares. Not all chemises add the triangular pieces for
extra
room in the hips and at the hem. It would then be a straight tube the
measurement of the hip area and hem. You don't need to be THAT
primitive....shaping
is allowed. But I'd go a little fuller than usual. It all gets smashed
under
the corset, true, but sometimes the neck of the chemise gets drawn up by
a
cord in a casing ... Not as much as a ruffle...but a bit.
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Do you think i should add the lace frills to the sleaves, or should i
just
sew it to the dress sleaves?
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Both is done in the period. I'd put them on the dress....unless you see
some
chemise sleeve peaking out from under the dress' sleeve.....which you do
in
the 1780s and 90s.
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