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From: "Mia Dappert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:18 AM
Subject: [h-cost] Re: BUtterick 18th C
I passed on this one, cause the back was not even faintly like any 18th
Cent garments I have come into contact with. It did not even meet the "Oh
it's only $1.99/.99 and I can do something with it." criteria. But my
direction is more authentic than costume. I did get the accomanying stays
pattern because is WAS correct in shape.
If you are looking for a good pattern and more in the authentic line, you
would do better with one of the smaller companies. You would even do
better enlarging from a book (yes Bjarne, cutting and draping is easy too,
but you have skills way beyond my humble talents. All I can make without
a pattern is a petticoat!!)
I have actualy sized up a pattern from Patterns of Fashion 1, the Polonaise
with the back cut en fourreau (I've probably misspelt that but I don't have
the book with me to check) for myself (though I did make the mistake of
making the shoulders wider when I enlarged it to my measurements) but it
took me a few years to work up the courage to do that.
I was actually planning on using a commercial pattern for a class aimed at
new costumers, I'm considering offering some members of my local SCA group a
tutorial on my method of taking a readily available commercial pattern with
Princess seams and turning it into a cone shaped 16th century bodice without
princess seams (I've tried to explain my method here
http://au.geocities.com/e_walpole/SiL/Fixing_SiL.html#Bodice but there's
nothing like a hands on demonstration). And as Butterick patterns are on
sale at the moment I thought this might be a good option.
Seems to me I remember hearing rumors that one of the OTHER pattern
companies, Simplicity in the Martha McCain/Fashion Historian line was
thinking about doing something 18 cent. in the near future. That might
solve your availability problems since doesn't Simplicity sell in
Australia??.
18c Cent Mia in Charlotte, who was 1890s Mia last weekend.
I could wait until Martha McCain does her 18th century patterns but I hoped
to do this for any new members we get from the recruitment drive at the
beginning of next semester (around the end of Febuary as we're about to go
on Summer hollidays here). I thought that if this Butterick pattern already
has a cone shaped bodice it's easier to alter that than one designed to be
worn over a bra (no eliminating a curve, just eliminating one straight seam)
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Walpole
Canberra Australia
ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au
http://au.geocities.com/e_walpole/
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