Re: [h-cost] Elizabethan Gown question

[A & J Garden]

Hi, thanks for all the help - after spending more time overnight I've 
decided to use wine red cotton velveteen as the dress and a different 
brocade for the sleeves and underskirt. I'm still using Jean Hunnisett - 
I have all the other patterns mentioned but am at a stage these days of 
wanting to draft for myself - and I love the style I'm using from Jean's 
book. I've got lots of handkerchief linen so will be lining with that, 
and a friend made me a tudor chemise earlier this year. I'll be using a 
bumroll - I've got a small one from my 18th century gown so I'll see if 
that works or make another. I already have a very natural bum/hip/roll!
I will be making a fine lawn partlet and a neck ruff. Its from 
experience that I know to have a low neck - even a high necked cotton 
blouse makes me overheat - I need air on my skin! I hate thick sleeves 
so will have to think about the style there.
Many thanks, Aylwen
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