I've always had good luck with Margos patterns. It seems to me that no matter
what pattern or company that you go with you always have to tweak something.
Tania Pembroke
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From: REBECCA BURCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:28:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [h-cost] margo pattern question
Bummers! I just ordered the Gentlemen's Wardrobe
pattern set to use for my son's Faire outfit. Is
there a better one you would recommend? This is my
first time doing really historically accurate
costuming and I need to get it right.
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> I just bought and made that pattern in November, and
> found that there were several corrections to pattern
> pieces, directions left off in some places, and at
> one place outright wrong directions. Off the top, I
> cannot remember what I had to do to make it work, so
> I guess I cannot be of much help. I do remember
> fighting with the collar, however, and it seems to
> me that doing what made sense at the time was the
> right thing to do.
>
> I would not recommend this pattern for someone who
> is not already familiar with basic construction
> techniques for this type of garment.
>
> ~Kimberley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A & J Garden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:04:55 +1100
> Subject: [h-cost] margo pattern question
>
>
> Does anyone here have Margos Elizabethan gentlemens
> pattern? I've asked on Margos list but can't get an
> answer - I'm pretty sure there is a correction that
> needs to be done to the neck of the mens doublet but
> I haven't got that page - can anyone here enlighten
> me?
> Thanks in advance, Aylwen
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Rebecca Burch
Center Valley Farm
Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA
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