<snip>
I can't help you there, as I never transfer to paper. I keep the original
linen pieces. When I use them as a template, I iron them out and
straighten out the grain lines, and match them to the grain lines on the
new fabric.
<snip> --Robin
Gee, that was fast.
But if you're using the pieces that you've fitted as the lining of your
final dress then you've just lost your pattern and you've got to start the
fitting process again from scratch next time you want to recreate that
dress.
Re-doing it from scratch makes sense from a medieval point of view when
you've got a household/neighbourhood full of women who all know how to sew
and how to do this sort of fitting (especially given the cost of paper). But
in a modern re-enactor's world where it's often hard to find somebody who
knows how to sew & is willing to try this unfamiliar technique it makes
sense to have something that is almost right and requires only the sort of
minor fitting that you can get a non-sewer or a modern only sewer to do for
you while you give them instructions.
Or are you suggesting that you keep the original pieces permanently instead
of using them as a lining?
I'll pass on your ideas on ironing the pieces to straighten out the grain
lines.
thanks
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Walpole
Canberra Australia
ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au
http://au.geocities.com/e_walpole/
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