At 07:19 26/04/2006, you wrote:
Been lurking for a couple of weeks now, and heard about the Tudor Tailor
book, got it and love it..big thanks to all who spoke of it before it came
out.
Question is, I am Scadian, but have a friend who asked me for a pattern for
a Rev war era fitted bodice. She said that they were incorrectly called
Jumps for awhile. Anyone know what it is I need? Any patterns online
anywhere? I can enlarge a print-out, and probably fit it without toooo much
problem, but I would not say that I am any more than an 'adequate'
seamstress.
Thanks for
the help
I have always understood jumps to be a type of unboned stays, and not
an outer garment. They seem to have been around at the very end of
the 18th and into the early 19th century, with the high waisted dresses.
I don't know about patterns on-line, but you will find bodice
patterns in "Fitting and Proper" and "Costume Close-up" both American
publications, and "Patterns of Fashion 1660-1860" by Janet Arnold,
"Period Costume for Stage and Screen 1500-1800" by Jean Hunnisett,
and "Cut of Women's Clothes" by Norah Waugh, all U.K publications but
available in the U.S.
You will also find loads of paper patterns in various places. I
don't have web addresses, but I know that Five Rivers Chapmanry (not
sure of proper title) and Jas Townsend among others sell patterns.
Suzi
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