Fran, I'm sorry, but I don't think that getting on the defensive is
terribly constructive here. She wasn't trashing your work and she didn't
promote someone else's. In fact, it seems that, for someone just
starting out in the world of more complicated sewing, a little friendly
help might go down better than attitude. She did buy your book, after all...
:)
Marie
I might add that if you have a specific question, and you actually
want to do something constructive (other than publicly trashing the
book and/or promoting a friends' pattern line at its expense), there
is no reason why you should not send me a private email.
Fran
Lavolta Press wrote:
Melanie - If you are more of a tactile/visual learner, as I am, it might
help you to get in touch with someone in your area who can show you some
of the more complicated and less intuitive techniques of this era. I was
intimidated as well with this genre of clothing and, fantasy or not,
getting the basic structure and techniques down in person is just so
very helpful. I personally don't know of a guide, but I'd be willing to
help you off list.
Just let me know. :)
Marie
I just purchased Fashions of the Guilded Age, Vol. 1 to do some Victorian-inspired fantasy clothing. It's a wonderful book with patterns and everything, but I'm bamboozled. I've done SCA-era clothing ("Patterns? We don't need no steeenking patterns!") for years, but I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to interpreting these patterns. One obviously has to be conversant with Victorian tailoring for these drawings and directions to be meaningful.
For instance, the directions will say, "Cut a slit in the back along the solid line, and hem the edges narrow." Which solid line?; there are two. Then what?? Or, "pleat the front and back as indicated on the pattern." The number of circles and x's don't necessarily match. And then there the inexplicable solid lines at odd angles, marked with circles and x's. What are they? Cut them open or not? If I cut it open, there's a flap of fabric dangling, and the directions give no clue as to where it goes. The topography makes no sense.
Is there a guide to Victorian patterns for the modern sewer out there anywhere?
Melanie Unruh-Bays
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