Unfortunately, that's the wrong style of ruff. The costumer at Faire said to gather a strip of fabric into the neck band. The doublet collar holds it upright and supposedly the horsehair forms the figure 8's without tacking.
If I could do this by hand it would be okay, but I am having trouble with the arthritis in my hands and that many yards of hand stitching would be impossible. My main concern is to finish the raw edge of the linen and hide the horsehair without machine stitching showing. Or another thought - since the stitching will be on top of the lace edging and not really visible unless you really look - is this an important issue? I've never done reenactor/historically accurate before - how picky are they likely to be? I know top stitching is forbidden, but would this count? --- Chiara Francesca Arianna d'Onofrio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A local costumer here abouts used to teach a ruff > making class that > when he was done you were hitting your forehead > thinking, now why > didn't I think of that!?! > > He used twill tape, upolstry twill tape. It holds > its shape and it > comes in very very very bright white or a slight > beige. It comes in > varying widths. You then add on to it as needed of > the frills. > > You can wash it 20 times and it will still hold its > shape, honest. > > Cut out your neck band and fit it. Now take your > length of twill > tape and use a water eraseable marker or pins and > with a long > straight edge draw a line every inch or wider apart. > Make a running > stitch on every other line on one side of the fold, > repeat for the > other side, going the other direction but do it on > the the lines you > skipped. Draw both threads up. Stitch it sideways to > that neck band > you fitted to him earlier. > > Formula posted on this list many times for yardage > help on ruff making: > yardage = ((length * width * 2) / spacing) / 36 > > Hope that helps. :) > > > On Mon, June 19, 2006 1:18 pm, REBECCA BURCH said: > > I have what is probably a very basic question, but > I > > need an answer anyway. > > > > I am making Elizabethan garb for my son to wear > this > > summer at Bristol. I started on the neck ruff the > way > > I would normally and suddenly realized that this > will > > be seen up close and the machine stitches on the > > edgeing will show as will the horsehair braid. > > > > How do you construct the neck ruff so that the > hem, > > etc is hidden? > > > > Rebecca Burch > > Center Valley Farm > > Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > Rebecca Burch Center Valley Farm Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
