Yes, but I was judging just by the general cut of the pattern pieces. Most of the commercial patterns are designed for the non SCA, non historically accurate people who want to dress in an approximation, and the fewer layers they wear, the more comfortable they are. I wasn't going to slavishly copy View B or A, but use them as a guide. I usually just get something in a modern pattern(those $1.99 pattern sales!)alter to fit me, and then haul out Arnold and Hunnisett as help to get the cut accurate.
Now if we could get some last quarter of the 18th century good patterns from Simplicity(et.al). Cindy Abel The drawback is that there isn't a smock to go under it. sleeve of "A" has the "smock" sleeves sewn in. Dress "B" if worn this way is closer to a Civil War gown (think Scarlet's curtain dress) then Renaissance as the gown is suppose to be worn over dresses like dress "A" ex: http://tinyurl.com/ywzo36 http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/wardrobe/Veronese1560.jpg http://www.tudor-portraits.com/ElenoraToledo2.jpg http://www.tudor-portraits.com/MargaretAudley.jpg http://www.tudor-portraits.com/AnneAustria.jpg http://www.tudor-portraits.com/UnknownLady39.jpg There are a few portraits showing the dress under the style "B" type to have a similar neckline as dress "A" but I can't seem to find them. Most were "Italian" De -----Original Message----- Personally, I rather like View B, which is a simpler gown and plan to first use the direction diagrams enlarged and the "Tudor Tailor" to try this out on my new 16" Ellowyne Wilde" doll. I am not good at drafting patterns from scratch, so I use something close(a pattern that fits me or the doll I'm dressing, the historically correct pattern, and go laborestly from there. Cindy Abel _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
