Are you talking about the hanging sleeve or the "Leg O' Mutton" type sleeve. I made the latter sleeves for "A Suitable Gown for Her Majesty" and was completely successful stuffing them with (unprinted) newspaper and some fine netting!. There was a smaller inner sleeve which had an opening at the seam. We just replaced the paper if it got too smooshed.
I aslo used a strip of rigelene http://www.greenberghammer.com/images/Boning/rigelene.jpg<http://www.greenberghammer.com/images/Boning/rigelene.jpg> for the hanging sleeve. I made casing inside the top of the sleeve, slid the rigelene in, and used a pin to hold it in place. (makes storage easier w/o it) I have also made actual sleeve farthingales for a mahoitered sleeve using rigelene. This is closer to a true sleeve farthingale, but even in this case the rigelene was incorporated into a two part sleeve cap. If you'd like pictures of either, I can drum them up probably. I lost all the links for my diary on the first dress and haven't bothered (bad me) to fix them yet. Sg ----- Original Message ----- From: Cin<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: h-cost<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:54 PM Subject: [h-cost] sleeve verthingales (farthingales) Gentle H-costumers, I tried asking this question yesterday on the Tudor Tailor mailing list with no success. Perhaps if I cast my net a little wider, I'll get an answer... I'd settle for some speculation, idle conjecture or armchair experimentation. I there anyone out there in Tudor-land that has made the 1580-90s "sleeve verthingales" and wants to share success stories or failed experiments? I'm interested in creating the sleeves-bigger-than-torso look of the Mary Fitton, Elizabeth Buxton, Eleanor Herbert, Eliz Finch, Alice Knollys, Mary Rogers, Elizabeth I by John Bettes, Elizabeth I Jesus College at Oxford, Elizabeth I "Ermine" and Elizabeth I Grenwich portraits. Another good source portrait is Unknown Lady by Wm Segar. Back views of these sleeves also seen in "Ball at the court of Henri III". --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume<http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
