I saw no bodice pattern included on either pattern
sketch/layout.

Looked like hanging or not full sleeves, and a smoking
pipe (;)), plus the skirt pieces as you have noted.

Ann in CT

--- E House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Well, to make things much less clear, there are
> these patterns of women's gowns from a similar time
> & place:
> http://www.elizabethancostume.net/Tailors/
> Specifically:
>
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/Tailors/pages/f101V.html
>
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/Tailors/pages/f94V.html
> 
> Now, the bottom two pieces on both patterns are
> almost certainly skirt 
> pieces, with the piece on the right being upside
> down.  The top piece on the 
> 1st pattern is almost certainly the sleeve, which
> leaves the middle (on the 
> 1st pattern) and top (on the 2nd pattern) piece for
> the bodice.
> 
> The darn thing is nonsensical, though.  No matter
> how I turn it around 
> mentally, it just refuses to coalesce into any
> useable bodice pattern piece. 
> Maybe I'll have to actually cut one out of a piece
> of scrap fabric and 
> experiment with it!  It looks more like a short
> sleeve puff, but the edges 
> don't match up properly, and the 1st dress doesn't
> _have_ sleeve puffs.
> 
> -E House



       
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