I haven't used the pirate ones, but the one I used was clear enough, fit well together and generally worked well.
If you have issues about one of the patterns, you might want to tell Kass, I'm sure she'd love to improve them. I agree, though, that the cover gives an impression more than a detailed look of the finished result. They're not line drawings of the final piece... On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote: > >> There really is no good costume pattern book for the Golden Age of > >> Piracy period, 1680-1720. > >> > > > > Try Reconstructing History www.reconstructinghistory.com . > > I honestly have to say I don't recommend those patterns. They look nice, > and they cover a neglected period, and I'm sure a lot of work went into > them. However, I know of two people who have tried to use those patterns > and not had good results. One fit poorly and had confusing directions, > and one was poorly researched ( and misleadingly represented on the > pattern cover.) and incompletely presented. I'd rather someone use the > Simplicity pirate patterns than those, where the directions are more > clear from step to step and What-you-see-is-what-you-get on the cover. > > > > Dawn > > _______________________________________________ > 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
