Not what I wanted to hear. Heaven forbid that my clothes are not on a par with royalty. Just kidding. Thanks all for the comments. I don't think I'm going to worry about it. The pattern has too many other fitting problems anyhow I need to deal with. I thought I would be saving myself some time using commercial patterns when I should have just drafted it from the start. I need it to look good because I'm wearing it for my son's wedding next week. Purchased some beautiful ice blue dupioni from Exotic Silks at a pretty penny and want to do justice to it.
Sylvia On Jun 6, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Abel, Cynthia wrote: > I saw the traveling exhibition of Princess Diana's clothing several > years ago(it came to Omaha!) and noted on all the long-sleeved > garments that the sleeves were two-piece and the seams all matched up. > > Cindy Abel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Hanna Zickermann > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 1:04 AM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] 2 piece sleeves > > It´s a modern jacket? From what I´ve learned, in > modern custom-made clothing it´s rather > coincidence whether the seams match or not. It´s > just a design issue. Industrially made garments > often have them because they use mock-ups until they achieve matching > seams. > > Hanna > > At 00:50 06.06.2008, you wrote: >> This isn't really a historical costume question, but it's been ages >> since I belonged to a general sewing/patternmaking email list. If >> anyone knows of one that currently exists, I'd appreciate a link. >> >> My question concerns a jacket I am patterning and making for myself. >> Actually, I am using a couple commercial patterns and adapting them. >> I have a 2 piece sleeve and a bodice with front and back princess >> seams >> that end at the armhole. I really can't adjust the front seam >> downward any more than it already is and it isn't matching the front >> sleeve seam. The back seams don't match either but I've frequently >> garments where they don't match in the back or they don't match in the >> front but they match on the opposite side. I know 2 piece sleeves are >> often seen in 19th century onward women's garments so I thought I'd >> see >> where you all stand on this issue. Do you really think the seams need >> to match on either the front or the back? >> >> Sylvia >> >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> h-costume@mail.indra.com >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
