I solved the beer belly thing by adapting the Cheesemaker Smock from Folkwear. Basically, the shoulders are fitted to a yoke and the body is pleated into the yoke. That way the shoulder seam didn't end up at his elbows and the fabric didn't strain around the middle.
The pattern called for gathering, but I thought it made too much of a balloon effect. So I ended up tapering the body, so the top edge was about six inches smaller than the bottom and I pleated the top into the yoke. It is a little more trouble than a T-tunic, but you don't have to repair the underarm rips quite as often. --- J A Urbik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone > > I'm posed to start my pre-pennsic sewing spree > (mostly for others as i have > jury duty starting july 28th!). My husband has > outgrown most of his old > garb AND is finally letting me make him something > besides dells. Ok, so > have I - outgrown my outfits, but that is priority > at this point. > > So he finally decided on just basic t-tunics and > pants (but waits until > may/june to decide ARGH!), but i have small troubles > with t-tunics, > hopefully ya'all will be as helpful with t-tunic > questions as you are with > more complicated questions > > question 1) Hubby has grown quite a beer belly, > which is a bit of a fitting > challenge. I have some methods, and i base the > basic construction on > http://www.virtue.to/articles/tunic_worksheet.html, > but i am always having > trouble dealing with how to adjust the fit so that > the shoulders are not too > big, yet the belly drapes ok, and the gores do have > to start directly under > the arms. if anyone has pointers on how to > gracefully manage t-tunics so > that they look nice and fit all parts of the body, i > would be most grateful. > I end up not making the main tunic a rectangle, but > a more of a trapazoid, > and if i need to i can making a drawing and post it, > but I assume that > ya'all have better methods then i do, so what would > be the point, but if you > want me to, I can post. > > questiohn 2) I am looking for trim options. Can > anyone point me to their > fav pictures of t-tunics in art? > > question 3) I am looking for pictures of modern > sca/recreaters in good > looking t-tuincs, can anyone point me to them on the > web? I mean good/period > looking pictures, not the stupid looking i made my > first piece of garb out > of some poly thing garb. (my first garb was a skirt > and ren fair chimes out > of ply so i am not trying to be critical, just that > is not of which i am > looking for pictures.) > > Thanks, Jordana > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > Rebecca Burch Center Valley Farm Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat folds and the brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
