Tunics are every where -did you have a certain time or place in mind? It's easier to get a good result if you are aiming at a specific idea ( Russian , Norman, etc). I wish I could find Tim Nalley's (AKA Mordak) pattern. He has a similar body shape and has solved the issue beautifully. As I recall, one of his tunic patterns has the body piece cut in 3 long rectangles, instead of one. The seam runs vertically (about over the nipples) and gores are placed in these seams. It's very graceful and allows for extra belly space. If you are interested, I'll ask Tim for more costuming information, he's a very good costumer and loves to share.
Here are some good patterns, many are based on extant garments St Louis shirt http://heatherrosejones.com/stlouisshirt/index.html The A tunic http://housebarra.com/EP/ep06/14Atunic.html Extant clothing with basic patter shapes http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/bockhome.html Russian tunic with trapezoidal gores http://costume.mashaholl.com/#shirt Russian coat http://genvieve.net/sca/ncoat.html Susan If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it? A. Einstein 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. Thanks, Jordana ____________________________________________________________ Click here for great computer networking solutions! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/Ioyw6iighEHmyfrHhagggbIB1lGIArcmw3DZhOg406vwjNUXBQt6gw/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
