Thanks for the explanation! I'm curious now too, were you only going to line the bodice, or the whole skirt as well? I just imagine that lining the skirt with wool would be incredibly heavy, no matter how light the wool is to start with.
************************ Rebecca Schmitt aka Agness Cabot, Guilde of St. Lawrence, Bristol Renn Faire ************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com > [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of J A Urbik > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 6:42 AM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Flemish Dress > > I chose to line with wool for two reasons. > > reason 1) Drea sais that the shrinerose gown was lined with wool, so i > figured i'd go with that. "This gown bodice will have three pieces: > one back, and two front pieces. Lining is optional. The > shinrone gown was partially lined with wool; it is a rather > complex lining process, involving extending the bodice > pattern down and folding the excess fabric up on the inside. > I tried it, and it made quite a respectable gown bodice. " > > reason 2) it is fairly easy to make the gowns reversable, so > I do so, and I figured that if I wanted wool on the outside, > and i wanted it reversable, I needed wool on both sides. > > reasson 3) not a big deal, but if one wants wool, one of the > reasons that one wants wool is that it hanges diffrently then > linen, and so lining with linen would change the hang? this > one i am not too sure of cause i have not done much with wool > in the past. > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Rebecca Schmitt > <lotsofteap...@charter.net> wrote: > > I'm curious why you decided to line with wool as well as > use wool for > > the top fabric? Most of the extant garments I can think of (and, > > admittedly, my memory on this is not spectacular!) are > lined with linen. > > > > I made an overgown of this sort a few years back, with the > outside a > > mid-to-lightweight wool and the lining linen; I'm pretty sure I did > > not use an interlining of any sort. I it cut away in the > front quite a > > bit, so it really doesn't come together much past the > shoulder straps. > > It's very comfy, although it does wrinkle some. That doesn't really > > bother me much - the ease of movement as I chase my > 3-year-old is much more important! > > > > ************************ > > Rebecca Schmitt > > aka Agness Cabot, Guilde of St. Lawrence, Bristol Renn Faire > > ************************* > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com > >> [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of J A Urbik > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:40 AM > >> To: h-costume@mail.indra.com > >> Subject: [h-cost] Flemish Dress > >> > >> Hi all, am making this year's edition of the whole flemish dress, > >> this time I am making a Gored Kirtle > >> (http://www.elizabethancostume.net/kirtlepat/gored.html) and an > >> overdress > >> (http://www.elizabethancostume.net/lowerclass/makeflem.html#gown). > >> In the past I had made both under and overdress out of linen, > >> because I was mostly doing summer events. > >> > >> However, this time I am going to make the overdress out of > wool, with > >> wool as the lining. Both are fairly light weight, and we will see > >> about how hot it is (i actually think it should be book, > at least for > >> non-extremely hot days, and for the really hot days, a couple of > >> pieces of ice down the bodice should do wonders). > >> > >> What I would like advise about would be should I put an addition > >> layer of sturdy linen or something as an underlining on > the bodice, > >> or will the just the wool be ok? > >> > >> I know I will need a strip of something sturdy down the > front edges, > >> from previous experience with the style, but I have not worked too > >> much in wool, so i don't know how it will go. > >> > >> The gored kirtle that the overdress will go on top of is > a fashion > >> fabric and a lining, both of sturdy linen, but not heavyweight. I > >> wear size 16/18 and am about a B cup (about > >> 5'4 and 180 pounds) if that influances your advise. > Thanks for all > >> help. > >> > >> > >> jordana > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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
