Google on Garibaldi, then on "garibaldi shirt". There are commercial patterns.
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 9:37 AM, <purpl...@optonline.net> wrote: > I am thinking of branching out into early US Civil War, and I was told that > 'the easist thing to make is the Garibaldi shirt'. > > However there were no examples around for anyone to show me. And no > reference book/website for them to point me to. > > Can you please share a pic / web site / pattern with me so I can start > creating a prototype Civil War outfit. > > I am aiming for a country widowed woman, spinner, middle class, if that > helps. > > Katheryne > > ----- Original Message ----- > SNIPPAGE > > > Head-coverings of roughly pillbox shape go > > back at > > least to the mid-1860s, and are associated with Garibaldi, the > > Liberator of > > Italy - he wore them, and the so-called Garibaldi blouse, and > > many women > > began wearing versions of them. > > > > Carolyn Kayta Barrows > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William Gibson -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
