Do you have an image to refresh my memory? I think we studied some Early Roman paintings that the teacher said had this type of hood/ covering. I think he suggested that most outer edges were left raw but folded somehow. Like a double piece of fabric that is made when you fold 2 edges together on one piece. Some of the weaving of the cloth was actually woven in the desired shape then stitched side by side, no overlap or seam allowance. I'm not sure if that applied to what you're looking at.
Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine > From: costume...@mazarineblue.com > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:23:15 -0700 > Subject: [h-cost] Roman question > > Hi, > > Finally making progress in my quest to build pieces to use in my history > class. The ancients are certainly some of the simplest to build, but of > course I have an insatiable need to complicate my life and my projects! > > So, if you were building a Roman paenula (hooded poncho-like garment) in a > thick wool or fake wool (actual fiber not certain), the cut edges of which > are pretty stable, how would you sew the seams? Obviously I'm not looking > for serging ideas here. I am maybe contemplating actually hand stitching it > since it doesn't amount to a whole lot of sewing. > > I think my question is do we think that they would have lapped the edges and > sewn through the layers - no flapping seam allowances on the inside? Or > would regular, plain seams, pressed open or to one side seem more likely? > > This is NOT life altering stuff here! I've not gone over the edge in a > quest for period accuracy. I'm just curious. > > Laurie Taylor > > (480) 560-7016 > > www.costumeraz.blogspot.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_online:082009 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
