Hello Kate, Here's the article I use. I've been doing the "10 Gore" dresses for a while and have found that this works beautifully. The best idea she has is the single stitch across the top of the V. Go down to the "points" section.
http://sca-garb.freeservers.com/articles/cotehardie.html Good luck Genie On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Kate Bunting <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear list, > > I have at last started on a long-planned project to make myself a > 17th-century jacket (for when I need extra warmth). I'm using a pattern from > "The cut of women's clothes" that has triangular gussets in the skirts. Now, > as a not-very-competent needlewoman, I'm finding it difficult to get the > points of the gussets to fit neatly. I'm only working with the lining > material as yet, and have only tacked the pieces together. Can anyone offer > any advice before I start sewing properly? > > With thanks, > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
