Please post pics! It sounds great!
== Marjorie Wilser
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"Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW
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On Mar 5, 2010, at 6:41 PM, Regina Lawson wrote:
Since I am about to proliferate an original idea, I wanted to put it
up here
to make sure it doesn't get hijacked. I have studied 16th century
Irish
clothing for the last 25 years. Leine (Irish bag sleeves) have
never looked
right how they have been interpreted by re-enactors. SO, I fixed it.
The 15th century bagpipe sleeves on men's outer garments is the
basis of the
idea. The pattern is seamed down the back of the arm, instead of in
the
underarm. It has a curved underarm and sleeve cap. (Looks like a
doublet
pattern, with the bag added.) The gusset under the arm is
triangular, and
set into the side seam to create a round armseye.
They hang correctly. They don't fall on the ground when one tries
to pick
something up. And they provide the drape, as well as the elbow
creases
shown in some of the period illustrations.
My pattern is coming in to use in my re-enactment group, Clan
MacColin of
Glenderry. I have been talking about this for a couple of years,
and it has
been used and works.
Ever,
Regina Lawson
Historic Clothing Coordinator
Clan MacColin of Glenderry
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