Just a note, Dame Angele taught me that putting a gore in the front can cause problems. It can catch between your legs when walking. In the end all you need is fullness, so perhaps consider cutting only three gores and putting them on the sides and back.
Sg On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Laurie Taylor <[email protected]>wrote: > Oops...meant to say 'indecisive'! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Laurie Taylor > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 9:11 PM > To: 'Historical Costume' > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Seeking help with La Fleur de Lyse pattern > -11th-12thCentury > > Thank you so much! That really helps. Just having someone else's thoughts > helps when I'm feeling so decisive, but the Greenland gowns thought is > right > on track...and just what I need. > > Nothing like trying to sew garb for an event with a deadline to chase away > all thoughts of all the many things that I've seen and read! > > laurie > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 8:53 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Seeking help with La Fleur de Lyse pattern - > 11th-12thCentury > > Hi Laurie, > > I haven't made this pattern, and unfortunately it's not in my collection to > refer to. Based on my (admittedly limited) knowledge of clothing from that > time, > however, I think your first assumption is correct: the long gores go into > the > side seams, the short gores into CF and CB. I seem to recall some of the > Greenland gowns where made that way. > > > > Claudine > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Laurie Taylor <[email protected]> > > To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sun, January 23, 2011 7:43:53 PM > > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Seeking help with La Fleur de Lyse pattern - > 11th-12th > >Century > > > > I've been looking at this pattern some more, and I still can't decide > what > > the instructions mean. > > > > There are 4 body panels - two fronts, two backs. It has side seams and > > seams up center front and center back. > > > > There are 2 sets of gores. One longer - to well above the waist, or > about 4 > > inches below the armscye, and one shorter, to about waist level. I'm > > viewing them as from the hem up as the notches seem to work that way. > > > > The instructions and the notches seem rather vague. I'm thinking that > > probably the pairs of short gores go front/back and the long gores go to > the > > side seams - or vice versa - long gores front/back and short gores to > the > > side seams. There may be something that I'm missing, but I can't figure > it > > out. > > > > If anyone has used this pattern, I'd love to talk to you! > > > > Laurie T. > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
