Re: [h-cost] Resizing a Historical Corset Pattern
Thank you so much! I found that very helpful. On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Galadriel galadrielfi...@yahoo.com wrote: I'd probably start over on the drafting. I'd figure out the proportion of each piece along the hip line and apply that to your own hip measurement. Same with the waist. (For example, if the center front piece at the waist was 17% of the total waist measurement, and your waist was 30, then your CF piece would be 5.1 at the waist.) Of course, take into consideration any inches you may want to remove on the waist measurement. --Rachel ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Resizing a Historical Corset Pattern
Greetings, I'm making the spoon busk corset from Fashions of the Guilded Age Volume 1 page 53. I'm following the scale for my half bust but the issue is that after it's all drafted, the waist is about 5 inches too big and the hips are about 3 inches too small. I was going to use the new corset tutorial from Foundations Revealed but I'm not sure how to go about it if two of the pieces are not the typical corset panel shape and then there's gussets and gores. Drafting it was the easy part but I'm at a loss as to how to resize it. If anyone has made this pattern and resized it without having to do 20 mock ups in the process I'd greatly appreciate any advice. Much Thanks ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Resizing a Historical Corset Pattern
Greetings, I'm making the spoon busk corset from Fashions of the Guilded Age Volume 1 page 53. I'm following the scale for my half bust but the issue is that after it's all drafted, the waist is about 5 inches too big and the hips are about 3 inches too small. I was going to use the new corset tutorial from Foundations Revealed but I'm not sure how to go about it if two of the pieces are not the typical corset panel shape and then there's gussets and gores. Drafting it was the easy part but I'm at a loss as to how to resize it. If anyone has made this pattern and resized it without having to do 20 mock ups in the process I'd greatly appreciate any advice. Much Thanks ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Resizing a Historical Corset Pattern
My apologies if my message posted twice. I did not see it post at all and was sure I sent it to the wrong email, so I resent it after 2 hours to the right one ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What is this woman making?
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Carol Kocian aqua...@patriot.net wrote: I'm more curious about the woman who appears to be knitting something lace on two needles. She has them in that 50s housewife position with the ends up. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume I've read somewhere that women would hold their knitting needles the same way pens are held because it looked more feminine to do so. I don't know how far back that applies to though ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] late Elizabethan headdress
From my understanding, it's constructed like a french hood except the base doesn't cover the ears but sits more like a headband with the crescent sitting on top. http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/270/Elizabeth-I-of-England-The-Darnley-Portrait-kings-and-queens-2710388-800-1170.jpg, If you look in that picture of QEI, you'll see that there's also still a veil attached as well. As for the very back, I couldn't say for sure if there is a bag there or not. Or if there is a coif made to fit under such a small hood. From the looks of it, you still have the flat piece that the crescent sits on, but the crescent basically takes it over. It's really hard to say for sure as the bouffant hair covers the detail of the base. On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.comwrote: Yes, that looks very much like what I want to make. Is it a flat piece, like a french hood, or a decorated roll? -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Sagittarius Uisce Beatha Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 7:30 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] late Elizabethan headdress Here's a picture of Queen Elizabeth I (1575) wearing what I think you're describing: http://www.englandhistory.com/sections/government/Monarchs/ElizabethI.jpg From my understanding, it's still essentially a french hood just a smaller version so all that can be seen of it is the crescent. http://www.elizabethancostume.net/headwear/frenchhood.html. If you scroll to the bottom there's a paragraph about french hoods of the later period that you seek. There's also another page that tells you how to construct a french hood, unfortunately the pattern for the later period isn't there but the earlier periods are. Maybe you can adapt the pattern to suit what you're looking for. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] late Elizabethan headdress
I think a caul would work with the later period french hood/billiment, especially in the heat. On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.comwrote: I was going to make a caul, but was looking for something different to go over/with it, hence the decorated roll/billiment/whatever. I had a hat before, but found that it gets really hot, so was hoping to find something less. Sharon ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] late Elizabethan headdress
I'm going by what it looks like to me. http://elizabethangeek.com/costumereview/images/13.jpg in that picture the back shape looks like the QEI picture except this one covers the ears. According to the site that you just linked me to, it says later period french hoods are more often referred to as billiments because the hood itself had gotten so small. http://elizabethangeek.com/costumereview/images/48.jpg This one doesn't cover the ears and you can see the crescent nicely. It's pictures like that, that make me say french hood. On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Melanie Schuessler mela...@faucet.netwrote: I don't think this is any variety of French hood at all, but rather a caul or cap made of a circle gathered to a band. You can find diagrams and instructions on the top half of this page: http://www.elizabethancostume.net/headwear/caulmake.html I should amend my statement in my previous email about cauls not being made of linen--that was in reference to upper-class cauls. Clearly lower-class women did wear white linen cauls, as can be seen in many Flemish genre paintings. Melanie Schuessler ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] late Elizabethan headdress
Here's a picture of Queen Elizabeth I (1575) wearing what I think you're describing: http://www.englandhistory.com/sections/government/Monarchs/ElizabethI.jpg From my understanding, it's still essentially a french hood just a smaller version so all that can be seen of it is the crescent. http://www.elizabethancostume.net/headwear/frenchhood.html. If you scroll to the bottom there's a paragraph about french hoods of the later period that you seek. There's also another page that tells you how to construct a french hood, unfortunately the pattern for the later period isn't there but the earlier periods are. Maybe you can adapt the pattern to suit what you're looking for. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.comwrote: Late Elizabethan, when ladies' hair was often (in portraits, at least) puffed at the front, and with a cap or something (hard to see because of course, it's on the back of the head). Often seemed to have quite a bit of jewelling/fancy work. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
