Re: [h-cost] French Farthingale construction tips?

2007-01-11 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
: [h-cost] French Farthingale construction tips? Hi all, as you may know already, I am re-creating this gown for the Phoenix Art Museum. http://tinyurl.com/y6phlehttp://tinyurl.com/y6phle I think the bolster type French Farthingale would be most appropriate - ( like those in the oft sited French

[h-cost] French Farthingale construction tips?

2007-01-10 Thread Saragrace Knauf
Hi all, as you may know already, I am re-creating this gown for the Phoenix Art Museum. http://tinyurl.com/y6phlehttp://tinyurl.com/y6phle I think the bolster type French Farthingale would be most appropriate - ( like those in the oft sited French Dutch caricature). Have any of you

Re: [h-cost] French Farthingale construction tips?

2007-01-10 Thread Robin Netherton
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Saragrace Knauf wrote: I started with a softly stuffed tube which gave a reasonable silhouette, but I'd like to hear what you have been successful with. Robin? I know you have done this - but didn't see any construction details in your posts. Odd, I thought I had

Re: [h-cost] French Farthingale construction tips?

2007-01-10 Thread AlbertCat
In a message dated 1/10/2007 4:25:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I started with a softly stuffed tube which gave a reasonable silhouette, but I'd like to hear what you have been successful with. Nice gown. Boy, the ruff will be fun,