> Yes the Alcega is much narrower than most of the examples in art, so
> it's not going to be quite the same shape as you would get
> extrapolating from the art as I was doing. It also has a gentle curve
> up the back of the arm, which again makes me happier about my own
> pattern.
Actually,
Sorry for the late response Margo - been outta' town. I don't know if it
helps, but Desert Torch Tailoring, Mathew Gnagy, has been making this gown for
years. There are pictures of it in the Gallery Menu on the website. I can't
give you a direct link, but if you go to the Gallery Menu and the
ca Rautine> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 1
Jul 2008 21:54:06 -0400> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Spanish gown> > > This is my
pattern:> > That's an interesting shape to say the least!> > >
http://www.australiancostumersguild.o
> More like a bat, actually :-) I'll send pics when I can. The Alcega pattern
> really is cool. I couldn't figure it out until I traced it on some scrap
> paper and cut out the shapes. Then it suddenly all made sense :-)
Yes the Alcega is much narrower than most of the examples in art, so
it's no
This is my pattern:
That's an interesting shape to say the least!
http://www.australiancostumersguild.org.au/index.php?ind=news&op=news_show_single&ide=13
Beautiful!
the bottom half of the sleeve is angled
inwards from wrist to tip (So I think that pattern would wind up
looking a bit like
>> Oh! Yes there is a bit of a layout if you look at an extant gown that
>> is laid flat: http://sayaespanola.glittersweet.com/extant.htm
>
> Two things bother me about this sleeve. On the site, she mentions that they
> were cut at the top to accomodate the statue, and also they seem to be two
> pl
that the inner seam, the one that runs inside the elbow, is whipped, on
the outside, with a fairly hefty "gold" thread.
Yes, almost every Spanish gown I've looked at has this detail. Hard to know
if this is gold cord, and if it serves a fuction other than decorative...
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At 04:33 29/06/2008, you wrote:
It has a bit of a curve to the bottom.
You're right, it has!
I just found the very last pattern in Alcega, on the folded sheet...
Woman's silk skirt and bodice with full-length pointed sleeve
Sounds like I hit the jackpot!
I can't make sense of the sleeve pat
It has a bit of a curve to the bottom.
You're right, it has!
I just found the very last pattern in Alcega, on the folded sheet...
Woman's silk skirt and bodice with full-length pointed sleeve
Sounds like I hit the jackpot!
I can't make sense of the sleeve pattern though... I think I'll have
Woot! Welcome to the dark side!
If you mean the dark side being Spanish costuming, then I'm happy to join
you. If you mean that dress is dark, my fabric is a dark gold colour so it
won't be nearly as dark as this one. It's the style I like :-)
I can sent you a scaled diagram of it if you li
http://www.margospatterns.com/
Yes, I have the first edition, and just rediscovered them recently, that's
what got me to buy fabric :-)
You could possibly adapted the
Spanish sleeve into a bell sleeve.
Hm... I'll look into it. It would at least help me get the slit in the right
position o
It looks like what is commonly called an "attifet" these days, but it is a
bit smaller and closer to the head.
Oh, you're right! It does look like an attifet! I hadn't seen it this way!
But on a lot of paintings it's closer to a small round cap (Italian-style),
with a teardrop-shaped pearl at
> I bought fabric last weekend. I wanted to make a very simple generic
> English/French Renaissance dress... but my fabric keeps insising it wants to
> be a Spanish dress!
>
> Like this one:
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Anna_de_Austria1.jpg
Woot! Welcome to the dark side!
If you are good at sewing (meaning, not a first time sewer or novice) I
recommend
http://www.margospatterns.com/
The underpinnings and the Lady's wardrobe. You could possibly adapted the
Spanish sleeve into a bell sleeve.
Another portrait of Anne
http://www.queenscourtsocal.org/Photoalbum_contents
Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote:
Last question: what about headwear? Any ideas?
If you look closely at the picture you can see she is wearing a cap on
the back of her head, the top of it is just barely visible. It looks
like what is commonly called an "attifet" these days, but it is a bit
smaller
Good evening everyone!
Sorry for the cross-post, I couldn't decide which list was most appropriate
for this request.
I bought fabric last weekend. I wanted to make a very simple generic
English/French Renaissance dress... but my fabric keeps insising it wants to
be a Spanish dress!
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