RE: [h-cost] bodiced petticoats

2006-07-24 Thread sunshine_buchler
The down side is that while I can now pattern it and it will fit under the dress I want to make - I can't decide how full the skirt should be. Any idea with yours? I'm starting from the skirt pattern of the dress I'm going to make (from _Moden 1790-1840_ by Ellen Andersen, can't

RE: [h-cost] bodiced petticoats

2006-07-22 Thread HAGIOS FENUM
Howdy, I am a historic reenactor and what I know about sewing is the same that anyone of you out there may know about Christopher Columbus contribution to the Social Security. But I have a BIG problem: I want to build, sew, make, whatever, my own military uniform for the 1797 Spanish colonial

Re: [h-cost] bodiced petticoats

2006-07-19 Thread AnnBWass
In a message dated 7/19/2006 6:25:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I can't decide how full the skirt should be. Any idea with yours? How full is your outer skirt? Make it a little narrower. I make almost all of my early 19th century skirts from Cut of

Re: [h-cost] bodiced petticoats

2006-07-19 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 12:18 19/07/2006, you wrote: In a message dated 7/19/2006 6:25:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I can't decide how full the skirt should be. Any idea with yours? How full is your outer skirt? Make it a little narrower. I make almost all of my early 19th

RE: [h-cost] Bodiced Petticoats - Regency

2006-07-18 Thread sunshine_buchler
I'm making a bodiced petticoat, based off of the picture in _The History of Underclothes_ by the Cunnington's. Unfortunately, it's from the 1820s but it was the only picture of a bodiced petticoat I could find (the others were all re-drawings), so that's why I went with that one. If you have