Green “Tudor” Gown bodice mock-up 2.0
Working on the sleeves a bit more, I’m getting close!
Working on the sleeves a bit more, I’m getting close!
When I get stressed I sew, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. Kirtle skirt for a friend, a bright raspberry linen rayon blend, fully french seamed with internal pocket and it closes on the side through handmade eyelets. Eventually there will be a bodice to match and the skirt will lace to it. The back… Read More When life gives you lemons, sew everything in sight.
About three or four years ago I was gifted 6 yards of grey uncut corduroy for Christmas. I had intended to use it for a Spanish gown but the fabric lurked on my shelf untouched. After the Tudor Tailor came out I started to eye the yardage with a bit more interest When I finally took it… Read More Grey Henrician/Tudor “Mockado” Gown and Gable Hood finished
Buckram, wire, fluff, linen and lots of hand sewing. It is not done yet, but getting there!
After a year of putting the skirt together I have returned to making the “Pisa” Gown. This was not a planned execution back into the fray and fluff of velvet, but rather a unhinged returned after being driven half mad by Tudor skirts and lots of ironing. But more on that later. After my experiments… Read More The Red Pisa Gown: Experiment with quilted interlining
I hate making Tudor/Elizabethan smocks and shirts. They are boring, all the rectangles and squares don’t provide much of a technical challenge, save for a bit of fussing when setting in a gusset if you do it by machine. Patterns of Fashion 4 has shown me the charm of a well made smock when bedecked… Read More Make and Mend: Repairing my Torn Smock
This is my follow up post to the question of using buckram in kirtles. To back track a bit, in March I hit Google books and British History Online to hunt for how buckram was used in early 16th century England. Since my use of it in kirtles for support was iffy at best, I… Read More The use of buckram in Tudor (Henrician) Gowns
Another project off my list. I worked on this off and on for several months. A majority of the construction was done over the course of a week. The actual finishing like the eyelets and binding and the busk took far longer then sewing the boning channels. Two layers of cotton duck with the outer… Read More A Pair of Bodies: Finished
The skirt and sleeves are attached, now it just needs the cuffs, trim, and hooks and eyes up the front.
It feels pretty strange picking up a project that has sat to one side for so long. It is all bits and pieces, the skirt had been on my dress form for at least a month, waiting for me to hem it. The lining and the outer fabric dropped and the lining somehow got bigger… Read More Mockado Gown: Seam allowances and Ponderings