Tag: kirtle
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Teal Wool Kirtle Test Fit
Skirt front basted in place 
Knife pleats in the back 
Hand bound eyelets in green silk, once the skirt is attached I have 4 more to sew. -
Sewing Projects on my Plate
I’ve been sick the past week with one of those hit you in the face colds, I haven’t been able to sew or do much else. It is finally clearing up and I can sit at the computer without a sinus headache starting every ten minutes.
Stuff on my summer sewing list:
Final bits of Steph’s test kirtle, and send it off.
Draft out hard copy of her skirt pattern so I’m not redrawing it every time on the fabric.
Cut and sew her wool petticoat.
Green wool kirtle for her eventually.
Olive drab over gown for her eventually.Things I want to make for me
Black Velvet Tudor hood from the Queen’s Servants – I roughly scaled it up, made a mock-up and it is huge on me.. need to do lots of tweaking.
Finish my herringbone wool kirtle, I’m up to the eyelets which are taking forever.
English Fitted Gown out of black wool.
Ruffs
Another kirtle with a video on how I make them
Everything I know about sleeve tutorial
Another Tudor Gown.. I have 8 yards of navy wool, but the question is do I want to line all of it or just the bodice and sleeve area? -
Pink Kirtle
We all have old projects lurking in the back of the closet, things we made when the scissors were still fresh and sharp and we knew just enough about sewing to be dangerous.
They are given away. They no longer fit and gather dust as we move on to new projects, better fabrics.
This was one of the first gowns I made, the bodice was too big, and over time the fabric stretched. It lingered in the back of the closet for a few years before I took it out, tried it on and decided to fix it.
The results can be found here in the Costume section.
