Centuries-Sewing

Tag: Tudor Tailor

  • Fitting Points on the Tudor Tailor’s English Fitted Gown

    Fitting Points on the Tudor Tailor’s English Fitted Gown

    I’ve made three English Fitted Gowns based on the Tudor Tailor’s pattern so far, and with each one I’ve tweaked how I’ve put them together.

    olive wool fitted english gown
    Light weight worsted wool gown lined with linen rayon blend
    English Gown Front View
    Black Velvet “Mockado” Gown lined with cotton broadcloth
    Market Woman side shot
    Wool broadcloth blend lined with cotton broadcloth

    Issue one: Sleeve Dimples

    Fitted gown sleeve dimple

     

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  • Fitted English Gown, Green Kirtle, Linen/Cotton Shirt, and Wool Petticoat Done.

    Fitted English Gown, Green Kirtle, Linen/Cotton Shirt, and Wool Petticoat Done.

    It’s done, it’s done!

    I finished the full Elizabethan ensemble (it does need some ruffs but that is for another day) for my friend’s birthday/Gift-mas/every other holiday in the world for the next 300 years. I am now going to sleep the sleep of the dead.

    So starting with the bottom layers:

    linen cotton blend shirt and cranberry wool petticoat

    Linen/cotton blend shirt with reinforced french seams. Cranberry wool skirt with tucked hem, a pocket and fingerloop braided closing.

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