> Oh yes please share that info on the list as well. I've been having a doozy > of a time trying to figure out how Henry VIII's smocks are done without > resorting to raglan style sleeves. Any info that can hopefully shed light > would be wonderful.
http://frazzledfrau.glittersweet.com/mary/index.htm The Mary of Hungary chemise has the arm gussets go right to the neckline, you can see the front panels and sleeves are smocked and the gussets left unsmocked. The back is also smocked I believe. I'm sure I've linked from there to Cynthia Virtue's site which hosts the pattern diagram of her chemise and gown. I made a version of it using the same measurements (Mary and I appear to have been very similar in height and width...) You can't even tell that the gussets are there with pleated neckline. I made a backing that was about an inch deep to secure my pleats to. When it was just a row of fine pleats they were even less visible. If you mean high necked shirts.. there are several extant that use a basic rectangle cut with a slit for the neck, gussets at the shoulders for shape and the body gathered/pleated to the neckline. I suspect there is a fair amount of artistic licence in some portraits... The Sture shirt though does look very fully gathered/pleated though. michaela de bruce http://costumes.glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/131 - Release Date: 12/10/2005 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
