I have a skirt cut out that way too, but I haven't started sewing it together yet. Looks as though we were thinking alike when it comes to the big pleats. I just saw a painting that has those pleats knife pleated looking. I wonder if the dress hadn't been packed in a trunk and the roundness pinched.
Regina > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Crimson Vision > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 4:17 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Elizabeta's Garb was: attaching feathers to a hat > > > Hi Regina, > > The gold guards were sewn directly onto the skirt fabric before > piecing the > skirt together. The skirt has a total of 16 gores on it which I carefully > measured the length on before cutting so all I would have to do > was turn the > edge under to hem. After that I mapped out the gold pieces and cut those > out; I had to paint all of the red swirls on them which was crazy time > consuming so in ordre to paint only what was going to be used I really had > to measure carefully. After piecing all the gold onto the velvet > and making > sure all the guards lined up I then sewed the 16 gores together and roll > pleasted it to the waistband. > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
