Right now I'm resorting to basting because I don't own large turtle brooches... but a friend does so that will be the next thing... along with photos. Turtle brooches are so large and heavy that I'm thinking they will hold the folds down. If not, there is still basting. I've been thinking too... with the pleats the sarafin will accomodate a pregnant belly... and if the pleats can be pulled out at will, they would accomodate breast-feeding as well. Just a thought. Another really cool thing in the Russian article.... the straps end in loops... so the big turtle brooch pins don't have to go through the fabric! Gytha
----- Original Message ---- From: Catherine Olanich Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:26:02 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume On Saturday 12 July 2008 1:08:18 pm Gytha Stonegrinder wrote: > I got this link from this group. It intrigued me, so I made the sarafin > using the dimensions from the article, and using a light-weight linen. > When I tried it on it hung all wrong. The drawing has a drape to it that > the linen just doesn't do. More than that, the way they show it the silk > bands across the front don't show very well. I've been planning to try the same thing, just haven't got around to it yet. I'm inclined to agree with you that the bands wouldn't show well if the apron dress were made that way. > I found that if I folded the > front into two large pleats, one under each brooch, the bands showed > nicely, and it hung very well. Interesting. How do you mean? Do you mean that you pin through the pleats as well as through the loops? If not, how do you get the pleats to stay put? -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny."--Edmund Burke _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
