Dear Kate, The best advice is, don't expect them to fit neatly, they never did! The pictures I've seen of extant garments with triangular gores, the top of the triangle tends to be flattened or rounded off.
My technique is to sew the top couple of inches first, with the rest of the gore loose, and then when you've got the point in you can do the rest of the seams. Pin one side, stitch that bit up to the point, then wrangle it around and pin the other side and stitch back down. Jean On 05/10/2009, Kate Bunting <k.m.bunt...@derby.ac.uk> wrote: > > Dear list, > > I have at last started on a long-planned project to make myself a > 17th-century jacket (for when I need extra warmth). I'm using a pattern from > "The cut of women's clothes" that has triangular gussets in the skirts. Now, > as a not-very-competent needlewoman, I'm finding it difficult to get the > points of the gussets to fit neatly. I'm only working with the lining > material as yet, and have only tacked the pieces together. Can anyone offer > any advice before I start sewing properly? > > With thanks, > > Kate Bunting > Librarian & 17th century reenactor > > > ________________________________ > The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves > the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to > you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct > any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk > The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy > _______________________________________________ > 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
