You might also look at R L Shep's books, they might have a reprint that could be helpful to you.
http://www.rlshep.com/ Katy On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Elizabeth Walpole <elizabeth.r.walp...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’m in the beginning stages of a steampunk outfit for my boyfriend. > I’ve bought McCall’s 4745 > http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m4745-products-7030.php as a starting > point. I’m looking for some information on a slightly more > historically accurate way of constructing it than the standard modern > costume method with fusible interfacing etc. > > Does anybody know of a resource (preferably online but I can try to > obtain books through the library) on historical tailoring techniques > or modern high end tailoring (e.g. accurate interfacing techniques > etc.). Although the outfit doesn’t have to be historically accurate I > don’t want to spend time on a cheap & nasty substitute when I could > spend the same time on a good outfit that will look good & last for a > long time. > > thanks > Elizabeth > -- > ------------------------------------------ > Elizabeth Walpole > http://magpiecostumer.wordpress.com/ > http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
