The background looks to me like tapestry, or it might be painted
pannelling. I've never visited the Houses of Parliament but I bet these
are all along a corridor or gallery somewhere.
Jean
Elizabeth Walpole wrote:
- Original Message - From: Melissa Brown Muckart
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I am firmly of the belief that while no one looks you in the eye,
they're certainly not watching where their feet are going either. I
have a gown that has a very short train (about a foot). In walking
very quickly and purposefully in a straight line and following three
other people toward my
That's interesting, because I have a couple of gowns with trains,
short ones as you've mentioned and the people that step on my train
are friends that are walking close to me. I don't recall a train
being stepped upon by someone I don't know. But I take an attitude
when I'm wearing such gowns,
Interesting statement that echoes a treatise on Elizabethan clothing
that I am reading right now. Just as an observation, I would think
that our idea of personal space has changed, and this in turn, is both
a reflection of our clothing and reflected by our clothing.
More musing on this is due.
otsisto wrote:
I am not good at drafting patterns and I asm have a fog. I want to achieve
this bodice.
http://www.homolaicus.com/arte/pittrici/madre.jpg
Any recommendations?
would using the Margo Anderson pattern work?
It should work as the basis for the bodice. You'll want to remove the
otsisto wrote:
I am not good at drafting patterns and I asm have a fog. I want to
achieve
this bodice.
http://www.homolaicus.com/arte/pittrici/madre.jpg
Well, to make things much less clear, there are these patterns of women's
gowns from a similar time place:
I saw no bodice pattern included on either pattern
sketch/layout.
Looked like hanging or not full sleeves, and a smoking
pipe (;)), plus the skirt pieces as you have noted.
Ann in CT
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Well, to make things much less clear, there are
these patterns of
On Aug 5, 2007, at 5:46 AM, Frau Anna Bleucher wrote:
I am firmly of the belief that while no one looks you in the eye,
they're certainly not watching where their feet are going either. I
have a gown that has a very short train (about a foot). In walking
very quickly and purposefully in a
Hi Alexandria,
I am preparing to begin on my version of the gown
shown in the Pelican portrait of Queen Elizabeth I,
Nicholas Hilliard, circa 1574. (...)
I have been contemplating whether to make this a
trained gown or not, (...)
I have already made the 'Pelican' portrait gown; see
my
