Hi there,
I've started posting a few photos from my collection in an old blog I
found unused today at http://www.reproductions.blogspot.com
Bye for now,
Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy
music ~ dancing ~ sewing ~ patterns ~ books
1480s - 1890s : Renaissance to Victor
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From: Aylwen Garden
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 1:40:28 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Drafting from antique garment - question
Another thought went through my mind - I could develop this pattern to
fit modern sizing charts, but it was designed for a different fi
Brilliant!! We're really lucky that we have so many professionals on this
list to guide us through some of this stuff. I knew there had to be a
percentage to use, but I'm just not math-savvy enough to have figured it
out.
Thanks, AlbertCat!
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:27 PM, wrote:
>
> In a messa
cool beans!
Of course all proportions don't increase or decrease evenlybut this is a
good start. Then measurements that are off can be adjusted more easily.
The rule here is always the same to find how much to blow up or reduce:
Divide the new size into the old size and move the decimal to
In a message dated 12/17/2008 6:31:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
sha...@collierfam.com writes:
Don't know about "official" methods, but when I want to size something up or
down, I photocopy it in a percent larger mode.
Of course all proportions don't increase or decrease ev
In a message dated 12/17/2008 4:47:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com writes:
Regency is tricky, to my eye if the best attempt at the historic look isn't
made, the dress just looks like a modern, empire waist gown.
Agreed. There's the way the
ehalf Of Aylwen Garden
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:43 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: [h-cost] Drafting from antique garment - question
Dear List
I have finally traced off all the pattern pieces to one of my regency gowns.
I can copy it, but am looking for an easy way to draft it into other
-cost] Drafting from antique garment - question
Another thought went through my mind - I could develop this pattern to
fit modern sizing charts, but it was designed for a different figure
that may have had regency stays on! This raises the question, if I'm
drafting from an extant garment should I mak
Another thought went through my mind - I could develop this pattern to
fit modern sizing charts, but it was designed for a different figure
that may have had regency stays on! This raises the question, if I'm
drafting from an extant garment should I make it for a person wearing
a corset? Will this
There is no overall easy change to grade a garment. You need to change one part
a lot, and the other end just a hair in many cases.
My favorite grading book is "Grading Techniques for Modern Design" by Price and Zamkoff. It shows lots of variations, and I can
usually find something close to the
o fit with the same ease as modern
garments, so modern measurement tables may not be appropriate anyway.
Claudine
- Original Message
From: Aylwen Garden
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:42:54 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Drafting from antique garment - question
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Behalf Of Aylwen Garden
Sent: Wednesday, 17 December 2008 4:43 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: [h-cost] Drafting from antique garment - question
Dear List
I have finally traced off all the pattern pieces to one of my regency gowns.
I can copy it, but am lo
Dear List
I have finally traced off all the pattern pieces to one of my regency
gowns. I can copy it, but am looking for an easy way to draft it into
other sizes as it is very small. Is there a simple method to do this?
And is there a set of measurements I should be using as a standard?
When I look
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