Re: [h-cost] Circular cloak hems - what do you do?

2007-03-17 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
t; Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:26 AM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Circular cloak hems - what do you do? All the extant ones I've seen have been semi-circular, but some of the ecclesiastical ones are tailored at the shoulder. Glenda. -Original Message- Sorry for the cross posts all.

Re: [h-cost] Circular cloak hems - what do you do?

2007-03-16 Thread stilskin
Cut the thing as an oval with the shorter axis being the front and back; use your shoulder width to determine how much extra length is required for the long axis. Hem evenly all around -- you'll need to gather or tuck, -C. > circle cape. Of course over the shoulder the cape length is shorter.

Re: [h-cost] Circular cloak hems - what do you do?

2007-03-16 Thread 00217146
Quoting Sylvia Rognstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I try to make capes the same distance from the floor all the way > around. Time consuming, I know, because you have to measure it all > around with the person wearing it. And the problem is that when > wearing it later, it shifts around. ...whic

RE: [h-cost] Circular cloak hems - what do you do?

2007-03-16 Thread Glenda Robinson
All the extant ones I've seen have been semi-circular, but some of the ecclesiastical ones are tailored at the shoulder. Glenda. -Original Message- Sorry for the cross posts all. I'v just made a middle class full length full circle cape. Of course over the shoulder the cape length is sh

Re: [h-cost] Circular cloak hems - what do you do?

2007-03-16 Thread Sylvia Rognstad
I try to make capes the same distance from the floor all the way around. Time consuming, I know, because you have to measure it all around with the person wearing it. And the problem is that when wearing it later, it shifts around. Sylrog On Mar 16, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Saragrace Knauf wrote: