Category Archives: de heere gown
A little bit of sewing
I never did finish all the trim on my English Lady dress from 2 years ago. In preparation for Renn Faire season, I popped some trim on the skirt. A 2 inch wide velvet band going over the hem (which … Continue reading
De Heere English Lady Gown
De Heere English Lady Gown Read the dress diary Full photo album Concept: A 1570s kirtle and fitted gown copied from Lucas De Heere’s drawing of An English Lady and Young Lady Fabrics: Black wool gabardine (Fashion Fabrics club), green-blue linen (NY Fashion Center), … Continue reading
Sneak peek
Not sure if it’s a sneak peek 2 weeks after the event, but wevs:
Hooks and eyes and headdesks
So I finally finished whipping the top gown fabric to the heavy linen interlining. I planned to attach the hooks & eyes to the interlining and put the lining on top, in order to avoid them pulling and showing the … Continue reading
Catchup #1
Sebastopol happened and I had a fantastic time! But since I didn’t take any photos, final pictures will have to wait until my friends post them. Until then, catching up on some of the pictures I took of the intermediate … Continue reading
Too busy sewing to post…
So here is a picture of Kaylee-cat being helpful:
Gown skirts
Normally, I just cut two rectangles of fabric using the whole width of the fabric in my skirts. However, I attended the Tudor Tailor workshop on Saturday (!), and decided to take what I learned to my dress. Period widths … Continue reading
Kirtle top done!
After finishing the eyelets in the last post, I just needed to whip in the shoulder straps, and the top is done! This is really the hard part of the kirtle, the skirt shouldn’t be too difficult. The good: The … Continue reading
Progress…
40 hand sewn eyelets, done. Given the spacing, these eyelets will be spiral laced.
Black kirtle patterning
So for all historical clothing, you need to work from the inside out. The support layer of this outfit will be a black wool kirtle. I actually started patterning this 2 months ago, but since I don’t like making patterns, … Continue reading
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