I cut out the lining -again- only this time in some lovely white/natural linen. I sewed it all together and tried it on. This lining is a -much- better fit. I still think I’ll have Edith fidget with the fit a little bit but this is MUCH closer to the real dress that I want.
Author: nibuca
Ok, all the pieces of yellow lining linen are sewn together. I tried it on and found that the yellow linen is a lot lighter and stretchier than the linen we used for the fitting. After fuming about this overnight (and talking with Edith) I’ve decided to re-cut out the lining from some heaftier white linen I have in my…
Last night I ironed the yellow linen and cut out the lining. I noticed that a lot of the details of the fitting got lost when I added the seam allowance. To fix this I laid the yellow lining on top of the pattern pieces and traced the fitting marks onto the lining with purple chalk. The yellow was just…
Not much done at this point. I cleaned up the pattern pieces. I used a T pin (head of the pin is about 1/2 inch (1 cm) long) to mark the seam allowance on the dress. I then trimmed all the excess off of the pattern. Place the T-pin so the body of the pin is parallel with the seam…
Edith fit me for the dress using Robin Netherton’s methods (super secret, she made us promise not to publish them). Yes, it’s only been a year and a half… but in that time we’ve fit lots of other people for the dress. So we weren’t too rusty on the methods. We used some aweful chunky linen with thin black stripes…
Mists Bardic Feast
From left-right: Sylvie (me), Edith, Dianora standing next to soetelty. Picture taken by Vigdis In September 2004 it was my pleasure to act as head cuisinière for the Mists Bardic Feast. I’ve uploaded some of the recipes with commentary and pictures.
AOA
Edith and I got our AOAs. Pictures taken by Pied Piper (the_pied_one at yahoo.com). Sylvie Sylvie Edith Edith I joined the SCA in Feb 2002. I got my AOA in Jun 2003. In between the two I autocratted an event, won a cooking competition and sewed my first canvas pavilion (12′ tall hub&spoke round pavilion). I also had learned to…
I had the very good fortune to be able to attend a lecture by Robin Netherton. She lectured on her method for achieving this type of fitted dress and she also talked about her reasoning why the garments found in Greenland around that time (the so-called 10-gore dress) aren’t good examples of the fashions on the mainland. All-in-all, she was…