The Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing 16th-century DressThe book provides 36 patterns and full step-by-step instructions, detailed diagrams and photographs that show the finished garments worn by real people. There is also general advice on choosing materials, construction methods, and an insight into the Tudor tailor's sewing kit. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 4 |
CLOTHING THE PEOPLE | 15 |
LOOKING THE PART | 27 |
Copyright | |
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The Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing Sixteenth-Century Dress Ninya Mikhaila,Jane Malcolm-Davies No preview available - 2006 |
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16th century adding 12mm ½ armhole Back cut back seam back stitch baste bodice body pieces bottom edge brim buckram busk buttonhole stitch calico calico pieces canvas cartridge pleats Catherine Parr centre back centre front clothes codpiece collar costume cotton cuffs domette doublet dress Elizabethan Emmison Essex eyelets fabric and lining farthingale fastening fold front edges fustian garments gown Handsew into place headband Henrician hooks and eyes hose inside interlining jerkin kirtle lacing strip linen lining fabric neckline panels panes pattern pieces petticoat Pin and baste Pin lining Press seam allowances Press seams open right sides facing ruff running stitch satin seam allowances open sewn SH.P shirt shoulder seams side seams silk skirt slashed sleeve head sleeve lining smocks snipping into curves tape thread top edge top fabric Trim Tudor Turn seam allowances upper sleeves velvet wadding waist waistband weft wide wire wool worn wrong sides