Well, I did it now

[liadethornegge]

Finished stitching up all major seams of my ropa. Felled to the sides and topstitching along the seams. Looks nice. Now I have to start thinking again. How to cut out the collar, what to do about shoulder treatment. The links aclisto posted earlier today were awesome for inspiration, and I might use one of those images.

I may take some close-ups of my seams as well, who knows. And may start a diary for the ropa too. Possibly.

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LATER:
Yup, took a couple of shots. Also put the lining inside the shell and put it on, it swishes nicely even when nothing is attached. I almost want to pull out my farthingale to try it on ontop of that. Also almost want to put on my doublet-bodice kirtle and try it ontop of -that-.

Comments

[dalarnahorse123.livejournal.com]

ooo pretty! Did you ever decide on how you were going to line it?

[liadethornegge.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

Not quite decided yet. I'll probably stitch the shoulder seams together (a stitch-in-the-ditch approach) and I'll fold the front closing over the lining there of course - I added extra centimetres at CF for just this purpose. Maybe do a few stitches along the side seams as well. The top half should align well enough, but the bottom - well, the lining fabric was only 140 cm wide, whereas my wool was 150.

I want to do shoulder tabs though, two or three rows. Must find suitable trim to apply there for cheap monies.

[dalarnahorse123.livejournal.com]

Sounds good! Oh and by the way, I was looking on your site and I really like your working class Tudor. How much of your blue wool did you use?

[liadethornegge.livejournal.com]

I really like that one myself too :)

Good question on the fabric. Reading back through the dress diary it seems as if I used up everything of the wool that I had at home, I can't remember off-hand how much that was, but let me calculate.
First, there is the bodice, which uses up half a metre or thereabouts. Then the skirt is three times the length of my alcega petticoat pattern (three because I used up the remaining fabric to make a third panel) which is 115 cm. Total yardage would then be 3 x 115 cm + 50 cm = 3.95 m, or to make it a nice even number: four metres. Without the extra panel that would be three metres.

[dalarnahorse123.livejournal.com]

I was looking through my closet and realized that I don't have anything lower/working class, and I need something a bit cooler and lighter to wear for when I go up to Bristol. I looked around the internet for a while and I saw your working Tudor and now I just have to have one! I found this beautiful black worsted wool and this rusty red linen (what a stiking combination!) and couldn't think of what to do with them. Now I just have to find a petticoat pattern.

[liadethornegge.livejournal.com]

You can see mine laid out on the fabric here (http://swein.campus.luth.se/gallery/tudorworking/alcega_cut_skirt).

What I did to get that pattern was to get out my Patterns of Fashion, look up the alcega plate, measured the centre front on the pattern and then measured the centre front on -me- from waist to ground (over my farthingale). This produced a ratio, which I used to enlarge the rest of the pattern to scale, and voila - my very own pattern!

[liadethornegge.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the fabric sounds Delightful!

[aclisto.livejournal.com]

Oh very nice! I like it. I'm always hunting for pictures to add to my collection, looking for anything in particluar? I've got it all!

[liadethornegge.livejournal.com]

Well, if you've got images of ropa/loose gowns with great big mutton chop sleeves I would really love to see those! See what kind of embellishment, if any, were favoured for this kind of garb.