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Artemisia
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The SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) and renaissance faires have fueled my interest in sewing. I enjoy recreating renaissance Italian clothing, sewing renaissance festival costumes and making my own custom modern clothing.
craft interests: sewing, costuming
Member Since: 12/11/2008
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Clockpunk DaVinci Aviator
Five yards of a beige linen/cotton blend. Black piping in knife pleats throughout bodice. Entire dress draped selvedge to selvedge - no major pattern construction needed. The only curved cutting was...
16th century Florentine Gown
A recreation of a gown worn in Florence Italy from 1500-1525 (approx). I used five yards of orange linen and several yards of black bias binding for the trim. The bodice interior is made of one layer...
16th century Venetian Gown
Recreation of 16 century venetian gown. Refered to various paintings of the time to find a plausible combination of bodice, skirt and sleeves. Eight yards of cinnamon "shantung" poly fabric. Bodice...
The Mod 60's
Queensewalot | November 20th, 2009
Project Runway Season 6 Finale - Tim has a meltdown
stitchhappy | November 20th, 2009
How to Recover an Umbrella
ThreadsMagazine | November 19th, 2009
Re: Find Your Best Silhouette
This is fantastic to find the ideal. But I agree we need more information. I've tried to find books or a chart on all the body relationships and can't find one. Since I'm a little nuts, I'm creating an excel spreadsheet to do the math. I was once a statistical analyst and I love geometry.
posted: 2:05 pm on January 29thThis article educated me about length. Now my questions are: "What is considered the ideal width of the shoulders, width of the hips and width of the waist?"