RH Pattern Update
On the sideless surcote problem: ( Read more... )
My cotehardie (look, I'm old school! ;-) ) is coming together. Laina helped fit it Sunday, and I've got it mostly together and the sleeves on. Had Jen tweek the surcote over this last night, so I have a working pattern for that. But, jeeze, this is going to be a warm outfit! I'm thinking that this will be an Estrella/March Crown/An Tir outfit. :-/
Musing on the different ways cotehardies can be made and fitted. I have a six-piece pattern that Etaine made me already. That pattern I, I believe, more flattering to my figure than this 4-peice-with-skirt-gore approach. But I'm enjoying exploring this latter approach for now. Hard to explain why, bu I think the attraction for me is that it's closer to the way things are cut in the WITTE book.
Furthermore, This RH pattern seems to place the skirt gores closer to the waist, so that it's not as fitted down through the hips. This bothers me on my figure, but I'd have to rip them out to fix it and I'm not sure it's worth the trouble this go-around. I've seen the Italian cotehardies have that sort of flare, higher and more under the bust. But I plan to put buttons down the front, and that's more a French/English/fittedthroughthehips style. I'm setting the issue aside for today and figure out what is going to make me happiest. I also think I'll tweak the sleave the next go-around, although this one is quite servicable
Also thinking about what a Viconti-hours-type-cotehardie pattern would look like. The most sailent feature of these are sleeves that are bunched up at the top and tight on the forarm.
Sigh. Very much in a mood to sew right now.
My cotehardie (look, I'm old school! ;-) ) is coming together. Laina helped fit it Sunday, and I've got it mostly together and the sleeves on. Had Jen tweek the surcote over this last night, so I have a working pattern for that. But, jeeze, this is going to be a warm outfit! I'm thinking that this will be an Estrella/March Crown/An Tir outfit. :-/
Musing on the different ways cotehardies can be made and fitted. I have a six-piece pattern that Etaine made me already. That pattern I, I believe, more flattering to my figure than this 4-peice-with-skirt-gore approach. But I'm enjoying exploring this latter approach for now. Hard to explain why, bu I think the attraction for me is that it's closer to the way things are cut in the WITTE book.
Furthermore, This RH pattern seems to place the skirt gores closer to the waist, so that it's not as fitted down through the hips. This bothers me on my figure, but I'd have to rip them out to fix it and I'm not sure it's worth the trouble this go-around. I've seen the Italian cotehardies have that sort of flare, higher and more under the bust. But I plan to put buttons down the front, and that's more a French/English/fittedthroughthehips style. I'm setting the issue aside for today and figure out what is going to make me happiest. I also think I'll tweak the sleave the next go-around, although this one is quite servicable
Also thinking about what a Viconti-hours-type-cotehardie pattern would look like. The most sailent feature of these are sleeves that are bunched up at the top and tight on the forarm.
Sigh. Very much in a mood to sew right now.