Tagged: gowns

Italian gown: sneak peek 7

Italian gown: sneak peek

I’ve started the next portion of my Italian gown. Here is a quick preview: The petticoat patterning for the silk fabric is 9 pieces and the linen lining 14 pieces! It was fun putting...

Rose & Red Surcoat: construction & fitting 0

Rose & Red Surcoat: construction & fitting

My client saw this 1 yard of red shot-with-black silk taffeta with a gold embroidery and knew she wanted to do another silk gown. We had been thinking of going with another linen gown....

Cream loose kirtle: piecing & fitting 1

Cream loose kirtle: piecing & fitting

This will be worn under a previously made red & cream silk ropa. We are also making a new surcoat that can be worn over this kirtle as well. I’ll post some photos of...

Green and Gray Gown: alterations 0

Green and Gray Gown: alterations

Shortly after this lovely green & gray Middles gown was finished my client lost a significant amounts of weight to make the outfit unwearable. The bodice just didn’t fit right even overlapped at front....