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Tiger B  |
Wisconsin USA
Member since, 10/1/04
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| Pattern Review | 11/1/06 6:32 PM | Self Drafted Pattern - 20393-1000 Egyptian Dress
I wanted to create a pleated dress to wear with an old Egyptian queen costume I made years ago. (I would give you the pattern number, but I think it's out of print.) Egyptian royalty sometimew wore pleated garments (the richer you were, the more likely you could afford pleats). I decided to dye and ...more... |
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| Pattern Review | 6/1/06 5:03 PM | Burda - 2460 Lord of the Castle
Pattern Description: This pattern includes the knee-length full-skirted tunic and the long over-vest seen in the pictures. The hat pictured on the pattern envelope is not included. It's vaguely late 1500s Italian.
Pattern Sizing:Seemed tight on my husband although he matched the dimensions.
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| Pattern Review | 6/1/06 3:31 PM | Butterick - 4315 Eighteenth Century Royalty
Pattern Description: This is a "faux" historical costume using modern pattern design and construction. It resembles late-1700s gowns but does not include any of the undergarments needed to really create the full "look". As a straight costume pattern, it wasn't hard to sew.
Pattern Sizing: Pretty t...more... |
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| Pattern Review | 2/6/06 2:33 PM | Simplicity - 9891 Lord of the rings inspired
Pattern Description:
I used one of these Lord of the Rings inspired patterns to help me re-create the dress in which Arwen rides away from the Ringwraiths. This pattern is not really that much like the dress, and I had to do a good bit of fooling around to make it resemble what I wanted.
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| Pattern Review | 7/22/06 10:50 AM | Folkwear - 108 Turkish Dancer
Pattern Description:
Turkish Dancer is an ethnic pattern featuring a long shirt (entari) that buttons on top and flows on the bottom, a jacket, and a vest. The shirt is fitted with long flowing sleeves; the jacket and vest, not so fitted. The jacket is essentially the vest with sleeves.
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I've lived in Madison, WI all my life and enjoy sewing costumes and dyeing fabric above all other things. My dye blog is A Good Day to Dye.more
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