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by Vittoria | May 3, 2023 | 1490s, Under Gown
Once you have gone back through and are back at the point of having an outlined and fully quilted and stiffened pattern piece on a block of fabric, it’s time to line. Iron out and lightly starch your lining fabric. Flip your pattern pieces over on the lining...
by Vittoria | May 3, 2023 | 1490s, Under Gown
To start the fitting process, apply some sort of lacing rig to the side seams. I’ve used safety pins. I’ve also used just a cord machine stitched down the armhole edges and twine to lace it up with. Do this first as it’s much more awkward to do with...
by Vittoria | May 3, 2023 | 1490s, Under Gown
Now that you have a proto pattern civilized from the duct tape, and starched fabric, it’s time to quilt the fabric layers together by machine. This is a machine approximation of hand pad stitching. Before you can quilt you need to take a look at the fabric you...
by Vittoria | Apr 2, 2023 | 1490s, Under Gown
Now that you have pattern pieces, it’s time to begin fashioning the inner structure, “the guts”, of your bodice. There is no set-in-stone rule for this. If you are of a slight build with an A cup, you could get away with two layers of quilting...