Apr. 1st, 2006

Thank you

Apr. 1st, 2006 08:59 am
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Thanks everybody who has helped with finding pictures and with suggestions for the swedish dress from Dala Järna. [livejournal.com profile] pinkdiamond found this image at [livejournal.com profile] myralea's site which shows a dress with front pleats, a smooth, higher layer under it and clasps. Much smaller, but still.
I have written to the peron who took the photo I linked to and hopefully he has a larger image of the statue so I can see if there are any interesting carving lines. Apparently it has rests of red and blue paint, that would be interesting to see.
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The actual dress is finished now, but I'm reworking the headwear. The yellow silk cap with a pleated edge that was worn under the black veil wasn't right. Well, it looks okay, gold pleated edges are very common on french hoods so I thought it was a good choice also for this type. But when I found a coloured sketch of Anne Cresacre I saw clearly that there was first a white coif with a pleated edge, then _maybe_ a gold coloured layer and then the black veil with gold billiments. The gold silk cap was too short compared to the veil too, it doesn't reach below my cheek bones. So it will be taken apart and the fabric used to make the yellow layer, which possibly will only be a piece of fabric, like how Sarah Goodman ([livejournal.com profile] sarahbellem) wore her french hood with her red silk taffeta dress.
I am currently working on the coif. I am making it from the pattern for a henrician coif in the Tudor tailor. I cut it from fine linen this morning and brought it with me when I went with Vendela to the riding school. I love small hand sewing projects. I have 10 cm of wire to attach and then I will turn the brim and sew it to the headband and finally sew a piece of lovely pleated cream silk-like ribbon (it's rayon) I got from [livejournal.com profile] clothsprogs last spring.

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