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January 28, 2019

Copy of A Pair of 1640’s Stays: Part 2

January 28, 2019/ Properly Dressed/ Jacky Ingram
Copy of A Pair of 1640’s Stays: Part 2

A description of making a pair of stays using a pattern from Patterns of Fashion 5. Carrying out the fitting and a review of the effectiveness of using the Barra Tape method of scaling up the pattern from the book scale to the client size.

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January 28, 2019/ Properly Dressed/ Jacky Ingram/ 1 Comment
Costume, Dress-making, Seventeenth century
Stays, Corset, 1640, 1640s
October 07, 2018

Creating a Banqueting Gown Part II

October 07, 2018/ Jacky Ingram
Creating a Banqueting Gown Part II

Part two of the construction of a banqueting gown for the seventeenth century.

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October 07, 2018/ Jacky Ingram/
Costume, Dress-making, Seventeenth century
Pattern making, Scaling Up, Gown, Banquet, Corset, Stays, Dressmaking
October 01, 2018

Creating a Banqueting Gown

October 01, 2018/ Jacky Ingram
Creating a Banqueting Gown

The design and creation of a silk seventeenth century dress

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October 01, 2018/ Jacky Ingram/
Costume, Dress-making, Seventeenth century
Gown, Banquet, English Civil War, Silk Bodice, Bodice, Corset, Stays, Tailor's dummy, mannequin

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