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Do I have a gored skirt pattern?

Started by gem, June 29, 2009, 04:03:46 PM

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gem

I know, what a question, huh?

I want Promenade to have a nice swishy/full skirt, but it needs to be pretty smooth at the waist/hips, so I'm thinking nice knife or box pleats, with a gored skirt.  Before I drag down *all* my costuming books, could y'all glance at my library and tell me if I already have something I can work with?

Tudor Tailor
all the Margo Anderson patterns
all the Janet Arnold books (except the undies one)
Patterns for Theatrical Costuming
and just about every Big 3 remotely Ren or faire pattern

Alternately, is there a scalable pattern on the web?

Gramercy!!

Kate XXXXXX

Could you just give it a circular skirt?  Plenty of directions all over the place...

operafantomet

Quote from: gem on June 29, 2009, 04:03:46 PM
I know, what a question, huh?

I want Promenade to have a nice swishy/full skirt, but it needs to be pretty smooth at the waist/hips, so I'm thinking nice knife or box pleats, with a gored skirt.  Before I drag down *all* my costuming books, could y'all glance at my library and tell me if I already have something I can work with?

Tudor Tailor
all the Margo Anderson patterns
all the Janet Arnold books (except the undies one)
Patterns for Theatrical Costuming
and just about every Big 3 remotely Ren or faire pattern
As far as I remember, the Eleonora di Toledo funeral dress (in the "Renaissance and baroque" PoF) has gores, and is pleated. I think there is at least one other gored skirt there as well.  :)

Lady Rosalind

The underskirt of the Lady's patterns from Margo Anderson is gored! You should be able to use that one.  ;D