Although my sister is good at sewing, she is not very good at web searching, so I made this list of links to patterns for her that are available for sale. Knowing the pattern numbers she could go to the local fabric shop and request a specific pattern without having to flip through all the catalogs, or get lost on the web. A few of the links are for Victorian or fantasy garb but maybe they could still be useful.
http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B3552=x&TI=10013&page=7 (http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B3552=x&TI=10013&page=7)
http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B3640=x&TI=10013&page=7 (http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B3640=x&TI=10013&page=7)
http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B3906=x&TI=10013&page=6 (http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B3906=x&TI=10013&page=6)
http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4377=x&TI=10013&page=4 (http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4377=x&TI=10013&page=4)
http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4483=x&TI=10013&page=4 (http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4483=x&TI=10013&page=4)
http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4571=x&TI=10013&page=3 (http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4571=x&TI=10013&page=3)
http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4669=x&TI=10013&page=2 (http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4669=x&TI=10013&page=2)
http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4890=x&TI=10013&page=1 (http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4890=x&TI=10013&page=1)
http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B6195=x&TI=10013&page=9 (http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B6195=x&TI=10013&page=9)
http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B6196=x&TI=10013&page=9 (http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B6196=x&TI=10013&page=9)
http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B6693=x&TI=10013&page=10 (http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B6693=x&TI=10013&page=10)
http://www.folkwear.com/123.html (http://www.folkwear.com/123.html)
http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M4107.htm?tab=costumes&page=6 (http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M4107.htm?tab=costumes&page=6)
http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M4696.htm?search=m4696&page=1 (http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M4696.htm?search=m4696&page=1)
http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M4744.htm?tab=costumes&page=4 (http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M4744.htm?tab=costumes&page=4)
http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M4994.htm?search=m4994&page=1 (http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M4994.htm?search=m4994&page=1)
http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M5206.htm?tab=costumes&page=1 (http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M5206.htm?tab=costumes&page=1)
http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M8552.htm?search=doll&page=3 (http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M8552.htm?search=doll&page=3)
http://www.simplicity.com/dv1_v4.cfm?design=4488 (http://www.simplicity.com/dv1_v4.cfm?design=4488)
http://www.simplicity.com/dv1_v4.cfm?design=5582 (http://www.simplicity.com/dv1_v4.cfm?design=5582)
http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/patterns/sewingpatterns.pl?patternid=9796 (http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/patterns/sewingpatterns.pl?patternid=9796)
Darn.... all my previous posts (except two or three) disappeared from the forum when it moved. Ah well. I'll re-post the list of pattern links here. They're all from Jennifer Thompson's wonderful Renaissance costume site, a site I visited almost weekly when I first started making costumes. ;D
Pattern for side-laced early Florentine bodice
http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/diary/images/florpat1.gif
Pattern for early Florentine round sleeves
http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/diary/images/sleevepattern.gif
How to hemp-cord-bone a bodice (a wonderful technique I tried in my Raphael dress)
http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/cording/cord.html
How to make an easy Italian chemise
http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/chemise.html
And also: The zen of spiral lacing, fashion plates, portrait gallery, about dyeing and fabrics etc
http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/
Love Festive Attyre!
Margo Anderson offers a free downloadable partlet pattern:
http://www.margospatterns.com/wwadapt.htm
A Listing of Online Pattern Links for 16th Century Garb
The SMOCK Pattern Generator
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/smockpat/ (http://www.elizabethancostume.net/smockpat/)
ITALIAN CAMICIA
http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/chemise.html (http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/chemise.html)
Variation of ITALIAN CAMICIA
http://www.feoragdubh.eastkingdom.org/Patterns/ItalianRenChemise.gif (http://www.feoragdubh.eastkingdom.org/Patterns/ItalianRenChemise.gif)
Making a FARTHINGALE
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/farthingale/period.html (http://www.elizabethancostume.net/farthingale/period.html)
Another Method of Making a FARTHINGALE
http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_farthingale.htm (http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_farthingale.htm)
CORDED PETTICOAT
http://www.sempstress.org/experiments/cordedpetticoat.shtml (http://www.sempstress.org/experiments/cordedpetticoat.shtml)
BUMROLL
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/bumroll.html (http://www.elizabethancostume.net/bumroll.html)
CORSET Pattern Generator aka CPG
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/custompat/ (http://www.elizabethancostume.net/custompat/)
The CPG used to Pattern an 18th CENTURY CORSET
http://www.marariley.net/stays/staysinstructions.htm (http://www.marariley.net/stays/staysinstructions.htm)
Patterning the EFFIGY CORSET
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/EffigyReconstruction.htm (http://www.elizabethancostume.net/EffigyReconstruction.htm)
The CPG Modified to Make a BODICE Pattern
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/kirtlepat/index.html (http://www.elizabethancostume.net/kirtlepat/index.html)
The bodice from the previous link attached to a gathered skirt and made into a KIRTLE
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/makekirtle.html (http://www.elizabethancostume.net/makekirtle.html)
PETTICOATS
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/petticoat.html#make (http://www.elizabethancostume.net/petticoat.html#make)
Constructing a 16th CENTURY FLEMISH OUTFIT
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/lowerclass/makeflem.html (http://www.elizabethancostume.net/lowerclass/makeflem.html)
SHIRTS or HIGH NECK SMOCKS
http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_shirt.htm (http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_shirt.htm)
MAN'S DOUBLET
http://freespace.virgin.net/f.lea/doublet1.html (http://freespace.virgin.net/f.lea/doublet1.html)
Quick and Dirty TRUNK HOSE
http://home.austin.rr.com/moondragon/QDtrunk.html (http://home.austin.rr.com/moondragon/QDtrunk.html)
TRUNK HOSEN
http://www.mooharpist.net/trunkhosen1.html (http://www.mooharpist.net/trunkhosen1.html)
HATS
http://www.sempstress.org/patterns/hatmaking/index.shtml (http://www.sempstress.org/patterns/hatmaking/index.shtml)
FRENCH HOODS
http://modehistorique.com/elizabethan/french_hood/french_hoods.html (http://modehistorique.com/elizabethan/french_hood/french_hoods.html)
Another Theory on FRENCH HOOD Construction
http://www.kimiko1.com/dressdiaries/1545FrenchHood/index.html (http://www.kimiko1.com/dressdiaries/1545FrenchHood/index.html)
A sewing diary and instructions for a petal skirt:
http://www.using-sewing-machines.com/Bernina830_petalskirt.html (http://www.using-sewing-machines.com/Bernina830_petalskirt.html)
Found this while browse the net, Most Interesting. Enjoy!
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/jennifer/buttons/index.htm
It is always lovely to see loads of sites you don't know! Thanks everyone this is a great source, I have some I don't see on the list as yet:
Dawn has some awesome pieces as well!
http://www.reddawn.net/costume/index.html (http://www.reddawn.net/costume/index.html)
Lynn McMaster's has some Hat and Partlet and now a Custom PoB (Corset) Pattern! For $10.00 you can get a pattern that fits your body type! Pretty awesome!
http://lynnmcmasters.com/index.html (http://lynnmcmasters.com/index.html)
Semptress has her Patterns as well
http://www.sempstress.org/patterns/index.shtml (http://www.sempstress.org/patterns/index.shtml)
Grace has a wonderful pattern for an Elizabethan Shirt in PDF
http://www.houseffg.org/resources/ (http://www.houseffg.org/resources/)
This site has some extra information on making shirts and how to make them look smashing:
http://www.pleatworkembroidery.com/ (http://www.pleatworkembroidery.com/)
Here is a great site by Mistress Leona Khadine d'Este and Mistress Enid d'Auliere
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~rowen/renbk/rendressbook.html (http://homepages.wmich.edu/~rowen/renbk/rendressbook.html)
Kate's Corner as a bevy of lovely things to check out especially a Tall hat pattern and how to guide!
http://www.employees.org/~cathy/ (http://www.employees.org/~cathy/)
Francesca V. Havas' Glove Site is very good as well!
http://glove.org/ (http://glove.org/)
How to on making Cloth Buttons
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/jennifer/buttons/Basicfabricbuttons.htm (http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/jennifer/buttons/Basicfabricbuttons.htm)
I hope these help!!
Cilean
Can we get this stickied?