Advice on Making a Kirtle

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  • I am going to be making kirtles for 3 friends of differing body types, one in THIS style [url]http://www.bettinas-pages.de/pictures/clothing/sleeveless_kirtle/kirtle_1_gr.jpg[/url] and two in THIS style [url]http://www.revivalclothing.com/ProductImages/kirtle_DrkGrnLinen.jpg[/url]
    Has anyone ever made a kirtle before? If so, do you have any advice?
    The websites I have looked at recomended cutting two rectangles and fitting those to the body, then adding large gores in the sides. I'm a little confused about the sleeves and gussets mentioned on this website: do you sew them together to create a sleeve, then sew them to the bodice? And how do you decide how big to make hte arm hole (or is that decided during fitting?) [url]http://japanstuff.hubpages.com/hub/making-a-medieval-wedding-dress[/url]

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    Hello,

    So from what I am looking at? You are looking at making 14th to 15th Century Kirtles.
    La Cotte Simple has a process on how to create these gowns.
    [URL="http://cottesimple.com"]http://cottesimple.com[/URL]


    Reconstructing History has a pattern for creating Kirtles from various time periods.
    [URL="www.ReconstructingHistory.com"]www.ReconstructingHistory.com[/URL]

    Here is a pattern from a lady far away but has a good extant thought!
    [URL="http://www.kostym.cz/Obrazky/6_Dobove/06_Suknice/VI_06_02.gif"]http://www.kostym.cz/Obrazky/6_Dobove/06_Suknice/VI_06_02.gif[/URL]
    Her site is : [URL="http://www.kostym.cz/Anglicky/III_14_04.htm"]http://www.kostym.cz/Anglicky/III_14_04.htm[/URL]

    [URL="http://www.alternaliv.se/histvarld/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7121"]http://www.alternaliv.se/histvarld/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7121[/URL]

    :sunny:

    Cilean




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  • I know this thread was started back in November and all, but I would recommend avoiding Reconstructing History patterns unless you [i]really[/i] know what you're doing. I'm an advanced seamstress myself, and I have never had [i]any[/i] luck with their patterns.