Embelish a 16th century Shirt

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Embelish a 16th century Shirt

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I used Janet Arnolds “Patterns of Fashion nr 1” as a reference.img303

And designed my pattern of flowers and shapes.img303 - Kopia

I drew 3 different flower / animal shapes and followed them up to transparent linen fabric. Then I used a heavy buttonhole for embroidery.

I knew it would take some time to bury the shirt, but I was shocked to discover exactly how slow it went. Each small flower took about 45-55 minutes, and each shelf rack row took 2 hours.

This slow paste allowed me to change the entire liner original plan, making handcuffs, collar, neck border and rick-rack on the seams.

Unfortunately I lost all of my ongoing shots, but here are some of our finished shirt.

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Just the facts:

Difficult Duty: nr 4 Emelishment.

What: 1550-1600s shirt.

Pattern: Janet Arnolds “Number 1 Fashion Patterns”

Fabric: 1.5 m transparent soft linen.

Concepts: white sewing thread, 2 buttonhole brown buttonhole thread and 4 buttons.

How historically correct: Except for the terrible quality of my stiching and the fact that it will be worn by a woman. But it is completely hand-sewn and seen correctly. So the temple is 7/10.

Time: (Long road) About 100 hours.

Cost: about 100 Sek (11Usd)