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Embelish a 16th century Shirt | Fashion through History
Embelish a 16th century Shirt
I used Janet Arnolds “Patterns of Fashion nr 1” as a reference.
And designed my pattern of flowers and shapes.
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.
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)