Please, don't try this at home...I have no clue what I'm doing.

[martelvonc]

I made my sleeveless Luttrell Psalter gown for Pennsic. Problem is, I made it too big. I over estimated the size of my bits, and my height. Yes, I did indeed measure my a fore mentioned bits, and measured the fabric. I have no idea what went wrong.

Tonight I took the darn thing apart and took in the shoulders and shortened it. I still like it for a first effort. I will still be able to wear it and enjoy it after I fix it. This means extra work but it is not a disaster.

The next plan is to remake it in linen and in wool. This is once I get the bugs worked out of the pattern. How can something so simple be so hard? Oh yea, I forgot, I'm not a costumer...*face*palm*.

I will freely admit I suck at making a pattern. Give me a pattern and I can sew the heck out of it. But designing my own? Not so much.

In my little world I do have flashes of brilliance - I made the apron for this outfit, "boom" like that. No thought and it came out right the first time. The gown? Truly a labor of love. Heavy on the labor...

Comments

[the-cheese-lady.livejournal.com]

You and me both! Simplicity, Vogue, and McCalls patterns - no problem. Coming up with something from my own head - not a chance.

Thank goodness for historic reenactment clothing sites, reconstructing history, and an apprentice-sister who *is* a costumer. I don't know how it happened but Etaine is almost exactly the same size as I am, and sells the clothing that she no longer wears. I can't wait for a winter event where I can wear my new/used wool germans. :)

[martelvonc.livejournal.com]

I agree, I am a pattern buyer unless someone takes pity on me and help me make a muslin pattern. I can modify an already existing pattern but the shapes mistify me.