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Sewing a Tudor Era Gown in Handwoven fabric
DescriptionAll embroidery was done on a Baby Lock Venture and all machine sewing was done on a Baby Lock Soprano! Who hasn't looked at the painting of Eleanor of Toledo and wished for a gown of that same decadent fabric? Well, I got my hands on 8 yards of it and had to make it for myself! However, I thought the cut of her gown More
All embroidery was done on a Baby Lock Venture and all machine sewing was done on a Baby Lock Soprano!
Who hasn't looked at the painting of Eleanor of Toledo and wished for a gown of that same decadent fabric? Well, I got my hands on 8 yards of it and had to make it for myself!
However, I thought the cut of her gown was really unflattering so I made it in another dress shape from the same period 1530 to 1560!
The fabric is from Sartor Bohemia, and they were kind enough to share a discount code for all my followers and viewers! Use code sewstine-sartor5 at sartorbohemia.com !
Materials:
Fabric from Sartor Bohemia: sartorbohemia.com @sartorbohemia1840
Patterns from Tudor Tailor: https://www.tudortailor.com/
Thread: https://www.fjx.co.jp/english/product/detail.php?id=60
Silk taffeta from silkbaron.com
Synthetic whalebone from burnleyandtrowbridge.com
Research links:
I highly recommend all the books and patterns from tudor tailor and the videos by @TheCoutureCourtesan
I am in fact a Baby Lock Ambassador and these are the machines I use: @Baby Lock Sewing Machines
Embroidery Machine: Venture: https://babylock.com/machines/multi-needle-embroidery/venture
Sewing Machine: Soprano: https://babylock.com/machines/sewing/soprano
Serger: Victory: https://babylock.com/machines/serger/victory
Digitizing Software: Palette 11: https://babylock.com/accessories/software/palette-11-embroidery-software
What I'm wearing today:
Dress from HouseofCB.com
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