Nic

Historical fashion, construction, the ethereal and the unexplained!

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Wow! My life is almost complete

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@JesseMLocker @restalrig …top of the bodice. Looking at the loose end of the strap, you can see the ribbon that would be used to fasten it.

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@JesseMLocker @restalrig It is the shoulder strap of her ‘dress’. She is wearing a type of kirtle, with a fitted bodice and petticoat of the same fabric. Lots of variations in this type of garment, but it looks like the strap would be brought from back to front over the shoulder and fastened to the ..

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@sacha_coward Vetch.

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@simonjlock Yes!

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Count me in #JoinTheQuest

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@ScrutinEye Absolutely! And a brilliantly top-pleated French farthingale too.

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@philipparawlins @bernarddonoghue @alva_uk @wabbey Isn’t that Henry VII ?

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@restalrig Great image! Where’s it from?

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@aj_pritchett Not at all! Keep at it ......

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@aj_pritchett @RowanYarns Looking good 😏

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@aj_pritchett @RowanYarns Do a swatch to check your gauge! Best of luck x

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@aj_pritchett Can you let me know whose make/design this is, I may be able to work out the pattern .......

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@restalrig Tinsel is a type of cloth woven from silk with either a gold and silver thread. In England under the Proclamations of Apparel it is a cloth reserved for the peer of the realm or their immediate family.

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@restalrig Sechee is dried rose, most likely at the time to be Damask rises used extensively for rose water. So, possibly a pale pink

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@DiageoLiam Make sure you make good gravy....... everything else will then still taste great!