Made By A Fabricista: Youtube Edition

Made By A Fabricista: Youtube Edition - Marty

This month was a lot of fun and an experiment. I have long since been looking at the structured partlets that you see in a lot of late 16th-century Italian Portraiture. I knew that these would need to be constructed similarly to the doublet patterns that I have been working with for years. However, I didn't know what else would need to go into the garment to give it the structure I needed.

Would I be able to partly interline the garment like I did for the loose gown and have it work? Does the ingrown collar provide enough support or will I need to add lightweight boning to the next version? How frilly can I make this without embodying a bearded dragon? All of these are questions I will be exploring in the future because of the outcomes of this project!

So watch me play with this glorious linen and try to decide exactly how many needles I can break before I decide to give up. (spoiler, it was more than five)

MARTY | @scrappypatterns

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