The Elizabethan Lady's Wardrobe is the centerpiece of our Elizabethan Lady's Ensemble. This carefully researched, exhaustively documented pattern set comprises an underskirt, six skirt types, four types of bodice and eight styles of sleeves -- not including the included variations like shoulder rolls, wings, and three styles of tabs! This means, without even counting trim designs or changes in material, you can assemble 960 variations from this pattern package alone!
But it's more than just variety, more than just accuracy and research. The patterns cover a full range of sizes 2-30, and include detailed instructions on fitting and adjusting that will expand your sewing capabilities immensely.
As some of our customers have said, the manual alone is worth the price of the package. The manual for the Elizabethan Lady's Wardrobe is 142 pages of high-quality instruction, crammed with expertly rendered technical illustrations to make every operation and every technique clear and easy. Of course, this includes appendices, sizing, measuring, and layout charts, trim suggestions and a bibliography.
Each pattern package comes with extensive instructions and documentation -- including detailed discussion of extant specimens, how they were made and worn, materials and techniques of the period, and the modern equivalents you can use to achieve the closest possible results.
Our patterns were developed using a computerized drafting and grading system, to ensure accuracy of fit and consistency between sizes. This was followed by an extensive program of testing and feedback to ensure usability, simplicity, and ease of construction.
All of our pattern packages are multi-sized from 2 to 30. Three separate drafts were made and graded to avoid distorting the fit and proportions of the garments. The patterns were subsequently tested by sewers with a wide range of body types and sewing expertise.
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