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<DIV><SPAN class=062240918-08122005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>greetings,
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
ansteorra-textiles-bounces+gailh=fanninelectric.com@ansteorra.org
[mailto:ansteorra-textiles-bounces+gailh=fanninelectric.com@ansteorra.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Tricia Dyer<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:44
AM<BR><B>To:</B> ansteorra-textiles@ansteorra.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Ansteorra-Textiles] New to SCA making little girl outfit<BR><SPAN
class=062240918-08122005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>[Gail] </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN class=062240918-08122005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>I
have no idea if smocking is period. I suspect it is, as it is a way of
gathering fabric while still making it
strechy. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN class=062240918-08122005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>1 how to make a french seam:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN class=062240918-08122005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>pin the seam line together *wrong sides together, stitch a 1/4 inch
seam. Press it open, and fold the *right* sides together, making sure the
seam line is centered. Stitch a 3/8 inch seam, making sure you have the
raw edges enclosed and dethreaded so that no little bits stick
out. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN class=062240918-08122005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>2 the easy way:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN class=062240918-08122005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>sew your 5/8" seam. Press the seam open. Fold the raw edge in until it
meets the seam line, and press it down. (Be careful...it'll be hot) whip the
two folded edges together, catching the raw edge inside the new
seam. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN class=062240918-08122005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>3 go to fighter practice and get someone there to show you
how. (this is really the easiest)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN class=062240918-08122005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>good fortune</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN class=062240918-08122005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>Galen</FONT> </SPAN><BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am new to the SCA am in the
Stargate area.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am starting a dress for my
daughter who is 16 mos old (size 2T)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have a chemise I borrowed to
make a pattern from.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have cut out a simplicity
pattern <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; F: 10pt">That is a bodice with a connected skirt
and apron<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The bodice is of a jacquard fabric
and has a little faux lacing in the front to look like a real laced
bodice<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The skirt I cut from a
complementing cotton fabric and the apron I cut from a white eyelet cotton
fabric<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The little apron I would like to
smock however I do not know if this would be
appropriate???<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><Note > I have never done any hand sewing or
smocking before. I am an experienced machine seamstress and have only done
hems by hand when absolutely necessary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have done cross stitch and
other crafty kinds of things like crochet ect...<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I will probably machine sew the
baby's dress for expediencies sake but I would like to make it nice by
smocking the apron.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My persona is Irish. 14 century
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MAR: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have only made a T tunic and am
currently hand sewing a simple overdress for myself which is my first
Pattern free attempt.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have 2 Questions for the
list..</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1. Is smocking period and an
appropriate detail?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2. How do you make those seams
kind of like French seams that I have seen on hand sewn! chemises and the
like? They keep the fabric from fraying (I usually just serge)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Cheers</FONT></DIV>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT size=2>Éadaoin<SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> an Einigh inghean
Roibeirt</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B></DIV></DIV>
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