I went through my collection of gowns and found one that might fit Claudia. So I may need to pad out some areas but really excited that saves me a lot of time.
So lots of tucks some stuffing to fill out the sleeves and the waistline besides a bum roll. I do have to sew up the front of the gown to prevent gaping. Although looks amazing. The sleeves stuffed helps show the puffs off and gives more depth. Had to be careful stuffing the body of the gown. Otherwise, her head looked too small. So I was trying more for an adolescent look, but since in the timeframe, they dressed children like adults. So following the same line of rules that they would’ve done with sumptuary at the time.
So more to come just need to figure out the kirtle layer. Although it may not be necessary in this case, since all of the shaping is being done by padding, and the gown itself is not a far off fit. The sleeves on this gown is just amazing and this was a great way of showing off the beating plus the amazing sleeves. I do think a skirt at minimum is going to be needed to help fluff out the bottom but other than that I don’t think I will need the kirtle layer like I originally thought.
Claudia looks like a Renaissance duchess and I am super thrilled with how this came out. Just proves my theory once again, that there’s no reason to not hold onto some of your items that may not fit, you may find ways or uses like this that could be applied. Now to find a place for her to show off her finery that will not cause folks to jump.
We have human size sculptures of comic book and DND characters. Anything that approaches human size causes folks to jump, thinking that there is someone watching them. So will see
Wanna be mistress of poppets,
Maureen
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