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Classes
Offered:
The following list of classes are available to be taught.
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me. Please understand that I live in the Pacific Northwest and am only available certain week-ends. Sometimes, I will conduct classes at my house and sometimes, I will travel to teach. When I do, the date and location will appear above.
The Renaissance Tailor: Recreating
16th and 17th Century Clothing.
Offered in four two-hour sessions (preferably on the
same day).
Part I: Garments and Layers
Part II: Patterns and Pattern Drafting
Part III: Construction
Part IV: Trims and Embellishment.
Patterning
Rectangular Construction for Coats and Other
Garments from the 16th and 17th Centuries (two
hours)
Basic Pattern Drafting (two hours for
abridged version, four hours for in-depth version)
Basic Pattern Development (two hours
for abridged version, four hours for in-depth version)
Construction
Basic Sewing Techniques: Five things that will
improve the finished product (two hours)
Handsewing Techniques (two hours)
The Corset (four hours for abridged version,
eight hours for in-depth version)
Historically Accurate Machine Seams (two
hours)
The Elizabethan Ruff (two hours)
The Elizabethan Shirt and Smock (two
hours for abridged version, four hours for in-depth version)
The Elizabethan Farthingale (four hours
for abridged version, eight hours for in-depth version)
The Elizabethan 'Foreparte' and underskirt (two hours)
The Cavalier Collar (two hours)
Constructing Gloves (two hours for abridged
version, six hours for in-depth version)
Ancillary
Felt and Felt Boots: History and Methods of Construction
(two hours)
Passemaine Trims (two hours)
Elizabethan Buttons (two hours)
Cross Cultural Embroidery Stitches (two
hours)
AppliquéTechniques (two hours)
Surveys
Survey of Extant Tailors Pattern Books
(two hours)
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