Eleanor 001

Eleanor of Toledo

This is my pseudo dress diary on my recreation of a gown Eleanor wears in one of her many portraits.

04 May 2008

253 visits

Eleanor 001

The pink silk and sheer organza I'm using for the gown. The organza silk is for the partlet.

04 May 2008

268 visits

Eleanor 002

This is my hand drafted pattern I'm using to make my Eleanor of Toledo pink gown based off this portrait: www.elizabethan-portraits.com/ElenoraToledo4.jpg

05 May 2008

258 visits

Eleanor 009

This is the side of the skirt opening. I added bias tape to the sides of the opening because that's how it is in the burial gown and it makes a lot more sense than what I had been doing.

05 May 2008

251 visits

Eleanor 005

This is a close up of the slight train on the skirt for the gown.

05 May 2008

247 visits

Eleanor 003

This was the muslin of the sleeve I drafted for the Eleanor of Toledo gown. I cut the sleeve in half to get the panels.

05 May 2008

257 visits

Eleanor 004

This is the skirt to the Eleanor of Toledo gown.

06 May 2008

236 visits

eleanor 010

The bodice for my recreation of this gown: www.elizabethan-portraits.com/ElenoraToledo4.jpg

06 May 2008

211 visits

eleanor 014

I had sewn with right sides together the bias tape to the bodice. I then pinned it to the other side to see what it looked like.

08 May 2008

255 visits

eleanor 017

The back of the dress.
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