Elizabethan dress pattern

Elizabethan gown detail

As mentioned in my previous post (Elizabeth I – costume analysis) I’ve wanted to make this dress for years, and now I finally have. As usual I started the project looking at pictures tr…

Oy! - This project was difficult. Never having attempted one of these lattice work partlets, I was really flying by the seat of my pants. At least the next time I attempt one, I have ideas on how to...

Elizabeth I's Lost Dress, the only piece of her clothing in existence, is on display at Hampton Court Palace in the presence of the divine Rainbow Portrait.

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This is it! The week before the big Halloween Party. Which means I must finish my costume forthwith. And I am in need of one very specific accessory - an Elizabethan ruff collar. These collars look quite beautiful and are surprisingly easy make. All you need is some patience and a whole lot of ribbon. First things first, you will need a good tutorial. After looking over countless Elizabethan ruff how-tos, I have found this great video Materials: - Ribbon - Needle and thread - Scissors…

I made an Elizabethan ruff! And it turned out really well (not perfect, but really well). And I am extremely pleased with myself. And it’s really, really close to perfectly historically accurate! Making a ruff turned out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be simply because there is so much rubbish information about ruffs on the internet. (Granted, there is rubbish information in books too – Tudor Tailor doesn’t do a good job of making it clear when they are using a historically…