Drea Leed
Drea Leed has been researching a wide variety of costume and textile history-related topics for over 20 years. She maintains the Elizabethan Costume Page, http://www.elizabethancostume.net, where much of her work has been published.
She is currently working on a number of projects, including creating a searchable database of 16th century clothing references (DressDB, http://www.elizabethancostume.net/cyte).
Her primary focus is Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Uploaded, a multi-year, ongoing transcription of the entire known corpus of Queen Elizabeth I's wardrobe warrants, wardrobe inventories and wardrobe day books. The corpus will be made available online, and tools built to facilitate data mining and visualization.
You can view the 5800 records that are online so far at http://www.elizabethancostume.net/cyte/ElizabethI
Address: Springfield, OH
She is currently working on a number of projects, including creating a searchable database of 16th century clothing references (DressDB, http://www.elizabethancostume.net/cyte).
Her primary focus is Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Uploaded, a multi-year, ongoing transcription of the entire known corpus of Queen Elizabeth I's wardrobe warrants, wardrobe inventories and wardrobe day books. The corpus will be made available online, and tools built to facilitate data mining and visualization.
You can view the 5800 records that are online so far at http://www.elizabethancostume.net/cyte/ElizabethI
Address: Springfield, OH
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Seminars & Workshops by Drea Leed
Topics covered:
Introduction and General Survey of Tudor and Elizabethan Dress
Discussion of available sources/books
General Q&A on Tudor and Elizabethan clothing
Overview of Elizabethan Underpinnings- corset, bumroll and farthingale
Demonstration: how to make a corset
Workshop: Making a Custom Corset Pattern (limit 20 attendees)
The Perfect Gown: Making an outfit that's right for you
Choosing patterns, fabrics, colors, decoration and detailing, general construction tips, good sources, accessories
Tudor and Elizabethan Headwear and Hairstyles
Demo: Making a French Hood & Elizabethan Coif
Workshop: Make an Elizabethan coif (limit 20 attendees)
The scheduled hours for this workshop are 9:00 am to approximately 5:00 pm both days (subject to progress each day).
The workshop covers:
Period seaming stitches and techniques
period edging/binding stitches and techniques
Pinking/slashing techniques
Period shaping and padding techniques
Using period fastenings: lacing holes, hooks and eyes, rings, buttons and buttonholes
the layers of a period garment: outer fabric, construction layer, lining layer(s), and how they were pieced together and assembled
use of the thimble, beeswax, and other sewing aids
In addition to these practical skills, we will also discuss tailoring in general: how a tailor lived and worked; the anatomy of a tailor's shop; the tailor's relationship with their guild, other cloth trades and the community; apprenticeship; and other, less tangible aspects of the tailoring trade.
Although no sewing experience is required, attendees get more out of the workshop if they already have a basic familiarity with hand-sewing: (how to thread and knot a needle, etc.), and a familiarity of basic stitches (running stitch, backstitch, hem-stitch and whipstitch.)
All materials and a color handout are provided; attendees bring your own needles and scissors.
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Conference Presentations by Drea Leed
Topics covered:
Introduction and General Survey of Tudor and Elizabethan Dress
Discussion of available sources/books
General Q&A on Tudor and Elizabethan clothing
Overview of Elizabethan Underpinnings- corset, bumroll and farthingale
Demonstration: how to make a corset
Workshop: Making a Custom Corset Pattern (limit 20 attendees)
The Perfect Gown: Making an outfit that's right for you
Choosing patterns, fabrics, colors, decoration and detailing, general construction tips, good sources, accessories
Tudor and Elizabethan Headwear and Hairstyles
Demo: Making a French Hood & Elizabethan Coif
Workshop: Make an Elizabethan coif (limit 20 attendees)
The scheduled hours for this workshop are 9:00 am to approximately 5:00 pm both days (subject to progress each day).
The workshop covers:
Period seaming stitches and techniques
period edging/binding stitches and techniques
Pinking/slashing techniques
Period shaping and padding techniques
Using period fastenings: lacing holes, hooks and eyes, rings, buttons and buttonholes
the layers of a period garment: outer fabric, construction layer, lining layer(s), and how they were pieced together and assembled
use of the thimble, beeswax, and other sewing aids
In addition to these practical skills, we will also discuss tailoring in general: how a tailor lived and worked; the anatomy of a tailor's shop; the tailor's relationship with their guild, other cloth trades and the community; apprenticeship; and other, less tangible aspects of the tailoring trade.
Although no sewing experience is required, attendees get more out of the workshop if they already have a basic familiarity with hand-sewing: (how to thread and knot a needle, etc.), and a familiarity of basic stitches (running stitch, backstitch, hem-stitch and whipstitch.)
All materials and a color handout are provided; attendees bring your own needles and scissors.
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