…the beautiful fabric for my new silk underdress 
…I ironed the silk to get it flat enough to be able to cut and sew it
…based on 1/2 of the measurement around my breast + some seam allowance I cut out a strip of fabric 2 times the hight from the ground to my shoulders + some extra length…
…here I add a thread line at the middle of the fabric to mark the shoulder seam, to make the insertion of the sleeves easier and also to know where I have to cut out the neck opening…
…based on my arm measurements + ca. 20cm surplus in length because of the kind of fabric I made a sleeve pattern and cut out the sleeves…
…and a small gore for the arm pit…
…handsewing my sleeves – here I insert the gore for the armpit – I use white silk thread to sew my white silk fabric
…pinning my sleeve to the body of the underdress…
…hand-sewing my sleeve to the body of the underdress…
Just stumbled across your blog while hopping! Your dress is taking shape. I like the confident way you cut it out. Look forward to seeing finished product.
Thank you for your nice comment
Hi Racaire
I’ve recently met Joanne Loader….and she’s telling me all about the books available in Europe. She mentioned one that I *hunger* for. One on Elizabethan bugs, possibly in French? Do you know it? I’d loooove to have a book like that, even tho I have no French.
No, I haven’t seen a book on Elizabethan bugs till now, but I am more interested into earlier embroidery…