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The rust dress is made from a McCalls fancy dress pattern not a costume pattern. It had a zipper up the back and a false front lacing. I drafted out the back zipper and made it one back piece, and made the front lacing functional with metal boning along each row of eyelets.

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The Picture above is my Italian Renaissance dress, circa 1540. I mostly drafted the pattern myself with assistance from the "Italian Renaissance Gown Construction" website at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2294/renbk/rendressbook.html. I cartridge pleated the skirt since that seams to be one of the primary methods used as seen in paintings of that time period.

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The Picture above the recreation Of Empress Isabella of Portugal's dress by Titian. The patterns for the dress came from many sources and drafted. I won the Arts and Sciences competition at Midwinters with this entrant. :)


The Costume below is the one made for my husband from McCalls 2248. I didnt make any adaptions as it was my first time making a male's costume.

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An early 16th century spanish dress.

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1500's Spanish dress, sorry for picture quality and angle.

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This is from Simplicity 9761 and is an example of my other favourite costume era, early Victorian.

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Me doing some tablet weaving on an oseberg loom.

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Working on silk banners!

And this is me! My name is Natasha and I am married with three lovely child..er cats. I have made most of the garb on this site for my participation in the SCA (www.sca.org), a historical recreation group. My SCA persona is Senora Catalina de Gata, a 16th century Spanish lady. I also enjoy making clothing from other periods as well as fantasy. I am also involved in Rapier within the SCA, a 16th century swordfighting style.
To contact me about my garb or the SCA, please email gatanoz@gmail.com
 

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Textile Art

My first piece of Lefkara lace.
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This style is a 16th century Cypriot lace based on Venetian Whitework.

My second piece of lefkara lace.
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My third piece of lefkara lace, a bookmark.
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Needlelace Rose petal.

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The above dress is adapted from McCalls 8826. The cover photo for the pattern doesn't do it justice, though I would stay away from using the overdress. It is not princess line , but uses panels which is a more period method. The beadwork on the neckline is with pearl and rose coloured beads.

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Outfit for a singer in our group I drafted from a basic body pattern. It is based of Hans Holbein's "Merchant Georg Gisze"

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And now for something completely different, My husband's Jedi costume. My husband had to have one and with the help of McCall's 2433 and the following website done by someone who had researched it, it was made. (http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/jedigarb/garb.html)

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Bailey has great taste in fabric!

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Kira with a twist. She loves laying like this.

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This is Gimp looking at a picture of Kira on the monitor.

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This is my great niece Sarah at her first Ren Fest. The Little princess wanted me to take a picture of her being a warrior, battling a tree with her trusty wooden sword. The dress is based on a commercial pattern (cant remember which one right now).