Hem the top of the chemise, along the neckline and top of each sleeve. Make a wide hem that you can thread a ribbon or cord through. Since you are hemming 4 straight sides, it is easiest to just fold them over and leave the corners open.
www.reddawn.net/costume/chemise.htm www.reddawn.net/costume/chemise.htm
A simple bodice; The Tunic; Biblical Variations for Tunics; The Skirt; Drawstring Breeches; Cloaks and how to add a hood to an existing cloak ; A Tabard; The Shirt or Chemise; Fitted Breeches; Fitting a Bodice; A Hood...
www.reddawn.net/costume/patterns.htm
I first posted the basic info about my version of an Italian chemise in my Florentine dress diary, but at the time, I talked more about my sources and changes I made to the pattern instead of tips about how to make one for yourself.
www.festiveattyre.com/research/chemise.html www.festiveattyre.com/research/chemise.html
5. Right sides together stitch from wrist to hem on each side. Hem bottom of chemise and make drawstring casings sleeves. ... 5. Make casing around sleeve wrists and neck/shoulder edge of chemise (remember to leave an opening for cord) Thread cord in neck and wrist. Hem bottom of chemise.
homepages.wmich.edu/~rowen/renbk/undergarments.html
There are a couple of ways to make this a little easier for you. One way is to divide the total width of the skirt by 4, then divide the bodice into four parts, 2 back part, 2 front parts and pin the skirt fourths to the bodice fourths, so you know how much skirt material must be pleated into each bodice part.
homepages.wmich.edu/~rowen/renbk/rendressbook.html
Check out this detailed article on the history and development of Women's Smocks of the Late 16th Century (of the T-tunic variety), including instructions on how to make one. ... How to Make an Elizabethan Chemise ( by Lisa Avelina)
www.elizabethancostume.net/chemise.html www.elizabethancostume.net/chemise.html
The making of an 18th century chemise or shift ... I think it's obvious that the pattern is only a sketch to show you the general make-up. As the chemise consists only of oblong and triangular pieces and doesn't have to fit exactly, making your own is fairly straightforward.
www.marquise.de/en/1700/howto/frauen/18chemise.shtml www.marquise.de/en/1700/howto/frauen/18chemise.shtml
If you don't have enough fabric, you can cut this one out on the exact seam lines (the pen marks) and put it over a piece of paper or another piece of cloth and make the second thing the true how-to-cut-it pattern.
sca-garb.freeservers.com/articles/self-support.html
Under this dress you will wear a Chemise. Make one with sleeves at least one foot longer than your arms, and nice and wide. That way there will be plenty to poof out of the back openings and around the armscye. Sometimes the chemise appears around the neck and sometimes not.
ilaria.veltri.tripod.com/italiandress.html
However, the specific focus of this pamphlet is to help you make the choices of cutting, neck shape, ... "Smock" refers to an undergarment, the thing we in the Society might call a shirt if a man wore it and a chemise if a woman wore it. "Tunic" is a man's short-skirted sleeved garment, much as we already understand it.
www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/viktunic.html
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