PoF and Janet Arnold

[mmcnealy]

Ok, so I went home last night, crawled into bed and read PoF specifically looking for instances of linings and how the linings were attached.
I was perusing the Authentic_SCA yahoo group and they were talking about lined garments and how none of the women’s dresses were lined in PoF. That struck me as odd since I distinctly remembered some of them being lined.
The results of my research are pretty interesting and I am at this moment writting them up. Hopefully I will actually get them posted to my website this weekend, or maybe even tonight.

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[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Wow, when I learned to sew I did not learn how to do linings. Facings and such I learned to do, but I guess that my Mom hates to sew linings so she never really stressed them and I subconsiously tried to avoid them. I define lining as a layer of fabric that covers the inside construction. There are several ways to attach this layer to the outside layer to concel the seams. Bag lining is one of them and is the simplest to do with a sewing machine.

From what I have been reading in PoF, the layers involved and how the garment is constructed depends on the type of garment.

In the case of the doublet, the the outside layer is interlined with linen and any extra support needed for the garment is attatched to this interlining, these layers are treated as one and the garment is constructed. Then the lining is cut to the same size, sewn and then tacked to the outer sections along the edges and the armhole seams.

I need to stop posting here and get working on the document.... :) Thanks for stopping by Sarah