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Newbie (civilian chick) - help?
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When I made a gap sleeved tunic for my wife, I took two pieces of linen fabric of the appropriate size, sewed up the sides and pinned the upper edge together in six places, each separated by about four inches. I left a substantial gap in the middle for the head, with three pins to either side. I then removed one pin and pinched the material together with my thumb and forefinger. I then twisted the piece I was holding together by 180-270 degrees and sewed around and through it so that it could not untwist and come undone. I did the same with each of the pieces I had pinned together until all of the pins had been replaced with twists of fabric which seemed to resemble what could be seen in sculpture. The gap between each twist of fabric was reduced to around two and a half inches by the twisting.

There is no guarantee that this method is accurate but it worked well and seemed to resemble what is seen in sculpture. It was also very simple to achieve.

For what it is worth, my wife used a piece of tablet woven braid as a belt (as do I incidentally) so this would offer you another option to stand alongside a strip of leather or a piece of rope, both of which would be just as appropriate.

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Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Jennifer - 12-12-2011, 04:59 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by richard - 12-12-2011, 07:01 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Crispvs - 12-13-2011, 05:57 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by jkaler48 - 12-13-2011, 06:19 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by R1zz0 - 12-14-2011, 02:04 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 12-14-2011, 03:19 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by R1zz0 - 12-15-2011, 01:56 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Crispvs - 12-15-2011, 02:24 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Vindex - 12-15-2011, 11:48 PM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 12-16-2011, 12:33 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Vindex - 12-16-2011, 01:22 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by jkaler48 - 12-16-2011, 10:50 PM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 12-16-2011, 11:27 PM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Jennifer - 12-17-2011, 03:25 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 01-07-2012, 02:40 PM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Crispvs - 01-10-2012, 08:23 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 02-04-2012, 02:06 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 02-04-2012, 02:32 AM

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