I’m nearly finished, but not so much in love with my first attempt: (It’s nearly finished, so I’ll probably just finish it off and hide it somewhere in the back of my closet just so I have it if needed. (One can never have too many partlets?) The original plan was to put spangles all over the edges like in a bunch of portraits in Moda, but I chickened out before I got that far.
Which is meant to be kind of if these two had weird, fugly babies:
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| Portrait of a Florentine Lady 16thc Allesandro Allori/Workshop of Alessandro Allori |
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| Mother and Son 16thc Sofonisba Anguissola |
At any rate, I decided I didn’t like it (too many things wrong to detail here.), and was going to start again, only this time I was going to try a different style. I think I stopped myself from committing too much time to this one before I realized I didn’t like it…..and I’m not liking it.
I’ve gotten as far as gathering up the entire yardage on gold cord before I hit the brakes.
It was meant to be somewhat like this one, only a bit more-different-other.
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| Giulia Varano, Duchess of Urbino 1545-47 Tiziano Vecellio (Titan) |
I really need to sleep on it and see what I think in the morning, but my next attempt will probably be either a simple collared one: (I’ve actually made the one on the right for Aine, so I know I can do it, as long as I get out of this weird funk)
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| Portrait of a Lady 1550s Jacopo Robusti (Tintoretto) |
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| Portrait of a Woman 16th Unknown? |
Or a gathered-neck style: (Only probably less crazy than this one, I just like the black spangles!)
I’m taking a break tomorrow to go to my baby brothers wedding reception, so I’ll have plenty of time to take a break from sewing for a minute or two, recuperate, and ponder my next move!
Nommy partlets! Even though you don't like it, I think the one you've made is EPIC! Seriously awesome. Maybe loan it out to those sad, partlet-less friends of ours at events :)
ReplyDeleteI love the partlet with the black spangles in the last image! DO IT!
LOVE the last one! You still have a bunch of those tiny pailettes, don't you? I think that would ROCK!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I, personally, would totally wear that other partlet...just sayin'! :)
I'm digging the ruffled partlets. A lot. Though, I would say to use a double stacked-ish pleat so they look more like the figure eight (I just totally typed "ate" and realized oh yes, I'm really full from dinner) ruffles you get on ruffs - this will add body to the ruffles. That being said, I think the one you made is super cute.
ReplyDeleteThis may not help if you really want a white partlet, but I have a light gold embroidered silk organza that I bought thinking to turn into a partlet before I realized that such a thing was a little too, well, Italian for me. It would look amazing all rouched up like some of those examples. If you're interested I can send you a pic and offer you a good deal on it (I originally got it as a fabric.com deal of the day)
ReplyDeleteOooh, hey! Gold might be the ticket....even if I don't use it for this project, if you don't need/want it, I'm sure I would find a use for it somewhere! Will you send me a pic?
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