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[msmemory]

I'm sure I can find a way to get a simple tunic out of this bolt-end of purple linen, right? (4.75 yd) If not for me, for my sweetie.

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[palegreyminion]

I can get an entire 10-gore gown out of that and I'm both taller and heavier than you are.

[tashabear]

If you can't, you're doing it Wrong (unless it's only 45" wide, and I've never seen 45" linen). ;-) What I do is make scale drawings of the pieces I need, and move them around on a scale drawing of the fabric till I get it right. Then I draw it on the paper for posterity, and then on the fabric with a bit of chalk.

Also, piecing is period, don't forget.

[rufinia]

I have seen 45" linen, but it is rare.

[rosinavs]

I've done so, with gores, although I have a complementary bit of scrap linen making the sleeves long enough.

[hfcougar]

I could make an Italian out of that and maybe a little hat. :)

[gyzki]

That is a sentence just crying out to be used out of context sometime.

[lanome]

Absolutely.