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[sismith42]

I'm making myself a Giornea (thanks for the fab website, mc_cadieux!), based mostly off The lady in pinkIn the FIVE minutes between deciding that I really ought to cut the dress the width-wise of the fabric and then it would just skim the floor and setting it up and cutting my silk (no going back), I managed to forget that. It's now just about ankle length,

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[kareina]

can you lengthen the dress by adding an inset at the shoulders? It wouldn't take a very large scrap to do that, but I don't know if adding two horizontal seams, one in front and one in back of the shoulders would be tragic for this style.

[kareina]

(sorry about the many duplicate comments--my pen had been acting up, and clicking on things when I didn't touch the tablet, so my attempt to push the button once was read as an overenthusiastic push of the button many times. Oops. New drivers have been downloaded and installed, and it seems to be behaving better now...)

[chrisilin]

My favorite method for that (and period, as well) is to just sew on a length at the bottom to make it as long as you need, and cover the seam with pretty trim.

[bend_gules]

I've pieced a few gowns, in gores and near the hem. I'm adding a piece to an undergown even now, to even up the hem at the back.

You'd be amazed at what people don't notice, even without trim to hide the piecing.

Don't give up, I want to see the results in a couple of weeks. :-)

[emo_mz]

I too have dresses that need lengthening, and I think I'm going for adding a band of a contrasting fabric along the bottom. Given the way clothing was passed around, it's got to be period to make gowns longer in that way :)

[ormsweird]

They're known as guards, and are quite common. :)