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	<title>Sempstress &#187; 1600s</title>
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		<title>Fake Fall Front for your Britches</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/fake-fall-front-for-your-britches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing makes a pant look as fantastically olde-timey as a fall front. Unfortunately, a real fall front is a pain in the patouty to sew (trust me), and it&#8217;s not something that can be added in after the fact in any sort of historically accurate manner. Fortunately, if you&#8217;re not 100% concerned about authenticity, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Proportions of the Effigy Corset</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/2011/basic-proportions-of-the-effigy-corset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day! Let&#8217;s talk about something that makes my little costumer&#8217;s heart go pitter-patter: the Effigy Corset. I&#8217;ve had a major case of corset-brain lately (I think it&#8217;s a rebellion against that darned unfitted eleventh century thing), and I&#8217;ve been doing some research.  You know what&#8217;s annoying about the Effigy? I don&#8217;t have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adjusting the Basic Conic Block for an Athletic Shoulder or Curved Back</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/adjusting-the-basic-conic-block-for-an-athletic-shoulder-or-curved-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/adjusting-the-basic-conic-block-for-an-athletic-shoulder-or-curved-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pattern Drafting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bodice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corsetry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing some background work for a project, and I had to do up a Conic Block for Lizzle. Her body is a leeeetle bit stylized, and she&#8217;s particularly got a relatively wide shoulder and upper back (like a swimmer), and she has a distinct curve at her upper back (a swimmer who spends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Printer Friendly Version of Basic Conical Draft directions&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/printer-friendly-version-of-basic-conical-draft-directions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/printer-friendly-version-of-basic-conical-draft-directions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realize that instructions are far more helpful when you can print them out and put them on the worktable while you&#8217;re using them.  I also realize that pages upon pages of full color photos do not a happy printer make.  I&#8217;ve made a not-so-chatty (yes, I actually can edit) PDF version of the Basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Basic Conical Torso Block (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/the-basic-conical-torso-block-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/the-basic-conical-torso-block-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I&#8217;ve got all the photography done, it&#8217;s time to pick up where we left off in The Basic Conical Torso Block (Part 1).  We&#8217;re completing a basic torso block that we can use for the simplified, conical torsos popular in Renaissance, Elizabethan, Jacobean, Pompadour, Colonial, and all other eras between the Sixteenth and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Basic Conical Torso Block (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/the-basic-conical-torso-block-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/demo/the-basic-conical-torso-block-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For several hundred years, beginning where the High Middle Ages met the Renaissance and continuing through the eve of the French Revolution, fashion treated the female torso as something of an inconvenience.  The breasts were flattened, first by bands of wool or linen, later by corsetry and boned bodices. The sides of the body were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The “Jiffy Pop” Hat</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-jiffy-pop-hat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-jiffy-pop-hat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hat Making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacobean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rennie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this type of hat.  It's sort of the pimp-daddy of Elizabethan headwear, and I really think they should be more popular with rennies than they are.]]></description>
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		<title>The Floppy Pleated Cap</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-floppy-pleated-cap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-floppy-pleated-cap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sempstress.org/?p=2520</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a cute, easy little hat.  If, for some reason, you only wanted to learn one kind of hat for your 'bethan costuming, this would be it.  The shape of the hat really responds to the fabric it's made from - with a stiffer fabric, it has height and sophistication, and with a thinner fabric it's totally flopsy and common.]]></description>
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		<title>The Floppy Toque</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-floppy-toque/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-floppy-toque/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a slightly untidy look that's great for characters who are a little down on their luck, generally dishevelled, countrified, or who generally wish to convey that &#34;aiming for fashion but missing&#34; appeal. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Floppy Flat Cap</title>
		<link>http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-floppy-flat-cap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sempstress.org/2009/the-floppy-flat-cap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victorian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a soft, unstructured little hat that shows up on and off throughout history (especially when "history" is being portrayed on a stage).  It's easy, it's fast, and it can be done up entirely on a sewing machine.]]></description>
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