Combined offer: pattern for Elizabethan Lady's high-bodied gown PLUS pattern for Elizabethan lady's bodies with variations

Special offer for two patterns: Elizabethan Lady's high-bodied gown with hanging Spanish sleeves PLUS pattern for Elizabethan lady's bodies, nowadays called a corset, with variations.

Pattern 1:

Sewing pattern for a high-bodied round gown with hanging Spanish sleeves and petticoat. Ideal for 16th century impressions from 1575-1603 - perfect for reenactors.

This gown is based on research undertaken for 'The Greensleeves Project', which was headed by early music specialist Tamsin Lewis. Tamsin commissioned Ninya Mikhaila to make the green satin gown from the famous Elizabethan ballad, while a team of other makers and specialists created the other garments mentioned in the song's 18 verses.

Watch the dressing sequence from the Greensleeves Project here.

The graded pattern is easy to understand with differentiated lines for each size. A fully illustrated booklet is included with layout plans, clear and comprehensive step-by-step making instructions, guidance for choosing materials, and construction tips and techniques. This garment requires some hand sewing. 

Highly researched and based on documentary descriptions, extant examples and paintings. Please see the image of the pattern envelope for specific sources.

This pattern is available in either larger sizes or smaller sizes. Please see the size charts included in the photos for this listing to ensure you're selecting the correct pattern for you.

Please note, this gown and petticoat are designed to be worn and fitted over other garments. The most usual would be a linen smock, farthingale and either a pair of bodies or a supportive upper-bodied petticoat or kirtle. Patterns for the smock and farthingale are not included in the combined pattern offer.

We also carry a variety of laces in various sizes and colours appropriate to the era for decorating ruffs and cuffs, including our exclusive Schole-House lace.

Pattern 2:

Sewing pattern for three styles of Tudor/Elizabethan bodies (later called 'stays', the precursor of the corset), appropriate for 16th and early 17th century impressions. With full instructions for choosing materials, sizing and constructing garments - perfect for reenactors.

Highly researched and based on documentary descriptions, extant examples and paintings, including Queen Elizabeth I's effigy bodies. See the listing images for specific sources.

Our synthetic whalebone is an excellent modern equivalent to the kind of boning that would have been used in bodies in the Tudor era.

These bodies are the ideal underpinning for our Late Elizabethan lady's gown. They would be worn with a French 'drum' style farthingale by Elizabethan ladies. 

This pattern is available in either larger sizes (UK 20-28) or smaller sizes (UK 8-18). Please see the size chart included in the photos for this listing to ensure you're selecting the correct pattern for you, but notice the asterisked phrase that applies to this pattern.

Note, photos of actual garments are examples only – no garments are included with this product.