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Posted by Kate Dicey on October 21, 2005, 8:48 am
violetvache@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello. I'm searching for an old Butterick pattern in Misses sizes. I
> call it a bishop sleeve blouse, but Mom says it's called "Poet" sleeve.
> Basically, the distinguishing features are 1) high (Victorian) neck,
> 2) perfectly round yolk (when you lay the front/back yolk pieces on the
> table), 3) *extremely* full gathered sleeves AND blouse front/back.
> The gathers in the sleeves appear to join seemlessly with the gathers
> in the front/back pieces so that you can't really tell that there is in
> fact any separation between them.
This sounds like a 'gypsy' top, and very similar to the standard
Renaissance fair wench chemise, but with a yoke rather than a draw cord
or elastic. you could easily add a yoke to one of these patterns.
>
> The sleeve, at the cuff, is also extremely full and gathered, and the
> cuff itself often long and Victorian looking. A friend told me she
> found a similar but not exact design in a costume section of a pattern
> book around 2000-2001, and it was called Frontier Family, or something
> like that.
>
> Anyway, I had the blouse pattern several years ago but either lost or
> discarded it during a home-move.
>
> If this rings a bell to anyone, and anyone knows where I can buy it (or
> another company's version), OR if anyone has one to sell, I'd
> appreciate hearing from you!
Take a look in the Simplicity and McCalls costume sections. You could
add a deep cuff to the 3/4 length sleeve versions. Remember to taper
the cuff to fit the arm.
A Bishop sleeve is gathered at the sleeve head into a traditional set in
armscye. It isn't usually gathered under the arm because of the yoke.
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