Oh, fantastic!!! Wheew...glad that worked!! :D Yes, the hat portion of the text is just part of first column, ending with Lysiane. So, as daunting as all that text is, only a small portion pertains.
One of my FB gal-pals tried to translate it but I have a feeling, even with a great translation, this is going to be one of those projects where it makes zero sense until you're working through each step. She apologized because she got stuck in more than a few places, saying that since she doesn't sew, it doesn't make any sense to her. But hey, she's the only one that came through with an effort so I'm delighted by her kindness! :) Per her translation, it almost reads like a knitting or crochet pattern...only it doesn't tell you how many of each piece to cut out, what's on the fold, where exactly to cut, and so on. Just "ribbon here to there," on the dotted lines, and repeat. It would help to have more than one view of the hat too. This is yet another moment where I want to say "Hey lady, turn around!!!" LOL! This is what Els wrote: Police Bonnet It's a very wanted model now. The one we are proposing you, is particularly successful. Take 1m60 of velvet ribbon summer n°22, or if you don't have that, a large grain (grosgrain?) ribbon. Take 0m80 ribbon for the gasket plus 0m20 for the pan (?): 0m60 remains for the cap. The pattern is drawn up for a 0m55 head entry: I. The Headband cap. II. The gasket. Place the pattern over the ribbon, pass threads over as indicated in the shematic with the dotted line: mark the reference points. The cap: Shape the clip (the pliers? the clamp?)by bringing together D to D', bâtissez-là. Close the headband to your head entry. Gasket: From F, form a point (tip) by bringing the reference points A A' together. Pin it. Form a shell (case? hull? body?, cover?) by bringing the 2 B and B'from the end of the ribbon to the 2 B and B'on the edge of the ribbon. Shape and pin a second shell (...?) opposite to the first direction by bringing C together witk C' and C' to E'. Place the gasket on to the headband cap. Secure point E'(en regard de E du bandeau de calotte--> this can mean "opposite E on the headband cap" or "facing E on the headband cap". I have no idea which one is meant here..) Align the meeting points and get the back cover to point F, F'. Put G and G' together, after which you do te same with I and I', and then H and H'. The seam of the headband cap stops under the front (cover, hull? shell?) Under point F', slide a piece of ribbon of 0m20, diagonally cut on each side Sew the cap by a few points hidden in the folds. (a cap with three ribs, in taffetas, serves as headdress) Lysiane On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Marjorie Wilser <[email protected]>wrote: > It worked! Had to do a screen capture to get the text and the pic. I may > not be that much help but it does seem like the directions are more clear > than, say, in the 1890s. I have a bunch of French patterns from then and > earlier and the so-called instructions are really only the barest of > descriptions to accompany the pattern shapes you trace and cut out. > > ==Marjorie Wilser (thinking about trying to follow the directions and see > where it leads!) > > > On Feb 11, 2014, at 7:00 PM, Sybella <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It took me a while to find it online somewhere. Here... > > > > http://club.season.ru/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=372206 > > > > I sure hope that works! > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Janet Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
