023D The Elizabethan Kirtle Digital Download Wardrobe PDF files with the pattern

PDF files with the pattern on a sheet that can be printed at your local copy shop in 36 and 44 inch widths

This is so you do not have to print the entire pattern sheet at once

It pulled over the head and had open sides

and a single part sleeve with fullness at the shoulder

023D The Elizabethan Kirtle Digital Download Wardrobe PDF files with the patternThe kirtle was the basic womans dress of the 16th century. It can be used for all classes, depending on ornamentation and the garments layered over it. The bodice of the kirtle has a low, square neck. The back neck is also square, and dips to 3 below the nape of the neck. The waistline is slightly pointed in front. The kirtle bodice can be made to fasten with lacing at the center front or center back. The front of the kirtle bodice is stiffened to