parsha bit: Acharei Mot - K'doshim
Apr. 26th, 2007 09:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioThis week's parsha commands us "be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy".
What does it mean to be holy? Nachmanides says it is not just keeping
the commandments. A man can fulfill the law but still not be a nice
person. Because one can always find loopholes in the law, he says,
people will do so. To "be holy", according to Nachmanides, is to not
use those loopholes, nor to over-indulge in things permitted by the
torah. (Commentary on Lev 19:2)
Not to come across as a creepy stalker, but....
Date: 2007-04-29 12:54 am (UTC)Re: Not to come across as a creepy stalker, but....
Date: 2007-04-29 02:17 am (UTC)I assume you're talking about the cutting diagram on the site at U Waterloo? That image was done for me by someone else; I should really at least hand-draw a clearer one and scan it in. (I'm not so great with the right tools for the job.) (Must also retrieve or reset the FTP password for that account...) But here, let me describe what you're trying to do:
Your goal is to make a tube that is your chest size from armpit to weist, and then flares out comfortably. Think of this as three "panels" (plus gores). So for each panel, the width at the top is 1/3 max chest plus seam allowance, the height (of the rectangular part) is top of armpit to waist plus generous seam allowance (give yourself some wiggle room to play with), and the flare is done evenly to use the fabric. This creates three triangles, which become your gores. (Obviously you have to do some trimming/rounding of the bottom bits.) Now the only thing special in this is that the one panel is made of of two half-panels (and the gore of two half-gores); that means you have to account for an extra seam allowance. I generally blow that off, let that panel be a half-inch narrower (or whatever it works out to be), and put it in back. Half an inch is a relatively small proportion of my circumference; if you're skinny your mileage may vary.
The business with the half-panels assumes cloth that's (for all practical purposes) reversible. That's true for plain wools and linens; it might not be true for whatever you're planning to use for your wedding.
Finally: there are other reconstructions out there that might be easier. I recommend starting with Thora Sharptooth's resource page.
I hope this helps.
Re: Not to come across as a creepy stalker, but....
Date: 2007-04-29 02:47 am (UTC)Re: Not to come across as a creepy stalker, but....
Date: 2007-04-29 03:49 am (UTC)