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	Gores

Gore Derives from an old High German word relating to a spear and the later term refers to the shape of the spearhead, which is triangular. In dress, a gore is a triangular piece of material which is inserted into a garment to give extra fullness, or a flare. A gored skirt is made in panels which are shaped in a triangular manner, narrow at the top tapering into the waist and wider at the hem. This produces a flat garment, hugging the hips, which does not need gathers or pleats. A design in use from the later fourteenth century onwards.

Gores are a great way of building a large circular cloak or skirt with lot of fullness. Fabric coming in rectangular shape, cutting circles out of it can be wastful. However if you have a fabric without a nap you can get a lot of fullness and a round product by cutting gores and sewing them together in the right way.

Fold the fabric in half bringing the salviges togetther cut diagonaly

This is how it would all look if cut out together and here with the curves it will eventualy have but not now

sewing the salvages of all but one set of available triagles then sew all the

sewing the salvages of all but one set of available triagles then sew all the

sewing the salvages of all but one set of available triagles then sew all the

Her you see the circle with the hem line and neck hols

a finished circle cloak

Full Gored and gathered cloak

A Goered Skirt

This is the basic pattern cut the fabric in lengths apropriate to your need and then cut the gores by making a strait angled cut to equal point one from the fold and the other from the two salfages. this second box shows how it looks with the hem an waistline curves drawn in, DO NOT CUT THEM AT THIS TIME

when seen as it would look on the fabric it would look lik this the last box shows how it looks with the hem an waistline curves drawn in, DO NOT CUT THEM AT THIS TIME

Now sew all but two of the right angle triangles together, along the salvages. tleave two the be the front opening. then sew all the bias seams so the harower ends are to gether and the long ones at the out side. depending on the angle you cut the fabric you may get the fabric all the way around or not.

This is how the hem lines would look if you would cut, for a gored skirt you can cut thes curves now

here it is cut, hem the outside which will be the hem of the skirt and then gather the inside curve in to a waist band or on to a bodice.

		© Ragnar Torfason 2006 March 28