Puzzle solved

[anielmom]

After much racking of my poor brain, I have come up with a solution for finishing the van dyked hem on the Archery Gown.  I tried pressing the edges under with the idea that if it worked I'd do it on the black as well, but I just couldn't get a neat enough line.   I threw out both of my earlier ideas and decided to use a wide double fol bias tape.  Instead of actually binding the edges, I have just laid it on top and folded it at each point.  I wish I could find some reference to how they did it in period.

I think this gives a much neater appearance, and it's not too bulky.  The points are not as sharp as I'd like, nor are they the more rounded shape of the original, but it works for me.   Now of course, I have added even more hand sewing to my already long list of things that need to be done by hand.