Thank you for the early period information (and yep I was asking female dress, I just had a moment and forgot to include it.) Thanks Kendra...
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quokkaqueen
Oct 19, 2010 11:39 pm
Hi All, It's reached that stage in my garb wardrobe, where I need to start repairing things, mostly patching holes and tears in seams. I *know* that there are...
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Heather Rose Jones
heather_rose...
Oct 20, 2010 12:56 am
My favorite place to start for patching techniques -- although it's a bit on the early side (7th c) -- is the Bernuthsfeld tunic. Almost more patches than...
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Terri Morgan
thatdamehrothny
Oct 20, 2010 7:37 am
... ~Asfridhr I'd be interested in learning that also. My first response, upon reading Asfridhr's speculation was to say, "no, on the inside!" because that is...
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Sayyeda Samia al-Kasl...
idlesamia
Oct 22, 2010 1:24 am
Hello everyone, I failed to properly catalogue an image and now I find myself wanting to cite it. Please let me know if you have any information. I've Googled ...
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gianottadallafiora
gianottadall...
Oct 22, 2010 5:39 pm
It's from the qantara-med.org site, but here's the kicker: it's en francaise: http://www.qantara-med.org/qantara4/public/show_document.php?do_id=1088 I have...
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henrikofhavn
Oct 23, 2010 12:19 am
Funny you should bring this up. I just got thru patching a pair of under trousers/ drawers. They are linen and have had several rips in them. Both in the half...
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quokkaqueen
Oct 23, 2010 7:20 am
I found an example, so I'll answer my own question, too! In Lovlid, Dan Halvard. 2009. "Nye Tanker om Skjoldehamnfunnet" (Bergen University) ...
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quokkaqueen
Oct 23, 2010 7:25 am
<<snip>> ... <<snip>> Thank-you, I had completely forgotten about "Der Männerkittel aus Bernuthsfeld," and in hindsight it is obvious! ~Asfridhr...
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Karen
Karen_Larsda...
Oct 23, 2010 10:56 pm
There's also the patches in a garment worn by the beggar in the story of St. Martin, on an altarpiece painted in 1496, now at the Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in...
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Stefan li Rous
stefanlirous
Oct 24, 2010 8:01 am
Back on Sept. 29, Jarlath Riley said: <<< I do not have my own garb yet, but I am trying to get authentic garb. I do not mind a stew with potatoes and...
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Stefan li Rous
stefanlirous
Oct 24, 2010 8:13 am
Back in August someone asked: <<< So has anybody got evidence would be a period appropriate favour (ignoring debates about whether a man would carry a favour...
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Scott
thlcolmdubh
Oct 25, 2010 1:59 am
Surely we have some experts on patching on this list. Heather Rose Jones or Robin of Netherton should be able to answer our questions, Are they on line? My...
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LJonthebay
wodeford
Oct 25, 2010 5:57 am
... Please see message 58509: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Authentic_SCA/message/58509 Saionji no Hana West Kingdom...
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Heather Rose Jones
heather_rose...
Oct 25, 2010 7:56 am
... I would also like to note, I am not an "expert on patching" -- I'm an expert at remembering the citations for odd bits of information I've run across over...
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Marianne Perdomo
mperdomo.geo
Oct 25, 2010 8:09 am
Thanks to all for a very interesting conversation on a topic I hadn't thought of :) Cheers! Marianne [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Heidi G. Haywood
kf6skb
Oct 27, 2010 2:36 am
Hello all! Does anyone have any suggestions on where I might look for good source material on folly bells? So far, I've managed to find one article on-line...
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Karen_Larsdatter
Karen_Larsda...
Oct 27, 2010 3:26 pm
... I'd suggest looking for "crotal bells" -- this is a term (used by archaeologists, among others) for this general shape of small bell. A couple of...
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George A. Trosper
georgetslc
Oct 28, 2010 4:33 am
... Beggars are well known--very reasonably--for exaggerating and emphasizing their bodily deformities and lacks, so I wouldn't be surprised if the very...
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xina007eu
Oct 28, 2010 10:48 am
Hi Asfridhr, the tunic of St Francis of Assisi that can be seen in the basilica at Assisi has been patched multiple times, and I think different stitches were...
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Heather Rose Jones
heather_rose...
Oct 28, 2010 3:10 pm
... You're probably thinking of the article on those garments in: Flury-Lemberg, Mechthild. 1988. Textile Conservation and Research. Schriften der...
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CLEY
goldfinch2
Oct 28, 2010 5:42 pm
Isn't there a story that Francis wished his robe to be made of patches, as a token of humility? Or am I confused with someone else? Arlys...
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LJonthebay
wodeford
Oct 29, 2010 2:04 am
... Buddhist priests wear a patchwork mantle called a kesa (Japanese), jiasha (Chinese) or kasaya (Sanskrit). Originally pieced from dirty rags, they...
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quokkaqueen
Nov 5, 2010 11:55 pm
<<snip>> My first response, upon reading ... <<snip>> I found a mention of an item patched on the inside-- one of the hoods from Viking Age Dublin. E. Wincott...
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Sayyeda Samia al-Kasl...
idlesamia
Nov 16, 2010 3:03 am
This page says the site should go live in 2010, but it's still in the beta version. It's a great idea! "The Bibliographica Textilia Historiae database is a...
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Terri Morgan
thatdamehrothny
Nov 22, 2010 6:00 pm
I was pointed to a YouTube video page I'd never seen before and some of these are just too good not to share. "Beowulf":...
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Madame du Pont
madamedupont...
Nov 23, 2010 7:27 pm
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Jennifer
fionnabhair_...
Dec 11, 2010 2:23 am
Evening, all! I have just finished a large commission for a client and would like to analyze the parts that went well and the parts that could have gone better...
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Michael Hurley
mephit_stoph...
Dec 14, 2010 3:09 am
... I've not heard of this. It sounds quite useful. Is this an application? A website? A technique you learned in a class? Is this something which can be...
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JL Badgley
tatsushu
Dec 14, 2010 3:11 am
... I hadn't either, but I found this: http://www.elizabethancostume.net/smockpat/ Is that what is being referred to? -Ii [Non-text portions of this message...
