I've been a longtime lurker, too indecisive to settle on a persona... but I think I'm getting there! I'm drawn towards the Savoy region of current era France...
Where can one find Persian female shoes? ... most commonly done for the SCA. That is a bad assumption since we cover such an extensive historical time frame. ...
My Dear Lords and Ladies, With such an assemblege of talent, I just know one of you will have an answer. I need a recommendation for a type or brand of white...
Greetings! To forgo the details, I have an event at the end of March and I will be 31 weeks pregnant. My persona is a Jew from "Inquisition Era Spain" but I...
Greetings All, Could anyone share some information about how I can learn more about the details of 14th century French garb, (1300-1370 is fine). I want to get...
Milord and I are on a cleaning spree- and one of the most disorganized places in the house is our sewing room (yes, OUR sewing room!) We both like late-period...
I concur with Rashid. The openings on the sides of a cyclas can be almost as high as sleeve openings or as low as the hips. The difference between the cyclas...
I was looking up the infomation posted about the basic pattern at the following website provided but the system states that it is not found? I was just...
It seems that Yahoo!groups wasn't sending to us mods some posts for the group from folks on moderated status. Some of these date from the end of December and...
Just an ideal could you soak the floss in strain treatment spray liq. like what we use on the sofa etc. Serving HIm, Helen Joshua 24:15 **************New...
With respect, there was definitely a France in the 14th century. The French national identity was formed back....I believe as early as the Merovingians (pre -...
... Annora le Spindler's "What Nursing Mothers Wore: Period Options for Nursing Garb" <http://anplica.net/annora/nursing.html> includes a number of late-period...
While we are lucky enough to have a slightly larger sewing room, We did line one wall top to bottom, wall to wall with the hanging wire shelving we purchased...
... She was asking for Persian shoes... the reason why not is because the Mongol boots don't look anything like Persian shoes seen in period art. I don't know...
One thing that I found helps is to acquire as many cardboard bolt inserts as possible (I lucked out when a local fabric shop closed). Keeping the fabric on...
Thanks to both you and Rashid for the help. I was lucky to find some rose colored fabric (the fabric isn't period but the color is spot on!)at a Hancock...
We are going to make wool coats and I think I want to do applique on them but I don't have a clue what I'm doing. The coats are (well, will be) 100% wool....
Check with your local fabric stores about empty cardboard bolts. We put ours in the recycling bin, and are happy to let people have them. Same applies to the...
... you ... While not having researched it extensively, it seems that during most of the SCA period, most women just wore regular clothing as long as they...
Be sure to wrap tissue or muslin around the cardboard so it doesn't damage the fabric coloring (if, like many of us, you store your fabric for years before...
Generally, it is better to appliqué with a thinner material, one, a heavy appliqué can sag a light-to-medium weight fabric (probably not an issue here) and...
... following website provided but the system states that it is not found? I was just wondering if you had another site? ... archive/garb/ s ... I just went...
... of the cycla look to have a gold color trim. I also noticed that the sleeves of the green undertunic have the same color trim. Is this ... 20id=203&tfl=26...
Would it work and would it look ok/right to use a different material for the applique? Like using a fairly sturdy cotton on the wool? I have that in the...
Hello, If you're going to wash them then use a medium weight wool. It will likely become a coating weight during the wash cycle (don't machine dry it, just let...
... Real wool felt is widely available, especially through catalogs that cater to doll makers or Waldorf schools or specialize in supplies for "nature crafts"....
Based on my experience using some "thinnish" 100% wool felt (like craft felt rather than "industrial felt") as the horse side of a saddle pad, it shrinks...
We ordered our coat weight wool from bblackandsons.com. We plan to be able to wash the coats as these are going to wars with us. We are going to be washing...
I have certainly used different materials for appliqué. Just make sure everything is preshrunk, so you don't have differential shrinking in the wash. In...
the full link contained in : http://tinyurl.com/7g3y58 and it works. Elizabeth Pendeo Montengarde / Avacal / AnTir ________________________________ From:...
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