Greetings all, I am trying to get together a class/handout on what a titled woman might wear either at home( was there a casual?) or if in the country. I have...
How far apart are they top to bottom allong the edge of the fabric? I see lots of garments where the lacing is done along too few eyelets and it makes little...
Does anyone know how to make this head dress? http://costumes.glittersweet.com/sca/k/7cleves.htm It'll be my first attempt at headwear, so I'm a bit excited!...
Boning in a kirtle: I myself put a line of boning in the front closure for a front-lacing kirtle. You will probably find that it closes better if you put the...
Im about to make a kirtle for myself for an event. I am a bigger gal.. should i put boning in the front where it opens? Is that period? Also, turbans in 15...
Here is some good information as well... http://www.historiclife.com/Essays/ThorsbergTrousers.htm http://slumberland.org/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=582 ......
I am wondering if anyone knows the difference between commercially prepared wool and "homemade wool". I can shear the sheep, carte the wool, spin it and make...
Period headwear seems to be the one aspect that so many in the SCA overlook. That being said, once I started wearing my coif and hat, I've received many...
Greetings to the List, First my apologies for not getting the post finished before sending and also for not having my name at the end of the post. ( I have a...
Just a notice/reminder that there will be an A&S Competition at Icefalcon's Ducal Challenge and Iron Bog Champions event on June 6, Barony of Iron Bog, East...
Ah! Thanks everyone! That's a clever detail on the artist's part about Magdelane's "indecent"; lacing. Nifty-cool. I could see a persona built on that......
... Catrijn is right. It's not a portrait. Here's what the Web Gallery of Art says about this picture: The picture shows the right wing of the Braque Family...
... It may be part of the symbolism of the figure - this a painting of Mary Magdelene. Sometimes she is shown in a state of disarray, or not quite dressed...
... What an odd portrait... "Did anyone else say to themselves: She's laced up wrong!"? LOL I'm pretty surprised, seeing as how she was sitting for a...
They are .5" apart when closed and 1/4" inside. Maybe it is the lace. I will check a shoelace. It does not hold me when it is closed. It sags at the top and...
... I usually put them around 1/4 or 3/8 inch from the edge when I do them, but it may also be an issue of how far apart they are vertically. I try and do...
I have a question. How do you keep the spiral lace from pulling and garthering when you pull it tight? I place my holes 1" apart, which makes them .5" from one...
... Glad to help :) In the artwork this style is based on, each partial sleeves is usually pinned on with a single straight pin. Here's an example where you...
Thanks everyone, more questions.... The kirtle half sleeve.. how is that attached? and anyone have a site on the spiral lacing? This is my first kirtle... Thus...
... I've made plenty of kirtles for big gals (I have used the phrase "breasts bigger then my head") and the support of a kirtle or GFD come from the cut, not...
One one of my kirtles that I made a bit tight and then set the buttonholes in too close to the edge, I was able to run a shoelace in the hole formed when I...
... I don't think there's any evidence for boning in kirtles in the 15th century. Unlike the flat, conical shape of the 16th century, 15th century gowns seem...
Would it be weird to put boning in a kirtle, in the front where the laces go? is that period? Im a bigger gal, and think it may close better. Also any smock...
... I don't think there is any home process that can dye 100% polyester, but you can try checking out Dharma Trading's website, they probably have a FAQs page...
