So in my Group we have about 5 Fighters wives who regularly attend Fighter practice each week and we where thinking about doing Garb during this time. We have...
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Mackenzie Morgan
maco_nix
Oct 4, 2012 6:38 pm
Tunics work for both Roman and Viking. Here's a how-to: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7528211/Tunics-Step-by-Step Grazia...
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May Lovelace
my_little_ga...
Oct 4, 2012 6:39 pm
Sounds like a perfect time to work on T-tunics and under-dresses (you can never have too many under-dresses). :) Also, have someone teach the group some basic...
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Dee Cadoret
kitaye
Oct 4, 2012 6:40 pm
There are several really good, in my own opinion, starter instructions sets on the web. I can't link the PDF files but here is a list of the ones I use on a...
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FaithK
fili_the_dwarf
Oct 7, 2012 4:59 pm
Greetings, good gentles! I'm stepping out of lurk mode to pick your brains, if I may. I have a rather large-figured plaid (checks of about two inches by two...
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aranwen_of_willowford
aranwen_of_w...
Oct 7, 2012 5:01 pm
For a really basic way to make a T Tunic, here is one handy link I have come across, since I haven't typed up my own personal notes yet: ...
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Lila Richards
sinechnz
Oct 8, 2012 12:55 am
There's also an excellent diagram and instructions at www.forest.gen/Medieval It's based on a Scandinavian find (I can't remember which one). Sinech. ...
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Vicky Eisenstadt
vicky_eisens...
Oct 8, 2012 10:38 am
particolored plaid cotehardie. Spain. Alysoun ... -- "Courage is the virtue of deeds... courtesy is the virtue of language." Baron Giovanni di Fiamma [Non-text...
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Krisha Kesler
bellaporcellane
Oct 8, 2012 4:21 pm
If you can dig up a copy of the known world handbook, it has several basic garb patterns in it. <snipped by mod. TRIM YOUR POSTS!>...
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cat tillotson
iridaea
Oct 8, 2012 4:24 pm
13th century Spain or Italy ? - cat from Caldarium +++++ Innocentia nihil probat. ... <.stsop ruoy mirt .dom yb deppins>...
Oops, I could not find that link, but I believe this is the one intended: http://forest.gen.nz/Medieval What great notes, I am going to have to print a few of...
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Lila Richards
sinechnz
Oct 8, 2012 10:53 pm
Thanks! I knew I'd left something out. Sinech. _____________________________________________________ Lila Richards, author of A Different Hunger - A Dark...
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Charles
unclrashid
Oct 9, 2012 5:09 am
IIRC, those cotes were done with the plaid on the bias. And just so they don't come out wonky, I'd cut the solid side on the bias also, of a fabric with a...
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anna_noice
Oct 9, 2012 8:24 pm
Hi all- I am new to the group and stumbled across it during a feeble google search attempt at discovering what late medieval/early modern pillow stuffing might...
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Charles
unclrashid
Oct 10, 2012 5:30 am
I don't think that's common knowledge. First I heard of it. It might be that moss was a more downscale option so it may not have been listed in the royal...
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Vicky Eisenstadt
vicky_eisens...
Oct 10, 2012 10:27 am
Have not run across a reference to moss in QE Wadrboe Unlock'd. But, I have run across a sentence or two in there about keepiong the shape of the puffy...
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torran@...
torrane
Oct 10, 2012 8:45 pm
I want to make a Viking Kaftan. My question is how much do I add to my measurements to make it fit over my apron dress? I am thinking 6” to the waist and two...
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beorn_se_bacaire
beorn_se_bac...
Oct 10, 2012 8:47 pm
How about adding a linen self-lining to help prevent stretch and sagging? Also, I believe there is One illumination of a coathardie not on the bias--however,...
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Elizabeth
e_walpole
Oct 10, 2012 8:47 pm
Hello everyone, I'm trying to put together a visual guide of garb to aspire to in terms of SCA costuming. As period images can be hard to interpret I am...
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Mackenzie Morgan
maco_nix
Oct 11, 2012 12:12 am
I love the idea! It would've been a great reference to have when m'lord was trying to figure out his persona. If you've got the pinterest board started, could...
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Joan Silvertoppe
sstormwatch
Oct 11, 2012 1:34 am
... I've not seen this for any of the discussions in Henry VIII or Elizabeth's accounts, but I've also not paid much attention to pillow stuffings. I would...
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Joan Silvertoppe
sstormwatch
Oct 11, 2012 1:37 am
... This is the first I've heard of little hoops for any Henrician sleeve. Rolls of various stuffings (which included bents (reed grass) and whalebone) are...
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Vicky Eisenstadt
vicky_eisens...
Oct 11, 2012 2:08 am
that's what I meant! LOLOL.....I am but an egg in the ways of Tudor! Alysoun On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Joan Silvertoppe ... -- "Courage is the virtue of...
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Elizabeth W
e_walpole
Oct 11, 2012 4:31 am
If you would like to see what I've started with (I did some work on this last night just using google images) ...
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Lila Richards
sinechnz
Oct 11, 2012 4:37 am
I so agree with you about hairstyles. I can't successfully wear my hair any way but short, so I always wear some kind of head covering that disguises the fact....
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Charles
unclrashid
Oct 11, 2012 4:47 am
A lining would only prevent that if the garment was cut from way more than the 4 main pieces you would use for a tunic, and even then it would need to be an...
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Vicky Eisenstadt
vicky_eisens...
Oct 11, 2012 10:04 am
And since linen expands when warm, you might want to consider a different lining material, so that the garment won't start to get all bunchy as the day...
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KD Shimomura
karaagnarsdo...
Oct 11, 2012 8:12 pm
I usally add 3-6 inches personally; but I like my stuff somewhat snug... ~Kara Agnarsdottir ... <snipped by mod. trim your posts!>...
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Mackenzie Morgan
maco_nix
Oct 11, 2012 8:13 pm
As to hair, I've lately just put it up in a bun when at events, as I've seen painting evidence of this in northern Italy*, though I should probably do some...
