Does anyone have any info on German style women's gowns from this period? Looking to clothe 7 minnesangers for a wedding. Need sources, maybe paintings. Anyone...
Greetings, fellow players: I am a seamstress and a player, but i don't post much. I am currently in the middle of a project assisting a friend; making garb for...
Hello! Just a short question as I am thinking to order this article. What is information about Scandinavia- does it includes early period (7th-8th century) or...
Hello everyone, If I am offending anyone with this, I duly apologize, but I need any and all to help me if you can. Is it okay to wear a purple bliaut or was...
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Hello I'm about to finally get around to lining my circle cloak. I'm pondering arm slits to deal with the annoyance of having to open the cloak to reach for...
Looking for a mailing list (Yahoo groups or similar) for quilters to discuss techniques, fabrics, shows, etc. Prefer a medium volume list with few or no off...
... <SNIPPED BY MOD. TRIM YOUR POSTS.> ... The Pelicon, a full-circle cloak with no front opening and an attatched hood (You climbed in from underneath and put...
My best friend is getting into SCA lately. I used to dabble in college myself & I was thinking of joining her. My problem is shoehorning my very well developed...
How early have we seen blackwork embroidery on clothing? My daughter made me two pieces copied from the Jane Seymour painting and I want to honour her work but...
Background: I joined the SCA about a year ago, and have been busily hand-sewing garb every since. Does anyone else have the following problem? I'm wondering if...
My hair is pink/purple....I have never felt the need to cover it in the SCA. Whenever I am doing something that requires a more historically accurate look, I...
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Posted with permission from La Bice: Free PDF book from the Met on Russian costume, covering the 11th to the 20th Century from the Metropolitan Museum in NY....
Hi for the last 18 months I;ve been working on a replica of the antependium from rekjahlid in Iceland Its wool laid and couched work with split stitched silk...
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...
At a recent war, I offered a costume class, well the title I think explains it all. "Bodies: 16th Century English Support Garments - What They Are Made From,...
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...
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...
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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Hello! Are there any period samples for particolored gown or cotehardie with buttons for woman? I have seen some for men and a lot of them without buttons....
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Hi all, I've thoroughly enjoyed reading the last few weeks posts. I do have a question on Liripipes. Is it 'allowable' for them to be knit? And be without...
I've been looking through the Medieval Tailor's assistant and was hoping someone could help me clarify. Is it OK to use backstitch for most seams? I am mainly...
"hem-stitced them down" when you say hem-stitched do you mean a folded seam or do you mean the lace type effect where a few horizonal threads are pulled out...
I have a friend that is looking for pictures of trim on Anglo Saxon women's garb... If you have an references I would appreciate if you could share them so I...
I'm hand-sewing a linen chemise but am stumped on how to finish the sleeve ends. This is not for a specific period, more a general purpose chemise for under...
