Thank you. Technically, unless things have changed, there really isn't a start date for SCA only a really rough idea. :) So this is pretty much in SCA period. ...
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Melody Watts
meldysmail
Feb 9, 2013 6:44 am
Perhaps I didn't use the correct "terminololgy", the sleeves I saw were on an Italian woman's Florentine or Venetian dresses sleeves. She had laid the sleeve...
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Diane
bahriah2
Feb 8, 2013 11:44 pm
I was sent this from another group I am in. It is interesting both because of the styles shown, which are before our time. Also the interaction and reaction...
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Silvester
das11228
Feb 8, 2013 6:51 pm
... I get the feeling this lady is miss reading the painting... From what I understand from reading Janet Arnold, many garments had an extra layer of padding...
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Shawn M. Davis
alliesmom1999
Feb 7, 2013 8:07 pm
I have always wondered what pinking shears were for. Now I know. Thanks for posting the link! Sadb Hálsdóttir Glyn Dwfn MoAS aka Shawn Davis From:...
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Silvester
das11228
Feb 7, 2013 8:07 pm
Lady Margaret, Thanks for the info. That's a real bummer, I was hoping to pick her brain about some of the patern drawings she had created... Guess I'll just...
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Margo Anderson
margobears
Feb 7, 2013 7:26 pm
If what you're looking for is a high collared women's doublet pattern, my Elizabethan Lady's Wardrobe and Elizabethan Gentleman's wardrobe both have them. I...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Feb 7, 2013 6:14 pm
By what you are describing you seem to be talking about slashing and not pinking as usually you do not see a different color fabric underneath as the cuts are...
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Scott Inman 1
scottscifi1
Feb 7, 2013 8:38 am
I have a bottle of RIT liquid pink dye I'm not using. Where can I send it if you want it? -- Scott ... From: meldysmail To: SCA-Garb@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Charles
unclrashid
Feb 7, 2013 5:10 am
The problem with that is it would be SO easy to cut more than you wanted to. The idea with Elizabethan pinking is to cut small rows of pinked slashes at angles...
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Joan Silvertoppe
sstormwatch
Feb 6, 2013 11:10 pm
... There used to be a blacksmith that sold them, but he went out of business. Most folks now suggest either finding a blacksmith who can create them for you,...
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Jeanne W
allshebe
Feb 6, 2013 10:44 pm
Would something like this serve? http://www.joann.com/olfa-rotary-pinking-spare-blade-45mm/prd12595/ (Fiskars has similar blades) Jeanne White in Southern...
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Melody Watts
meldysmail
Feb 6, 2013 10:35 pm
Did you look at Margo Anderson's patterns.? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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meldysmail
Feb 6, 2013 10:35 pm
Hi All, Does anyone know where I can get "pinking dies" for making a punched fabric doublet for a woman? I have some lovely light weight grey ultra suede that...
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cassandra_kingswear
cassandra_ki...
Feb 6, 2013 2:56 pm
That is what I ment, and I had made the assumption that it was what the sender was looking for since this isn't cosplay. Most doublets don't have boning in...
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Sayyeda al-Kaslaania
idlesamia
Feb 6, 2013 2:43 am
Here is my blog where I post about 1066 in Egypt. According to the researcher Yedida Stillman, most of the clothing carries across most of the Middle East in...
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Heather M
mofnorwood
Feb 6, 2013 2:00 am
... Quite a while after Lady Emmachia was featured on the Italian Showcase, she moved to Drachenwald. I could be wrong, but I do not believe that she is ...
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Silvester
das11228
Feb 6, 2013 1:55 am
Does anyone have a current e-mail address for Lady Emmachia? Silvester...
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Charles
unclrashid
Feb 5, 2013 5:26 am
Perhaps they mean one with boning. Rashid...
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Joan Silvertoppe
sstormwatch
Feb 5, 2013 3:18 am
... Color me confused by the term then but I thought this was just a doublet that is most likely a woman's doublet (although a friend of mine, a man, wore a...
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cassandra_kingswear
cassandra_ki...
Feb 4, 2013 2:04 pm
Patterns of Fashion by Janet Arnold has a lovely corseted doublet in it. It is covered with couched embroidery and has big shoulder rolls. Her patterns are...
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Charles
unclrashid
Feb 4, 2013 7:00 am
Just found some more: http://pinterest.com/amagyarjurta/central-asian-extant-garments/ They aren't all Mongolian or the right period, but there are some good...
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bgable55
barbary_rose
Feb 4, 2013 12:44 am
Thanks Charles! Somehow I figured you to know something! :) BTW she is female ;) Barb Sent from my Samsung Epicâ„¢ 4G Touch Charles wrote: I have some...
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Charles
unclrashid
Feb 3, 2013 10:29 pm
I have some patterns for men's Mamluk Egyptian garb here: http://www.feoragdubh.eastkingdom.org/GarbWorkshops.php Women's garb was probably based on similar...
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Joan Silvertoppe
sstormwatch
Feb 3, 2013 8:11 pm
... Are you looking for a corset or for a doublet? Historical corsets don't have collars unless they are a modern custom pattern. Joan Lady Joan Silvertoppe A...
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barb
barbary_rose
Feb 3, 2013 8:03 pm
A friend of mine has a North African persona, anytime in the SCA period...does anyone have any images or links on this area? She wants a “middle-eastern...
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Dee
deena_kalb
Feb 3, 2013 8:03 pm
Does anyone know of where I can find a pattern for an exaggerated high collared womens corset/doublet? A free download would be perfect but a regular pattern...
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Dee Cadoret
kitaye
Feb 3, 2013 6:46 pm
Thank you for this. I've been trying to find information on 800's Al-Andalus for my spouse and this has given me some ideas for another string of searches....
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Joan Silvertoppe
sstormwatch
Feb 3, 2013 11:15 am
... I think I finally understood what you were trying to get across, although not seeing a period image from you, I wasn't sure what you wanted. If you want...
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Joan Silvertoppe
sstormwatch
Feb 3, 2013 10:10 am
... that the Landsknecht style was a close enough to that region to get away with and I find the style personally appealing ... ... The person who originally...
