I have been mucking about in the frazzled frau site, enjoying myself far too much. I found some sleeves that I MUST have. Allegorical or not. These babies...
Juliana, despair not! You don't need an embroidery machine to do machine embroidery. You just need a regular machine with a zigzag stitch that's adjustable in...
Hi everyone, I just love thrift stores! I found an absolutely gorgeous piece of cream-coloured wool last night for next to nothing. It's good to know that my...
hi, kiddo... i didn't know you were on this list too! are the kids coming w/ you to estrella or are you free, fully free, sublimely free? cailte who will be...
There was some great information about this on the list a few months ago. I am not sure how easy it is to find in the archives but I am sure a lot of those...
I am sorry, I had to comment on the original meesage below: 8-D I was wondering what you did to your older brother to make him have questionable tension......
My daughter is just now creating her own personna, instead of being lumped in with hubby and mine. Question is she doesnt know what period she wants to...
Quick question for all of you, would children's clothing in the 13th century (looking Irish or Welsh) be less embroidered than the parents, or not at all? I...
Ok...ok... I'm biting the bullet. One step closer to making garb. I've downloaded, filched, copied, stole patterns/diagrams from the internet and have them...
Greetings one and all! Pardon the misuse of the list, but I am doing a report for school, and it is on S.African clothing. Unfortunetly, I can't find a African...
<< - pair of late-period shoes for me, via Mark Carlsen's site - (maybe: a pair of pattens for same, but unlikely at this point) >> Please -- what are Mark...
As if I don't have enough to do...now I would like to learn how to do embroidery by hand. I think it adds such a nice touch to a gown, etc. Anyway, my question...
I can beat that I've got a total of just over 100 yard's of fabric in various color's nothing is cut out, I've got three people to sew for and a gambisin?...
Ummm...another quick question. Handkerchief weight is recommended for the chemise...would that be the lightest weight in linen? Would would be an appropriate...
For Christmas I got a dress dummy and would like to try my hand at making a bodice for myself - my first. My sewing skills are low and my knowledge of sewing...
A Simple Italian Renaissance Gown instruction on making a gown, bibliography and excellent notes and diagrams http://ilaria.veltri.tripod.com/italiandress.html...
Is there such a place where you can get the knives & Daggers with a 'metal' handle & sheath, but with a 'fake'( rubber or plastic) knife part? I have seen some...
Thank you all so very much for your very kind, understanding and heart felt words. You have given prayers, music, light, and a little of yourselves to me and...
hello everyone! i decided to make a veil to go with the "really blue bliaut" hereafter referred to as the RBB. (i thought i could at least finish something...
... early '70's (just before Elizabeth R)? I've begun to go through that (so far have gone through Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn), and I have some...
Hello, A question for the Elizabethans... I am making a ruff (gulp) to wear for an upcoming event... My plan is to make the ruff 'free standing' and baste it...
To all on the list who have past on their very kind coments to me about the images of my handy work, Thank you all very much. But I would like to pay a tribute...
Sewing machine store vs fabric store. My Joannes does not carry machines due to the sewing machine stores having satelites in the stores and my Hancocks used...
Greetings to the list, I am wondering if anyone has any documentation for linings for 1/2 circle cloaks other than fur. I am asking because in the 15th century...
I am new to the SCA and am having trouble finding patterns for either a 15 cent. German Teuton or a Knight Templer. Not much sewing experience so i have...
well, me and my serger are having a little problem, it doesn't want to cut my material!!! instead it drags it under the needles and sews it into my seams, ...
Well, the blue-grey cotehardie project is stalled because I just couldn't make the neckline work, no matter what. So I wore something different to 12th Night....
