I leave for Pennsice in 6 days and of course I'm still sewing. I want to make a viking apron dress and am using a pattern that calls for a front, back, 2...
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Adrienne Lapp
linuxwitch
Aug 5, 2005 5:31 pm
I fit mine snuggly, usually with a -1" ease (i.e. make the top portion 1 inch less than your bust measurement), or just with my bust measurement. ...
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tressena2000
Aug 5, 2005 5:43 pm
Thank you Ragnildr. So the dress should basically fit snug with room for comfort and movement. I have a few pieces of wool fabric but they are houndstooth...
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Adrienne Lapp
linuxwitch
Aug 5, 2005 7:41 pm
There is some speculation that the apron dress provided some bust support, but I wear modern foundation garments under mine. I'd say go with what's ...
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Adele de Maisieres
beastiepaws
Aug 5, 2005 8:59 pm
... No one really knows, but I usually plump for making the top section to almost exactly my bust measurement ot marginally (like 1/2") under. ... I believe...
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Adele de Maisieres
beastiepaws
Aug 5, 2005 9:00 pm
... Oh, good! It's not just me who does this! Adele d'M...
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Adele de Maisieres
beastiepaws
Aug 5, 2005 9:02 pm
... I don't know whether there is specific evidence for hound's-tooth or not, but it is a simple twill pattern that certainly could have been produced on looms...
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Adele de Maisieres
beastiepaws
Aug 5, 2005 9:04 pm
... Sadly, it's only speculation afaik. Wouldn't that make life easier, though :) Another alternatve to modern underclothes would be breast-binding, but I ...
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Adrienne Lapp
linuxwitch
Aug 6, 2005 2:27 am
Yeh, I've tried breast binding...too much work for this non-limber person. I'm sticking with high compression sports bras these days! Ragnhildr ... [Non-text...
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Kathleen C.H. Griffin
kathleenoblosb
Aug 6, 2005 3:52 pm
This is going to show my age! In the 1950s the conservative German-origin Dominican sisters still wore pin-on sleeves which like the scapulars were laundered...
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Zenovia Kallipygia
zenovia_kall...
Aug 6, 2005 4:06 pm
Here's a few thoughts that may or may not be of use. The "how to make an apron dress" question comes up on Norsefolk_2 ...
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Vicki
reldnips2
Aug 7, 2005 12:57 am
This is for those garb items that don't usually wear w/ corsets. I had a thought as I was driving back from an event today that I kind of wanted to run by this...
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Jennifer Walker
chefjenna
Aug 7, 2005 2:48 am
Considering the various groups that invaded Ireland throughout our period it is perfectly acceptable, depending on your chosen time, to wear other nations...
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H. Law
lynnx00
Aug 7, 2005 4:42 am
I found this in a google search: "Kazak women never worn "*Paranja*" (yashmak), as did the women in other Islamic countries in *..."* so it sounds, along with...
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Laura
lauradake
Aug 7, 2005 2:15 pm
I recently used this pattern for a camica - it went together simply beautifully. :) -Catarina ... "Italian" ... am not...
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Alex Doyle
cybalshouse
Aug 7, 2005 4:12 pm
What you're thinking of sounds a lot like "a pair of bodies" as the Elizabethan's would say, the precourser to the corset. and as a DD'er myself, I'll mention...
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ketamina06
Aug 7, 2005 4:24 pm
Anytime I come up with an 'idea' for something in the SCA that I think would fit but may not be period, it usually isn't period. :) (I say 'idea' because I'm...
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Chiara Francesca
fhavas
Aug 7, 2005 5:04 pm
I have seen them sold by merchants online and at fairs. I have not seen them in period yet. Is that what you are asking? I have only seen 'woven' looking head...
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Zenovia Kallipygia
zenovia_kall...
Aug 7, 2005 5:34 pm
The stuff you make mundanely makes me think of a Viking wireworking technique called trichinopoly. I know it was used to make necklace chains and apparently...
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Alex
lamia_strix
Aug 7, 2005 6:51 pm
I'm working on an 1480's Florentine ensemble similar to the one at Jen's fabulous site here: ...
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Susan B. Farmer
jerusha_kilgore
Aug 7, 2005 7:06 pm
... Cool! I didn't know this. The first Italian gown that I made was interlined with Canvas (and originally boned, but I took the boning out). I might have...
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Susan B. Farmer
jerusha_kilgore
Aug 7, 2005 7:06 pm
... *snippage* I have a friend who has a braided AoA circlet. I tried to purchase one from a merchant at Gulf War last year, but they were all too big for my ...
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ketamina06
Aug 7, 2005 8:41 pm
Thanks for the replies and links! I really appreciate them. The viking technique is something I've seen upon occasion and I'll be researching that for certain....
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barb gable
artsybarb2000
Aug 7, 2005 9:31 pm
I`m certainly no expert on authenticity (but since I joined this group I have learned a LOT!) As for crocheted wire jewelry, you only mention making...
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Suzanne
sovagris
Aug 7, 2005 11:43 pm
I've gone off on a tangent from my usual Renaissance costuming, to design some Roman outfits from the time of the emperor Justinian (c. 483-565 CE). I was...
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Elizabeth Walpole
e_walpole
Aug 8, 2005 12:09 am
<snip> ... <snip> oops, I got mixed up between 17th century & 1600 thanks for pointing out my mistake (I'm normally pretty good on that) Elizabeth ... ...
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silveroter3
Aug 8, 2005 1:12 am
I am attending Unchained Doom in Sept. This will be my second event (yes I am a newbie) and the first one put on by my shire that my daughter and I will...
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Donna B
blktauna
Aug 8, 2005 1:35 am
... * Beckwith, John. Art of Constantinople. London: Phaidon Press, 1961. * Bon, A. Byzantium. Geneva: Nagel, 1972. * Chatzidakis, M. & A. Grabar. Byzantine...
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bex_1014
Aug 8, 2005 3:05 am
... I wonder ... Hi: Have you seen these sites? http://www.silkewerk.com/wire2.htm http://www.virtue.to/articles/circlet.html Both show circlets made fom...
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ketamina06
Aug 8, 2005 2:29 pm
... interesting... ... over to the SCA I know it's just not realistic. However, I wonder about wire circlets, perhaps thicker wire that is braided or woven, or...
