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- Tue May 17, 2016 10:12 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Who has a set of high-end medieval clerical vestments?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 893
- Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:34 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Introductions to drafting and modifying patterns?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1597
Re: Introductions to drafting and modifying patterns?
All of the changes that make the silhouette into the final product are done by fitting it to the body. For the pigeon breast, specifically, I layer small towels onto the model until the chest is fitted in a desired way, and then I fit over that. Even then, if he slouches when he's wearing it, it lo...
- Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:00 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Introductions to drafting and modifying patterns?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1597
Re: Introductions to drafting and modifying patterns?
I looked at this thread more closely this time. It's an interesting idea, a textbook that would address these issues. Thing is, there are really only a handful of people in the world interested in this topic. Those who do it quite a bit end up relying on instinct rather than rules of thumb that can ...
- Tue Mar 22, 2016 9:48 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Introductions to drafting and modifying patterns?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1597
Re: Introductions to drafting and modifying patterns?
Ooh, sorry, I missed that. I do all of that stuff, but I don't have anything written up. Though, I prefer working from the body.
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 10:47 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Introductions to drafting and modifying patterns?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1597
Re: Introductions to drafting and modifying patterns?
Do you have The Medieval Tailor's Assistant? There's a chapter on fitting a block, and every layout in the book uses this block as a basis.
- Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:14 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: New book on sixteenth-century clothing (Drei Schnittbücher)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 654
Re: New book on sixteenth-century clothing (Drei Schnittbüch
Some of the patterns in that book are truly jaw dropping. There is very little in the way of simple cuts in 16th C. clothing, and a surprising number of the patterns involve types of constructions that I have trouble imagining. I recommend getting a copy, even if your interest stops short of the 16...
- Tue Feb 23, 2016 2:39 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: 15th Century Fat-Man -- what's he wearing?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1499
Re: 15th Century Fat-Man -- what's he wearing?
Mac pointed me over here. I read this earlier, and I wish I had more to contribute, but it's mostly a mystery to me, as well. You do sometimes see women with a similar piece under their (presumably) kirtle layer. I would put forward two guesses as to how it's held in place - either pressure, or pinn...
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:58 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: 15th century mens clothing
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1727
Re: 15th century mens clothing
Oh goodness no, it's still hugely popular right smack in the center of the "Burgundian" age. :D However, it *does* have a tremendous variety of forms by this point. The bycocket, it should be understood, was primarily executed as a formed felt hat. You can see examples that were *clearly* blocked a...
- Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:37 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: 15th century mens clothing
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1727
Re: 15th century mens clothing
Destichado, what are your favorite images of a bycocket in the latter half of the 15th century? I tend to think of it as most common in a 14th or early 15th century setting, but I think there are exceptions. I just can't put my finger on them right now. You've got me thinking.
- Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:32 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: 15th century mens clothing
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1727
Re: 15th century mens clothing
Hose might also point to the doublet itself, without necessarily having the jerkin. There is some debate about the commonality of the jerkin. Basics are usually braies, some sort of hose (depends on decade and class), some sort of doublet (ditto for decade and class), some sort of gown (ditto for de...
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:58 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Looking for Close Match to Period Wool
- Replies: 10
- Views: 979
Re: Looking for Close Match to Period Wool
Boiled wool is usually knit before felting, not woven.
It gives a fairly decent look for some things, but I wouldn't make a tunic out of it.
It gives a fairly decent look for some things, but I wouldn't make a tunic out of it.
- Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:42 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Question: 14th C. children's garb
- Replies: 6
- Views: 949
Re: Question: 14th C. children's garb
I actually have three articles/pages on kiddo clothing. They can all be found here: http://wp.bymymeasure.com/documentation ... s/children
- Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:10 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Question: 14th C. children's garb
- Replies: 6
- Views: 949
Re: Question: 14th C. children's garb
Do you swaddle her?
- Sat Aug 15, 2015 4:49 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Outlands Crown
- Replies: 5
- Views: 672
Re: Outlands Crown
Vivant to Their Highnesses Bela and Anna!
- Wed May 06, 2015 12:44 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: 14th Century Hooded Cloak
- Replies: 8
- Views: 827
Re: 14th Century Hooded Cloak
Hm. I like the part where I say I'm going to turn this into a tutorial, four years ago...
http://wp.bymymeasure.com/501/quickie-on-cloaks
http://wp.bymymeasure.com/501/quickie-on-cloaks
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:40 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Medieval fabric question for the experts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 958
Re: Medieval fabric question for the experts
Wow, prices have gone WAY up in the last 10 years.
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:58 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Medieval fabric question for the experts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 958
Re: Medieval fabric question for the experts
Most of what I have I bought about 10 years ago on eBay, old vintage coats. I tear them apart and piece them back together. If you buy something that's "squirrel", it's often squirrel, but not always. Naturally, most of that is dyed, and not the iconic miniver pattern. However, it seems that by the ...
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:40 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Medieval fabric question for the experts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 958
Re: Medieval fabric question for the experts
As an aside, I have a small collection of fur and fur-lined garment images that I've collected over the last few months. Far from exhaustive, but it give you an idea of how fur was represented in the artwork. I think I only have one example of ermine, the rest are some variation of vair, probably mi...
- Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:28 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Medieval fabric question for the experts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 958
Re: Medieval fabric question for the experts
Yep. Ermine.
- Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:24 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Looking for Close Match to Period Wool
- Replies: 10
- Views: 979
Re: Looking for Close Match to Period Wool
The big categories are: Woolen or worsted? Woolen is warm, thick, and fuzzy. Think your winter wool coat, a blanket, or sweater yarn. Often sold as Melton or flannel. Shrinks quite a bit, if you wants something warm and waterproof, get a woolen and shrink the heck out of it before sewing. Worsted, s...
- Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:42 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Did this medieval Scooter really exist?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2315
Re: Did this medieval Scooter really exist?
Kids dressed like that tend to have documentable toys. :pSean Powell wrote:
If it wasn't for the effort of this board here I'd have ignored this scooter as a modern contrivance with no documentable evidence. There was no way to trace it backwards to a source... who happens to be a FB friend what are the odds?
- Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:38 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Did this medieval Scooter really exist?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2315
Re: Did this medieval Scooter really exist?
The boys had this at Pennsic a few years ago, and rode if to merchant row. We didn't move very fast because every kid and his dad wanted to try it.
I'll echo that it's a better toy than walking trainer.
I'll echo that it's a better toy than walking trainer.
- Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:58 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: A thank you to the archive.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1339
Re: A thank you to the archive.
Well done. By Their Majesties.
- Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:56 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Outlands Crown
- Replies: 0
- Views: 362
Outlands Crown
Real time results today should be posted to the official Outlands page on Facebook.
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=117320308461741
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=117320308461741
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:10 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Beds
- Replies: 55
- Views: 2590
Re: Beds
Jeff had a set of bed trestles that he was using when we met, and we used them for several years after that. I think he gave that bed away, and then experimented with legs of different heights, but ended up abandoning that project for some others. I don't recall exactly what happened. But I will say...
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:34 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: A bardic rant
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2229
Re: A bardic rant
Caché is pronounced "Cash-ay". Without the accent aigu, "cache" it is simply pronounced "cash". The accent mark makes it a different word. My pet peeve is when people say a French word, and try to make it sounds *more* French, and do it wrong. Like saying "voilà" starting with a w = "wolla". The Fre...
- Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:11 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: A bardic rant
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2229
Re: A bardic rant
Here's my bugaboo: Bardic at feast, or in any other captive environment, should be there for background atmosphere, not as a "you have to listen to me perform or else." When I'm feasting, I'm there to enjoy my friends' company, and I get awfully annoyed when everybody in the hall has to hush again a...
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:55 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Crossroads in Time 2014
- Replies: 230
- Views: 10072
Re: Crossroads in Time 2014
Nice to put faces to names. Thanks!
- Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:04 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Crossroads in Time 2014
- Replies: 230
- Views: 10072
Re: Crossroads in Time 2014
So who is who? Captions!
- Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:14 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Crossroads in Time 2014
- Replies: 230
- Views: 10072
Re: Crossroads in Time 2014
Well done! I especially love the Milky Way shots.
- Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:03 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Question on mens 14th C. Cotehardie doublet and hose
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3418
Re: Question on mens 14th C. Cotehardie doublet and hose
http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/ConsulterElem ... =1&Param=C
I think this is different than the one you were thinking of, but this is the one I pulled up while looking for the other.
I think this is different than the one you were thinking of, but this is the one I pulled up while looking for the other.
- Mon Jul 07, 2014 1:14 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Crossroads in Time 2014
- Replies: 230
- Views: 10072
Re: Crossroads in Time 2014
From a financial standpoint, the event was costly. I will not bandy about specifics, but multiple thousands of dollars are required to make such an event possible. I have never required a participation fee, considering the distance travelled to be onerous enough on participants, but for those who c...
- Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:28 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Crossroads in Time 2014
- Replies: 230
- Views: 10072
Re: Crossroads in Time 2014
If Adelaisa is there, the pictures should be excellent.
- Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:05 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: What is the easiest Era for Kids?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 749
Re: What is the easiest Era for Kids?
Of course, they frequently don't even wear the gowns, and just run around in white shirt and braies when it's hot, just like daddy.
- Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:04 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: What is the easiest Era for Kids?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 749
Re: What is the easiest Era for Kids?
We did that period with kids - still do. Easy peasey. Voluminous gowns grow with them. The G63 is my go to garment for growing kids. I made several when the boys were 3 and 4. They were long then, appropriate, and still fit now. Short, but still appropriate. The ones I made 2 years ago were almost e...