The Armour Archive

Charlotte J

Oh, the boys and I will be there with La Belle. I think Jeff will be with Grey's.

Charlotte J

Well FRAK! I accepted a chalenge fight from Aaron months ago. We ment through every SCA calendar, school calendar, personal caledar, religious calendar, almanac, groundhog and ouigi board to pick a date... and we missed MTT. Sorry man. Thanks for the invitte. I'll home walk around and play tourist ...

Charlotte J

Tasha K wrote:Great work, Charlotte! Thanks for sharing your process in such detail.

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Heh. My motivations were mostly selfish - I couldn't remember what i did and the mistakes I made last time!

Charlotte J

James B. wrote:Sadly the pictures don't do justice to the actual garment; Jeff looked ultra spiff in it at MTA.

Thanks! Yeah, I took NO pics at MTA and Jeff avoided being in any that I've seen. These were taken at 11;30 pm while up late finishing it! I should get him into the backyard to pose.

Charlotte J

That makes sense. When and if the hemp shell starts wearing through at the abrasion points, I expect the additional layers will also keep the batting from "leaking." Yep. I also used historically achievable colors for my inner layers, at least the ones toward the outer shell, in case of a...

Charlotte J

Not too shabby, sister. I'll try to sit down and read your LJ saga this weekend when I find my spare brain. What do you find are the advantages of adding those extra layers of linen sandwiching your batting? I generally just do shell, batting, and liner. Klaus It's kind of an earlier version of the...

Charlotte J

Hello! I've not been posting too much lately, mostly because I've been sewing like a madwoman. I finished an arming cote for Jeff, just in time for MTA last weekend. It still has a lot of work to be completely finished, but it was wearable, and worked fine for the weekend. I've documented the entire...

Charlotte J

Since it's a redrawing, I also have to wonder if there's a certain amount of "making it up as you go along."

Charlotte J

Yeah... I was afraid of that. How late could she possibly go? If she were being unfashionable, I think she could go to the middle of the 15th century. Maybe even the later 1400s; I can check the brasses collection on my home computer and at least let you know if that type of pious dress is seen pas...

Charlotte J

James Arlen Gillaspie wrote:Yeah... I was afraid of that. How late could she possibly go?

If she were being unfashionable, I think she could go to the middle of the 15th century.

Charlotte J

Assuming, once again, that those are somewhat long pointy tassets, they would be later than the 1430's. And what's with his hair?! That doesn't look right at all even for 1430. Doesn't make a lot of sense, I know... The actual effigy would be critical, here. Maybe it would be better to look at Marg...

Charlotte J

1415 French??!! Come on man! Join the winning team! Go English for her portrayal. For a more modern interpretation of the period artwork, check out the women's clothing sections from Historic Enterprises and Medieval Designs for their interpretations. Nice stuff. Except that there just aren't that ...

Charlotte J

Don't think I don't deserve it!

(Save one of those gems for my Lady Joan ring, will ya?)

Charlotte J

Jeff J wrote:
Cat wrote:Thanks! I will be starting on Jeff's next.

Cat

Cool! If it happens to be here by the 20th, I can use it at MTA. (No pressure, though...)

Huh? What coffre is this? Cool!

April is more likely - for MTT... Then *I* can take it.

Charlotte J

*lust*

Your leatherwork is gorgeous, Cat.

Charlotte J

Had Charlotte J not raised the point that I was using too much trim in my tunics (of which I was proud), I would not have been able to move past that and attain a new level of accuracy. My future clothing will use either no trim, or only trim that is hand-made in quantities that would be consistent...

Charlotte J

Tasha K wrote:Char, it came out great! So lovely. You give good gift.

I think that's why Jeff married me...

Charlotte J

However, in the 13th (I think?) and earlier 14th centuries there's a garment that is like a cloak with HUGE hanging sleeves, but also open armholes, that people might wear for warmth. Of course, now I can't remember what people call them. All I can think of is "garderobe", but that's &quo...

Charlotte J

Speaking of cloaks, while in Seagirt, I seen a Lady's cloak(I believe it was Russian?) with "arm slits" so the Lady didn't have to open the cloak in cool weather. Don I don't have an exhaustive list of 14th c. cloaks, but I don't recall seeing anything like that for that period. However, ...

Charlotte J

That is *really* gorgeous, both the materials and the graceful execution. Now I have to add one more thing to my list of items to compose a 14th C. wardrobe. Is there any other coat-like garment appropriate for a 14th C lady that isn't actually a cloak? I tend to prefer coverings with some type of ...

Charlotte J

Now that the item has been delivered to its intended recipient, I can post the specifics about the project itself. Iâ€™ve already put all of the explanation and pictures into an unlocked LiveJournal post, so Iâ€™ll just share the link here. The nutshell version is that I was making a 14th century wo...

Charlotte J

Oooh, this one's going to be fun to watch! I love the design!

Charlotte J

Some pictures of Jeff's are here. These were tests for my next version - I didn't get enough padding in them, and the armholes were a bit too deep. But you get the idea of how close you can get it to fit (and this was my first one - I'm no expert on this fit!).

http://www.mathildegirlgenius.com/gallery/ArmingCote

Charlotte J

Actually, you can get a very good fit with the CdB pourpoint, without tons of bunching everywhere. But I make my own patterns and do my own fittings. Jeff has very little bunching anywhere on his, and has full motion. It's not perfect, but it's not a lot of fabric either. Don't go based on measureme...

Charlotte J

That arrow indicates the grin of the fabric. Any individual thread in the weave will be diagonal on your leg.

Charlotte J

You're cutting on the bias, right? Even if the measurement itself doesn't fit when you lay it out, it might stretch to fit. Whenever I make hosen, I make them generously sized, and then pin as I sew, especially through the ankles. Pin it well, put it on and take it off. If you can do it, pin it tigh...

Charlotte J

Spiff!

As for the turned out slits, could you leave the extra fabric in there, but then not tack them down? I like the idea of having that bit that can flap open naturally, but I've always seen that as depicting a natural fall of the fabric.

Charlotte J

By time and means... Do you mean that people will be traveling, or that this is for individuals in locations near whatever happens to be shooting? I expect both will be the case. I am not going to get into only sending those peoples pics that live close to where the shooting will be though. If you ...

Charlotte J

Those who are seriously interested in this and have the means and time to pursue this please read on. Those that don't can stop here and have a nice day. By time and means... Do you mean that people will be traveling, or that this is for individuals in locations near whatever happens to be shooting?

Charlotte J

Oh, and I used to put a penny in the end of each one, to help it hang better. Then again, my cheap fabric choices way back when were probably the issue.

Either way, a weight at the end makes them a deadly weapon. Fun!

Charlotte J

Even on those "tippetâ€

Charlotte J

I thought I'd mention that I'm not going to specify what the project actually is for a little while, yet. It's one of those sooper sektrit projects, as it were. But, I ended up going with kind of a middle of the road solution. Looking longer at the actual garment in conjunction with images of the ga...

Charlotte J

I'm now open to the rug idea after talking to a few folks. Jeff, according to your email you'll actually be in Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast. Poor baby.

Anybody been there?

Charlotte J

Bob, I remember you posting that a few years back. I was impressed then, and I'm still impressed. That's still top notch.

Charlotte J

Rittmeister Frye wrote:

Wicked, wicked woman... I almost fell out of my chair laughing at that one!

Cheers!

Gordon

I can't be the only one!

Arming Cote based on the Charles de Blois Pourpoint

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