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Tailoress

I was in an interesting position once. It pertains to the issue at hand. a few years ago my crown consort entered the list against a man who had done my reputation harm with his malicious words. It was purely the luck of the draw. My consort SCA-killed him four times before the defaming party had a ...

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Klaus, has there been any feedback from the folks out West you ordered the patterns for? If so, could you share it with me? Of course, if it's "they HATED it!", please PM me, don't post it here. I have thoughts on what I'd do differently if I had it to do over again.... On the topic of the...

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Awesome, Tracy, thank you!!! You've made my day. I haven't put up an article of substance on my site for quite some time. (I'm not counting the gore tutorial or the surcotte tutorial; those don't feel like analytical substance to me.) The one I've finally finished was a ton of fun to write and in th...

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My memory is fuzzy and when I collected a set of useful photos of the Charles de Blois pourpoint off the internet years ago I did not record who the photographer was. Bad me. I suspect it's Tracy Justus... my memory is whispering this to me, but I'll post an example photo here and hopefully someone ...

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Steve -SoFC- wrote:Nothing would happen.

Eager enthusiasts would continue to do the research and publish the information for free on their web sites.

Craftspeople would use this information to create products to satisfy the demand for them.

D'oh!

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Ha, that's what I get for taking my good old time writing up my last post... Owyn made the same point I was going for. Sorry for the repeat.

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If you are a vendor that has come on here and named us disloyal for buying from others to obtain a lower price when you are yourself using cheaper foreign labor to make your product, shame on you. I think if someone is willing to buy a knockoff of someone else's R&D, the R&D person has a ri...

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But when the customer attempts to provide custom to the merchant with the higher over head and said merchant cannot deliver, the customer is forced elsewhere, even possible to the overseas lower over head merchant. But at least the higher over head merchant had the right of first refusal. All you'r...

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I bridle when I try to patronize the best of the best only to be told I canâ€™t and then on top of that that I am impatient and somehow rude for going elsewhere to get what I want. I think lack of availability of the product you want is a good reason to go to someone who can provide it. This is com...

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Incidentally, Maitresse Muriel is the model in those photos, not Her Excellency Caryl.... just in case there's any confusion.

Bravo, Muriel, but you already know I'm your #1 fan. XXOOO <3 <3!

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The manufacturers, distributors and retailers of products should not be expected to have the customer in mind when they create prices and balance competition amongst themselves. Apparently some folks cling to the 'free market economy' only when they think it suits them -- "tough noogies, Ameri...

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I have long thought that there must be a way to computerize this process. If you had a parametrically-controlled pattern you could enter in the dimensional parameters for the customer and it would automatically drive the pattern dimensions, which could be cut out and assembled in the usual manner, ...

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Gregory J. Liebau wrote:What an enlightening conversation.

Well, Gregory, that's one way to put it.

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Hi Steven, I'm not completely sure exactly where she's trying to avoid a seam. Right down the center-front? Does this mean she doesn't intend to open it in the front? Will it be a pull-over, or side-laced? I ask because the first order of business to settle if you're trying to actually get something...

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Finnacan, if I could make one suggestion -- if you put Gwen's words inside of a quote, it will be much clearer who has said what. With a topic like this, I think it matters that careless reading mistakes and attributions should not be made... thanks...

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Oh Crimthann! *claps hand over mouth* I am so sorry to hear that. Forgive me if I laugh at the imagery you've wrought. Don't ask us ladies how many of us have ripped our hems and tripped on stairs, thanks to our long skirts...

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Awesome. I love this place.

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I found a few quickies browsing around the effigies and brasses website, and on wikimedia commons. They're out there, but they're not as easy to find as longer dresses. I'd not expect to find much in monuments... those are mostly for snooty rich folks. How about the various Tacuinum Sanitatis MSs? ...

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If I have some time I'll try to track down a spattering of images showing fitted dresses above the ground in the 14thc. If they're online, maybe you could link to them as a subsection of shorter dresses for those who want documentation for keeping their dresses off the ground.

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Good point, Karen... I tend to interpret that image to show a hemline that naturally would fall at the ankle, if not tucked into the belt. Ankle-length is super-comfy.

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No worries, William, I don't think we need to delete your thread.

It doesn't hurt anything to have two.

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Did you miss my own post on this? It's still here on the front page of Interpretive Recreaton.

Golden Gown of Queen Margareta Recreated

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The dress is short sleeved (just past elbow) with inbuilt tippets (from Revival). The plan was to have it worn over a lonsleeved shift, but I'll take a look at the infromation you posted on your website, Tasha. I might be misinterpreting illustrations. Generally the only time you're going to see ch...

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Cian, I suspect this is mostly a class thing. The higher the class, the longer the skirt. Peasant gals generally have shorter hems. Check the famous June leaf from the Tres Riche Heures (granted, dated to 1415, but the fitted style is of the same basic block). For practicality, I hem mine to between...

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Is Tentsmiths a solid company? Good quality, etc? IMO they are the best. Their quality is very high, they're reliable, good customer service (my own experience, anyway), and the lines of their tents just feel more 'right' to me than other major tent-makers' lines. They're significantly more expensi...

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Galfrid, did you have to pay translators, or did you get volunteers? That's awesome, either way. What a fine resource this has become! Thank you again for being so dedicated to providing this service which benefits so many of us. I know it has already saved me in a pinch at least once (when I had to...

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Thanks everyone -- this got resolved. I appreciate your willingness to help.

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Isabella, as luck would have it, there was a very strong illumination culture in the Po Valley (which is a large swathe of modern northern Italy) in the late 14thc. There are many extant manuscripts from that time period and place, probably the most celebrated of which is MS FranÃ§ais 343 from the B...

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Can anyone here help me? I'm part of the Company of St. Michael and we've been trying to get in touch with the Battlefield Coordinator for Pennsic 39 for 3 weeks now (Countess Caryl, wife to Earl Yngvar the Dismal has been the person trying and she has had no luck; no answers to her emails). Today i...

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Toby, please put me down for one. I'll try PMing you, but you may very well have a full inbox and not get it, which is why I'm mentioning it here.

- Please put me down as "Tasha Dandelion Kelly".

Thank you for persisting in this.

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I am just saying I have not found one that I could work with and shares the same dream I have. Once I have found my proper inspiration I will focus all of my energy and my being into winning the crown for this lady. Sir William Too bad cross-kingdom kings aren't allowed here in the East. You'd make...

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The best I can do for you is share the pictures of one I made from that pattern (A) for someone here on the Archive as it looked on the table and a less full version of Pattern A that is being worn with only an aketon... Full version spread out on a table: http://www.cottesimple.com/surcottes/thomas...

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Awesome, James. Very inspirational.

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Cian -- If you cut the gores wide enough, you don't need more than two. One on each side -- folded in half once attached to the main panels -- will provide enough width. One thing my little diagrams don't do is provide exact recommended angles. I should probably note that for the best drape and volu...

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Battlefield Coordinator for Pennsic -- need help!