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Tailoress

So this year I'm going to watch the fighting, camera in hand, and I'm going to ask permission of anyone I see who's kit matches their high ability to kick ass if I can take their picture. When I get back, I'll post those pictures here. -Tasha/Marcele I won't make the cut, But I'll be happy to meet ...

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I'm on the road to Birka (my friend is driving and yes, I'm on the Archive... noooo.. I can quit anytime, really) and I'm remembering what it looked like last year when I watched the fighting. Tons of you were there, kicking ass, but so many looked like Mad Max/Thunderdome extras. So this year I'm g...

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That will look perfect hanging from your nipple. You owe me a coffee. Well played, sir. I like the use of the word "will", like it's a foregone conclusion that it's goin' there, no further discussion necessary. It's easier to get people to do things that way. You'll see when we meet. Uric...

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OK, here's my system, now that I have a clue as to what I'm doing: 1) Email me and tell me what you're looking for. Send an effigy or brass picture too, if you can. 2) Send me your chest measurement with armour on, and also the measurement from your shoulder to wherever you want the hem (and describ...

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I am very interested. Confirm these will fit over armour? I'll be making them custom based on two measurements: your chest measurement with armour on and the length from shoulder to where you want the hem. If I can't make a sleeveless surcotte fit over your armour after knowing those numbers, I'm i...

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Grace, such lovely work. I adore paternosters.

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Can't wait to see your version of a "mullet." As Lucian so quaintly put it the other day, "Business in the front, party in the rear!" I knew I shoulda copyrighted that style after 100 Minutes. Dude, you can't copyright historical awesomeness! You just gotta lead the pack and say...

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Sweet! How long do you think you'll be offering these for? And could you provide any sort of estimated turn-around? Adam And do you think you could make in a green linen? I know someone who could really use one of those. Galvyn, you're gonna make me feel bad... I was just trying to encourage a good...

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Depends on your fabric, too -- you might have less bagginess when they're on you than you thought you would. We all have this problem to some degree or another, and my ankles are pretty small but they don't look like they're swimming in their hosen. I also get the fit as tight as possible so I can w...

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Right now I have access to a nice, bright heraldic red silk broadcloth (tightly woven, brushed/matte plain weave) and also a shinier silk twill that's a little richer and darker in both red and dark blue. In general terms I'd stick with silk broadcloth and silk twill (as long as there's not a ton of...

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What about using more cloth for the internal layer than for the external? With more cloth in the liner, wouldn't it just turn out naturally? Maybe not...not sure. These are beautiful, though! Love the work. Thank you, Owyn. Your idea is kinda neat, but the only problem would be that the lining woul...

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Galvyn Lockhart wrote:Can't wait to see your version of a "mullet."

As Lucian so quaintly put it the other day, "Business in the front, party in the rear!"

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Once again, Vitus nails many truths.

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OK, that particular surcotte is sold. But, like I said, drop me an email if you want into the queue.

Thanks everyone!
-Tasha

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I had planned on getting some linen and 2 layers of batting in between. Then, I would sew some channels for some plastic inserts with another two pieces. OK, so I think I'm following you up to this point. The 2 layers of batting between two pieces of linen is iffy, IMO, for a typical Brother machin...

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Tasha, Would it be able to handle a couple layers of cotton batting, inner and outer linen? Or is that still too much hay for this horse? Hi Keegan, I can't be sure, but put it this way: my Brother can't clear that kind of loft, needle-height-wise. I just finished a helm liner with two layers of ba...

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Lucian Ro wrote:
Blackoak wrote:That will look perfect hanging from your nipple.

You owe me a coffee. Well played, sir.

I like the use of the word "will", like it's a foregone conclusion that it's goin' there, no further discussion necessary.

Tailoress

That will look perfect hanging from your nipple. Or you could hang it from some hemp twine. See, this is what I like about Uric. He's versatile. In all seriousness to the OP, you could get a pewter charm holder from Billy and Charlie: http://www.billyandcharlie.com/chrm.html and hang it from that.

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The story of my life... I don't check the classifieds for a day, and then on that day someone offers platinum bars, 2 for a nickel. I'll just get in line now, which is already stretched around the block -- Gest Gest, if you're interested, drop me an email. I am making a queue right now. -Tasha

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MJBlazek wrote:
This year, in a different kit, my goal is no less than 15 fights.

Aim higher, Matt.

You have three hours in the bear pits at Birka. You can fight a lot more than 15 fights. I'll check in during the last hour and make sure you're still there.

-Tasha, who is Marcele at Birka

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Looks nice!

Trystyn of Anglesey wrote:
Witchfinder wrote:I attempted my own based on the Charles de Bois coat, and it was a dismal failure.

It's very hard to sew.

Not with my pattern it's not.

I'll be reissuing it sooner or later. Stay tuned, if you still want to try that particular garment again.

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I will not comment on the dandy moniker. I will comment on the surcottes. Want! We need to talk a little business concerning a fancy mullet surcotte there, Miss T. Serious business. Being a dandy IS serious business. It should be every man's goal to be called Fancy Pants . Some reach the goal soone...

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Joseph wrote:I'll be ordering shortly.

Be careful, Joseph, you might be mistaken for a dandy on the field. But just let that be someone's last mistake eh?

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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. That was indeed the intention, but it just wouldn't behave! It's...

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Hiya folks, I have a thread in Classifieds showing a style of martial surcotte I've been experimenting with. I'm selling the one in the pictures and want to make more of similar varieties and ranging anywhere from the late 13thc to 1350 or so. I thought I'd cross-post about it here, since it's "...

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You could sell alot of those things. I'd certainly like to. I'll also be making the "cyclas" variety -- short in front, long in back, which seems to be slightly later. So many people are beginning to turn their eyes to the oft-overlooked beauty of the first half of the 14thc, and they'll ...

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I've already offered to help a friend make some gamboised cuisses, so it would need to be able to quilt the fabric. Oh well that's a whole other ballgame, my friend. Exactly how were you going to go about making these gamboissed cuisses? That's not a smart-ass question, but a direct one. The reason...

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Iâ€™ve been interested lately in the martial textiles of the early 14th century. Apparently so have a lot of you, too. I donâ€™t often make things and sell them, but I made this martial surcotte which Iâ€™m dating to roughly the 1320s, and would like to sell it for $150.00 plus shipping costs, TBD. ...

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You're going to get a lot of queries that boil down to questions like: Are you threading the bobbin correctly? The thread has to spool off of it in a particular direction. There should either be a little diagram on the machine itself, or it's in the manual. Is it dirty inside? A can of air sprayed a...

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That being said, I'm having a problem with my underpants. Oh dear. I wonder what the time frame is on their use? Their heyday? I've also seen them worn single leg, over a greave while armoured up -- is this simply an Order of the Garter thing? What materials are garters made of? I've seen knitted w...

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The purfelle begins to show in the Romance of Alexander. I don't have the images handy, but there are at least a few women with fur-lined tippets that appear to have the purfelle folded upwards, thus beginning the "banded" look that probably developed directly from that. This is also the c...

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The Romance of Alexander (Bodleian MS 264) has some great variations in it. That's dated to 1344 or so. http://image.ox.ac.uk/show?collection=bodleian&manuscript=msbodl264 Folio 88 Verso has a nice assortment of men with tippets on their outer-most cottes. A bunch of different lengths, actually....

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It all depends on the time period, both for length and style. Earlier in the 14thc they began as little flaps that grew into long tongues that hung off the back of short-sleeved surcottes. Eventually they grew bands that encircled the bottom of the short sleeve, continuing to grow longer, and thinne...

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Christian, I don't remember his name, alas, but if you PM Sir Gareth through FaceBook or whatnot, I'm sure he could help you out. I remember he's from Chicago, but that's about it.

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Where these the same that you had at the AA Houch at Pennsic this year? who made the Tressle (sp?) legs for the tables? Thanks, C Yes, these were at the AA Houch this summer. And by "AA Hooch" we mean "Anshelm Arms" hooch, not the Armour Archive one. Because the latter doesn't e...

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