Not armour, but a sewing question

Dierick · Post by **Dierick** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:32 pm

I'm not sure exactly where to post this, but since it is going to be part of my arming clothes, I figured I would post it here. I want to have lots of zaddeln on the edges of my clothes. (ie, the dag type edging on clothing) My question is, how exactly where these sewn? I've seen a couple of reproductions of them(the new product on historic enterprises gave me both the name and motivation to post this), but I've never seen any sewing the edges.

Would this be the painstakingly sew along the edges and turn them inside out variety of sewing that I will probably never invest that much time into?

Konstantin the Red · Post by **Konstantin the Red** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:45 am

You got it, brother.

Sew lining and outer shell, right sides together, stitching quite close to the cloth edges -- use lots and lots of pins. Once dag edges are sewn, snip notches in the seam allowances with a small pair of scissors, so the dags will be smooth and flat when turned right side out. Embroidery scissors are a handy size for this work. Anything that has a corner or a curve needs these relieving notches to remove what will be excess fabric when it's turned. The notches will go practically right up to the stitch line. Keep seam allowance to a minimum here, much less than the standard 1cm. Excess cloth inside a dag is troublesome and lumpy.

Very light, fluttery flambÃ© dags are of one cloth layer I think, with their edges finished like a handkerchief's. Not quite relevant to your armyng-doublet, but very impressive in effect for wear in Court.

losthelm · Post by **losthelm** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:48 am

or you can take the easy way out and use felted wool.

Konstantin the Red · Post by **Konstantin the Red** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:39 am

Trouble is, that is going to look too much like a school play costume.