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The girls are taking up target archery, and they may need appropriate "Forest Outlaw" garb...

Any suggestions as to sources anyone?

Thanks!

Glaukos

http://www.garbtheworld.com/


Inexpensive with many options. Not the most "historcally accurate" but considering it is for the kids who will grow out of it....

regards
Thorvaldr

Shameless plug for my sister:

http://www.merchantadventurers.com

Have fun!

Matthew

Matthew Amt wrote:Shameless plug for my sister:

http://www.merchantadventurers.com

Have fun!

Matthew

I agree....Well made and inexpensive products! If I would have gotten into this when my children were younger, I know I would have gone to her.

My wife uses t-shirts and the like for patterns for simple tunics, if your Ladt sews

HE sells kids stuff:

http://historicenterprises.com/womens-k ... 0_126.html

If you want to make your own, I have a few articles.

It seems it would be a good idea to have a kid garb swap online. Since they outgrow the stuff so frequently, I'm sure it sucks to have to keep making or buying new stuff. The swap would help reduce the costs.

Jestyr wrote:It seems it would be a good idea to have a kid garb swap online.

I've heard of them happening at events. Saves even more money -- no shipping, and you can actually see whether the clothes will fit your child.

Hey, Glaukos,
I'm in the process of getting pricing and information about basic linen tunics for my girls with linengarb.com. Once I get that information I'll be glad to pass it on to you, if it's feasible of course.

Karen Larsdatter wrote:

Jestyr wrote:It seems it would be a good idea to have a kid garb swap online.

I've heard of them happening at events. Saves even more money -- no shipping, and you can actually see whether the clothes will fit your child.

There was a child's garb swap on the calender for Lilies, too bad for us it was the first weekend& we didn't get there until the 2nd

Since my kids are growing like weeds (9 & 7 ) we usually gift some of the nicer outgrown stuff to either the local Gold Key or others with smaller children.

My wife sews, so

I don't really care, as I don't have kids, but except for the fit/shipping issue, doing the swap online would seem to be a better choice (in my opinion).

It would expand the audience, enabling for a better community. The size of the audience (larger is better) makes a critical difference on whether a classifieds or swap system works.

Thanks all!


I was thinking tunics, pants and hoods, sort of "merry men" stuff, since they would be doing target archery...

I wonder if they could get away with something like the Dharma Trading Company Morroccan tunic (which can be dyed to whatever colors you like); the lovely thing about a hood is that they can probably get away with an adult size, if there's one that you like, and it'll fit them fine.

(My son wears a particolored hood with my husband's badge on it; I'd bought the hood from James B at his Pennsic booth, since it was already the right set of colors but the addition of the embroidered badge was inspired by illustrations I'd seen in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1861263716?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1861263716">Medieval Military Costume</a>. I think the hood's an adult size, but he's been wearing it since he was two years old, and it looks fine. A little big, but it's fine. Better than fine -- in our holiday cards last year, he's wearing the hood over an Old Navy shirt that's got a truck on it, and you can't really see that he's not wearing a medieval outfit, because the hood does such a terrific job of covering it up and making it look a bit more medieval. So I'd say -- get tunics that are comfortable for now, but splurge on an adult-sized hood that you and the girls like. Whether you add your badge -- or make it particolored purpure-and-argent, or whatever -- is up to you.)

Karen Larsdatter wrote:I wonder if they could get away with something like the Dharma Trading Company Morroccan tunic (which can be dyed to whatever colors you like); the lovely thing about a hood is that they can probably get away with an adult size, if there's one that you like, and it'll fit them fine.

(My son wears a particolored hood with my husband's badge on it; I'd bought the hood from James B at his Pennsic booth, since it was already the right set of colors but the addition of the embroidered badge was inspired by illustrations I'd seen in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1861263716?ie=UTF8&tag=suggestion-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1861263716">Medieval Military Costume</a>. I think the hood's an adult size, but he's been wearing it since he was two years old, and it looks fine. A little big, but it's fine. Better than fine -- in our holiday cards last year, he's wearing the hood over an Old Navy shirt that's got a truck on it, and you can't really see that he's not wearing a medieval outfit, because the hood does such a terrific job of covering it up and making it look a bit more medieval. So I'd say -- get tunics that are comfortable for now, but splurge on an adult-sized hood that you and the girls like. Whether you add your badge -- or make it particolored purpure-and-argent, or whatever -- is up to you.)

Thank you!