An Elizabethan Ruff
Finished my 95% hand sewn ruff, and ready to try starching for the first time.
Finished my 95% hand sewn ruff, and ready to try starching for the first time.
It’s done, it’s done! I finished the full Elizabethan ensemble (it does need some ruffs but that is for another day) for my friend’s birthday/Gift-mas/every other holiday in the world for the next 300 years. I am now going to sleep the sleep of the dead. So starting with the bottom layers: Linen/cotton blend shirt with reinforced… Read More Fitted English Gown, Green Kirtle, Linen/Cotton Shirt, and Wool Petticoat Done.
Pattern Adjustments and Mock-ups To me this is the annoying and tedious part of sewing, but once it is done we will have a bodice pattern that fits and we can use for various projects. If you already have a block pattern by all means use it. I’m starting from the beginning because this is… Read More Kirtle Sew-Along: Measurements and Adjustments
I finally finished off the jacket project I started a few months ago. Well, I guess I really started it when I made the scaling up patterns video. I didn’t make any huge changes to the pattern I scaled up, the measurements were close to mine and I wanted to see what I would end… Read More Margaret Layton’s Jacket Finished, with far less bling.
I have a confession to make, I am not a huge fan of pink. It is a fine color and I can wear it without looking ill but in my day-to-day life it is rather absent. Yet a great deal of my costumes and historical clothing however are pink. I didn’t really notice it at… Read More Time for a Crash Course in 1560s Nuremberg Fashion
Thank you American Seamstress for the nomination! So the apparent rules of being nominated: 1. Add the award icon to your blog! 2. Link to your nominator to say “thank you“ 3. Nominate 5 blogger with less than 200 follower. Here are some folks who I think can use a little link love. I like their… Read More Hey I got my first award nomination!
The pink linen kirtle I made for a friend made its début last weekend. Linen/rayon blend soft bodice with handmade eyelets. It has sleeves but it was way too hot for them. Over all I am pleased the next version in green wool will need very little tweaking.
So I posted about this on Facebook and on the Renn. costume forum but forgot to post about it here. Opps. I’ve made a lot of kirtles, in various ways, with various materials and stiffening. I’ve also answered a lot of questions about kirtles, and while I will be the first to tell you I’m… Read More A Kirtle Sew Along: Introduction and Materials
Time for round two with the jacket mock-up!
I’ve started a small collection of images from Civitates Orbis Terrarum from the Historic Cities website. More to come when I have time to comb through all the different versions and crop and adjust the files. More from Civitates Orbis Terrarum: 1572