A tiny obsessive perfectionist sewing her way through history
I was really extraordinarily surprised when my last post (cough RANT cough) about the history of colored sheep, a topic that is normally considered to be esoteric beyond belief, conjured a lot of interest in a follow-up. So Jason, Ari, and Randall, wherever you are, this is for you. It's pretty common knowledge that a [...]
One thing I see a lot on various groups and pages where people ask for fabric recommendations is "don't use that, it's tweedy/an uneven grey/slightly inconsistent in color! They didn't use that in period!" And this isn't entirely wrong. If you are portraying someone of wealth, then you absolutely want a fabric with a smooth, [...]
I've wanted for a while to make a lower-status 14th C dress. As I've continued to read and learn I discovered that the fitted dress+deep-cut surcote we think of as being quintessentially 14th C was actually only worn at the end of the 14th and early 15th and primarily by upper-status women. Inspired by a [...]
I felt like I had a few weeks there were I was so productive and now everything has slowed to a crawl. So here I am to show you what I've been doing and remind myself that I have gotten things done! 1. Alyce's camicia was finished on time (an addition to what is apparently [...]
If you've even dipped your toes in, you have likely realized that reenactment can easily eat all of your money. Especially if you want all the goodies! The entire time I've been in the SCA I've been either not working or working retail part-time, so I can't drop a fortune on my kit. In part [...]
Honestly I'm writing this because a friend of mine was asking people for help on the Book of Faces about how men's 14th C "cotehardies"* are constructed. I was just going to send these to him, but it occurred to me that other people might want this information too..... so I am compiling it on [...]
I realized I never shared this with you guys, so here is the documentation for my 14th C sewing thread! So here you go, this is the actual coherent version of the rambling on this post. thread documentation The 'blurb' for this competition recommended 1-3 pages of documentation, so I tried to keep it at [...]
Hello yes hi I vanished again! I keep doing that! I think the main problem is that I am just chugging along on a lot of things right now (no, actually, a LOT of things) and I never feel like I have anything in particular to write about. Some of that will probably be detailed [...]
Many of you will remember my friend Darrin, of the stupidly-complicated-device and lack-of-garb. (His SCA name is Rav, which leads to the convenient mnemonic of us as Rav4 and Ex-hera. Ie the Toyota Rav 4 and the Nissan Extera. Blame Laurie, but it helps) This is the garb I made him approximately a year ago. [...]
And I'm off down another rabbit hole! At Mists Investiture in May they're having an A&S competition the theme of which is, essentially "Things Made At Home." They specifically mention spun thread as an example, to which I went. Huh. That is a thing I can do! Documentation is required, which means I've been in [...]
