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14th Century, Embroidery, SCA

Opus Bag of Doom

August 10, 2022by notanothercostumingblogLeave a Comment on Opus Bag of Doom
Opus Bag of Doom

Wow. I disappeared there. Like, seriously. I don't even have an excuse this time--my internship ended in January (I actually managed to finish rehousing the 500+ pieces in the core collection by myself with FOUR DAYS TO SPARE [the other intern left early because she got a permanent position, so I was flying solo for [...]

14th Century, 16th century, 1920s, Corsetry

I blame grad school

February 23, 2021by notanothercostumingblogLeave a Comment on I blame grad school
I blame grad school

Once again I am back to confirm that yes, I am alive, and yes, I am still making progress on various projects. Slowly. I also wanted to announce that I am participating in the West Kingdom's Virtual Artisan Display for March Crown, so if you want overviews of some of my recent projects with everything, [...]

14th Century, 16th century, Research, Sheeeeeeps!, Spinning

Blah Blah Black Sheep

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020by notanothercostumingblog2 Comments on Blah Blah Black Sheep
Blah Blah Black Sheep

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 [...]

14th Century, Getting Started, Sheeeeeeps!, Spinning

Medieval Myth Pet Peeve

July 17, 2020by notanothercostumingblog1 Comment on Medieval Myth Pet Peeve
Medieval Myth Pet Peeve

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, [...]

14th Century, SCA

WOOL. SO MUCH WOOL.

August 30, 2019September 5, 2019by notanothercostumingblog1 Comment on WOOL. SO MUCH WOOL.
WOOL. SO MUCH WOOL.

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 [...]

14th Century, Embroidery, SCA

Some small progress

June 20, 2019September 5, 2019by notanothercostumingblogLeave a Comment on Some small progress
Some small progress

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 [...]

14th Century, Getting Started, Research, SCA

Re-enacting on a budget

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019by notanothercostumingblogLeave a Comment on Re-enacting on a budget

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 [...]

14th Century, Research, SCA

So You Want To Learn How To Make A “Cotehardie”

May 29, 2019by notanothercostumingblog1 Comment on So You Want To Learn How To Make A “Cotehardie”

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 [...]

14th Century, Research, SCA

14th Century Thread pt II

May 20, 2019by notanothercostumingblogLeave a Comment on 14th Century Thread pt II

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 [...]

14th Century, Renaissance Spain, Research, SCA

Adventures in Catalán

May 2, 2019September 5, 2019by notanothercostumingblogLeave a Comment on Adventures in Catalán
Adventures in Catalán

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 [...]

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