I know commercial trim isn’t authentic but I have no one around who can embroider or teach me how to. I found this trim and I was wondering if it is a periodish pattern before I buy it. There are light blue diamond outlines going lengthwise with a dark blue …
What about using placketed back lacing to help form the figure? Nope, side lacing. I’ve not been able to find any evidence for backlacing, but there is a fair bit for side lacing, and is not so much to control the figure but to make the fabric tight enough to …
I am also interested in band loom weaving, and card weaving. (I have an inkle loom as well, but my research shows its use to be very, very late period, if at all.) It’s claimed that the modern tabletop inkleloom wasn’t invented till last century, but a kind of floor …
I’m curious this morning about what use – if any – my 12th C. counterpart would have made of 1-1/2 yds. of 45″ solid ice blue silk. It’s dupioni, but really good quality with very few and very small slubs. It’s not enough for even a sleeveless tunic. I’ve been …
I just got more information about the medieval market that I may attend. The time period is 11th-12th century in Germany right near the French border. I’ll have to make a simple costume. Any suggestions? Are there any photos to consult? I did find: www3.sympatico.ca/gousse-matte/fdl/Patterns.html [NOTE:link broken, but Wayback Machine …
I am currently fondling a beautiful piece of linen/silk I brought home from Pennsic two years ago. It’s woven of blue silk on the weft and yellow linen on the warp, resulting in a green fabric that shimmers. Does anyone have documentation that suggests such a weave was used? I’m …
I know that set-in sleeves are the ones which attach at the shoulder. What’s the term for sleeves which attach at the bicep? Are any other sleeve types period for 12th C? (I’ve seen garments where the sleeves attach at the neck). Does anyone have sources for which side of …
I just finished reading “A History of Western Embroidery” by Mary Eirwen Jones, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1696 ISBN # 289796555, 159 pages, 85 photographic images on plates, some color. A very interesting easy to read book that covers European embroidery from antiquity to modern day, with most of the emphasis on …
I know there are some pics of 12th C embroidery patterns on the files page for this group, but I found some more drawings of embroidered bands on the internet last week. Now that I am back on my own computer, I can’t find them anymore. Does anyone have a …
There are a number of commercial patterns available for use in making 12th century-appropriate clothing for re-enactment, stage or screen. Mediaeval Miscellanea, Period Pattern ™ NO.16 — Tunics, c. 650-1310 A.D. Useful articles written about specific garments Rowen’s Article from Tournament’s Illuminated [get permission to re-publish] There are (or were) a …
