Read Part 1 – Drafting the Pattern Read Part 2 – Dyeing the Fabric Once I had my pattern drawn and fabric dyed, cutting and assembling the dress went quite quickly. I used my sewing machine and modern sewing techniques such as sewing the neckline …
Read part 1: Drafting the Pattern While working on the cotehardie pattern, I was also thinking about fabric. The lining was easy – a midweight off-white linen. The main fabric was trickier. I wanted to do a particolored cotehardie, and I had been learning about …
For the Las Vegas Renaissance Faire last year, I decided that I wanted an outfit in keeping with the group I was camping with: a 13th century mercenary company. So I went for a late 13th century/early 14th century, lower upper-class English lady fallen on …
For a first attempt at a fourteenth century hood, this went together remarkably well. I used my Viking hood for the basic dimensions and then drafted the front opening turn-back and liripipe around that. It took a few tries to get the side gore the …