Garb
A Tale of Two Shoes – Part 1
The weekend preceding the most recent Birka had me searching for my nearly new shoes, purchased at Pennsic from Boots by Bohemond and worn exactly once. Naturally, I couldn’t find them as the brownies have decided that they were appropriate items to take and sit on for a while. Not finding them, I decided that three … Continue reading
My Heraldic Dress – Part 1
Apparently, now that the studio space is clean, I seem to have found my motivation. Unfortunately for me, this is when I tend to get the big, shiny, ambitious ideas…like this one. I’ve wanted to make my very own heraldic dress for a while but I’ve never actually sat down to sketch it out or … Continue reading
Eura Dress Update
So once upon a time, about 2 years ago now, I made a version of the Eura dress. (You can read about that here.) This is an update on that dress and how it’s worn over time. There are a few pros and a few cons and I’m actually curious as to how many other … Continue reading
Donut Hat Improvement – pt. 1
A shot time prior to the Fall Coronation here in the East Kingdom, I made a houppelande to wear for the occasion. It’s not my best work but I think it’s a good piece of work for a first attempt. The belt, collar, and lining and hat were all made from remnants and small pieces. … Continue reading
Eura Underdress – The Family Look Pt. 4
I’ve finally gotten around to putting my daughter’s dress together. I apologize in advance for slightly blurry pictures. I took them with my phone and for whatever the reason I couldn’t get a clear shot when I was putting the thing together. All of these are thumbnails. You can click on them to see them … Continue reading
Eura Underdress – The Family Look pt. 3
So it’s been a while since I began this run of posts but I’m finally getting around to posting my daughter’s dress and it’s progress. The fist part and sometimes the hardest part (for me) is picking out material. In this particular case I was looking for an underdress piece that was roughly 34 inches … Continue reading
Improving Garb – Jorvik Hood Pt. 1
Recently I have joined a Facebook group with the intention of improving my Norse garb. I have plenty of garb but I realized that I don’t have a complete set of anything. Even though my persona is late 12th century/ early 13th century French my most complete set is my Norse garb. It is also probably … Continue reading
Viking Hood Part II
So I began working on a Viking hood prior to Pennsic, the assumption being that it would get a bunch of use because everyone was going on the assumption that it was going to be a wet and generally miserable Pennsic in terms of weather. It ended up being one of the driest Pennsic’s in thirty … Continue reading
Viking Hood À La Skjoldehamn
As Pennsic is upon us and I’m digging through my wardrobe I begin to realize that I don’t have one basic item that most people should have in their inventory: a hood. Now there are all kinds of hoods throughout our time period but I have been on this kick lately of actually trying to … Continue reading
Eura Underdress – The Family Look pt. 2
The continuation of the Eura underdress journey. (See here for previous entry.) After much deliberation and pulling the dress off and on again I decided to take it all apart. I was right when I had assumed that the dress would wind up far to large for myself. As a reminder I used the pattern … Continue reading