Sunday, January 17, 2016

Made a Hood Today

Made a hood based on this: http://www.medieval-baltic.us/skjold.html

I think it turned out ok? It's a little tight I guess, and next time I'll make it longer so it comes down further in the front and back, but not bad for a first attempt.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Finished Another Piece

Wound up using some old heavyweight linen to make a simple apron dress. Don't have brooches for it yet, but I think the color is lovely with the red tunic dress. Took maybe two hours to cut, sew, and hem. No trim or decoration on it yet either.

Red Tunic Dress

Finished the red one. :) I'm going to make a green one next, maybe with lacing instead of being pull-over like these last two.

Got some campsite planning done, too, but now I have to get to work on some things for my bf otherwise he will have just one pair of pouffy pants and nothing else.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Another Tunic Dress

But this one isn't made from a bed sheet. It's a linen blend, and I got it about half off. Wound up being $5 a yard, so that's not too expensive. Basically I can make one of these dresses in around five hours, and they look lovely and are easily modified to fit a variety of centuries. New favorite dress pattern, hands down.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Bed Sheet Tunic Dress

Decided to make a tunic dress out of an old bed sheet, just to try out the pattern. So far so good!

I think if I like the way it looks when finished, I may add it to the Pennsic heap, just for at-camp wear, or if I manage to rope a friend into going, they'll have a head start on garb.

Monday, January 4, 2016

Sewed Today

For like. Three or four hours. But not on the viking outfit I have in mind. That requires a great deal more mead...