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