Much to my surprise...a t-tunic!

Well, I thought I had several more hours of work to go on Anne's t-tunic. Surprise, surprise, it's done in under 2 hours and just needs hemming and the collar finished. And that's hand work anyway. I might use a contrasting seam binding for the collar. Pretty it up.

So, here it is, just in time for Pennsic. (And that means I can cut the second kirtle tomorrow at work). The color is a little hard to discern from these pictures, but it's a sort of jade/grey green. Great little dyeing mistake that turned out well. I guess it could look teal in the right light, but it seems like jade green to me.





For you Authenticity Buffs out there, here's what I usually base this pattern on:

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~Marc-Carlson/cloth/type5.html

15th century kirtle

I finished Anne's first kirtle today at work. The last thing I have to do is cover the grommet holes with embroidery floss. Normally I would hand-bind the eyelets, but this is the quick and dirty way. It'll look nice with the floss over it though. And she'll have to find something to lace it with (lucet cording works well), because all I have is a safety pin to hold it together at this point.

The major seams are machine sewn, but the sleeves, the hems, and the collar are all hand-finished. It's helpful to have nothing to do at work and plenty of sewing to do. It makes me want to work even harder so I can get through my garb to-do list before Pennsic.

In period, they would have worn this over a long sleeved-smock, then pinned on lower sleeves to cover the smock arms. Here's a period painting illustrating such:


and...


So without further ado, here's some pictures. Hopefully I get some with her in it at Pennsic.

News and Notes

Well, it's a good thing I haven't had much SCA news to post lately, as I've had plenty of mundane accidents and emergencies to deal with. The most exciting (and problematic) of those was the tree that fell on my house. Needless to say this put a speedbump in my roadway to Pennsic projects.

Speaking of Pennsic projects and fast approaching deadlines related to said projects, I've made another list!

My personal garb

• wool peplos/bog dress for official MacEoghain functions
• wool Persian coat for our "A Meal in the Levant" class
• dark blue linen tunic dress, 13th century
• chevron weave tan linen short sleeve tunic dress, 13th-14th century
• at least 3 more Bohemian Bathouse smocks, 1 linen and 2 muslin
• an early 15th C. kirtle, linen
• an 11th C. tunic dress in lightest peach with a surcote in rosy lavender
• at least 3 more pairs of hose
• real garters, instead of fabric scraps (or more fabric scraps...)
• wool inserts for my period shoes
• at least 2 pairs of drawstring pants
• 5 pairs of shorts/underwear (the last batch were cut wrong, wrong, wrong and I refuse to wear bike shorts again this year because they're too hot)
• 2 new veils, linen
• a new coif, linen
• a dark grey wool court dress, 13th century with embroidery
• 2 cotton tunic dresses, 12th century
• alterations on blue cotton tunic dress
• a Viking/Rus ensemble, tube dress over-tunic

My projects for other people:

• 3 gowns; a 11th C. tunic dress and two 15th C. kirtles for Anne, Io's new lady. It's her first Pennsic and her first garb and hopefully she'll be comfortable. Possibly a few Bohemian Bathouse smocks, but I'm waiting for the go-ahead on those.

Sure, it's a lot of stuff, but I'm mostly finished with one of Anne's 15th C. Kirtles, and I have the tunic dress cut out. Once her stuff is done, I can finish mine. I'd like to be able to take an actual amount of clothing this year so I'm not running around in my chemise.

More later, maybe some pictures.