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12th century grey light-wool tunic, 12th century projects, Hand-Sewing, How to secure stress points of necklines, Projects

12th century tunic for my husband – spotting the stress points of a 12th century neckline

2016/05/29

In my most recent postings I showed you my period inspiration for my husbands 12th century neckline as well as how the finished neckline looks like. And today I will tell you how to spot the stress points of your own neckline before I show you how to strengthen and secure them in my next posting. In order to prevent problems like ripping fabric at the stress points of your neckline, I need to give you some more information about how to find the stress points of your 12th century neckline first so you can determine and strengthen them:

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12th century grey light-wool tunic, 12th century projects, Hand-Sewing, Projects, Projects - Tablet weaving, Tablet woven bands

12th century tunic for my husband – the finished 12th century neckline

2016/05/27

In my last posting – “12th century tunic for my husband – 12th century neckline inspired by the “blue Dalmatika” & “white Alba” – I showed you my period inspiration for the 12th century neckline for my husbands new tunic. And today I am going to show you the finished 12th century neckline. Well, it took a while and quite some thinking but eventually I figured the cut out and made a good fitting 12th century neckline. This part of the 12th century tunic project was definitely not easy as I also wanted to incorporate a tablet woven band I made myself. Unfortunately tablet woven bands only stretch little and make it therefore…

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12th century dress - grey, 12th century projects, Hand-Sewing, Projects

My new grey 12th century dress – maunches and first sewing steps…

2016/04/09

During the last days I was busy working at some calligraphy projects but I also did some hand-sewing and finished a good part of the sleeves for my very new 12th century dress project. While packing for the big Gulf Wars event in Mississippi, I decided that I definitely have to enlarge my own as well as my husbands 12th century wardrobe by several new pieces as soon as I come back. This should ensure that my husband and I will have enough clothing for the next long war.

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12th century dress - purple & pink, 12th century projects, 12th century underdress - pink with Trapunto, 12th century underdress - white with Trapunto, Gulf Wars, Hand-Sewing, Projects, SCA Events

My pre-Gulf Wars 12th century sewing projects… :)

2016/04/02

Now, that the pre-war stress, which normally comes along with the preparations for a huge event like Gulf Wars, is finally fading away, I find myself with enough peace and time again to catch up with my pre-war projects like this three “last minute” 12th century dresses. Well, to be a little bit more exact – I hand-sewed a new purple 12th century overdress (the one on the left) as well as two new underdresses with Trapunto necklines and Trapunto cuffs before Gulf Wars.

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12th century grey light-wool tunic, 12th century projects, 12th century tunic - blue & yellow silk, 13th century male tunic, 13th century projects, Craft with Racaire, Hand-Sewing, Projects, Sewing Patterns

12th century tunic pattern for my husband

2016/02/05

After several days of drawing and re-drawing, I am finally able to present to you a new addition to my pattern collection – the (late) 12th century tunic pattern which I have been using so successfully for my husbands tunic projects till now: My very first “13th century male tunic” project My 12th century tunic for the “12th century wedding clothing project” My husbands christmas present – a “12th century grey light-wool tunic” Well, I admit it, my 12th century tunic pattern is actually based on a tunic found in a royal grave from the early 13th century. Though it can’t be said for sure, my personal opinion is that this pattern can also be counted towards the late 12th…

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12th century grey light-wool tunic, 12th century projects, Hand-Sewing, Projects

My husbands christmas gift – a grey light-wool 12th century tunic – a rolled hem for the bottom… :)

2016/01/11

After adding the tablet woven band to the cuffs of my husbands new grey light-wool 12th century tunic, I took on the bottom hem of the tunic and finished it by using the rather simple “rolled hem” technique. Ok, I admit it – just using the rolled hem technique for the bottom hem seemed a little bit too simple and easy. Therefore I added a little bit of a twist to my rolled hem – literally… *lol*

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12th century grey light-wool tunic, 12th century projects, Hand-Sewing, Projects, Projects - Tablet weaving, Tablet woven bands

My husbands christmas gift – a grey light-wool 12th century tunic – tablet woven band & cuffs

2016/01/07

Cuffs, Cuffs, Cuffs and tablet woven band… 😀 Let’s talk about the cuffs for my husbands christmas present today – a 12th century tunic made from lovely grey light weight wool. Though I didn’t embroider the cuffs for my sweethearts 12th century tunic, they are still quite special for me as I decorated them with some tablet woven band I made myself – or well, I made about half of it to be precise… *lol* And it is actually the second tablet woven band I ever made. You might even remember the band – I posted about it in May of 2014: “My new tablet weaving loom & my 2nd try of…

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14th century Meridian Cross Cyclas / sideless surcote, 14th century projects, Applique, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, Medieval Embroidery, Projects

My new “Meridian Cross Cyclas” – a Manesse inspired 14th century cyclas / sideless surcote .2

2015/12/22

And today I have some pictures of my new 14th century cyclas / sideless surcote with the completed “Meridian Cross” appliqué work for you. 🙂 I still didn’t find the time to put on my new 14th century cyclas / sideless surcote and to take pictures of me wearing it but I can assure you that I didn’t forget about it and that it is still on my to-do-list.

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12th century grey light-wool tunic, 12th century projects, Hand-Sewing, Projects

My husbands christmas gift – a grey light-wool 12th century tunic – sleeves .1

2015/12/21

And today I finally have some news for you about my most recent project – a grey light-wool 12th century tunic which I just finished some days ago. This new 12th century tunic is a christmas gift for my husband. As he already had to try on the tunic for the neck-fitting and also has seen the completed tunic, there is not much surprise left which could be spoiled anymore.

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12th century belt, 12th century projects, Hand-Sewing, Herringbone stitch, Projects

12th century belt for my 12th century wedding dress :)

2015/12/08

I recently managed to finish nearly all of the hand-sewing for my 12th century wedding dress. And after looking at some pictures showing period 12th century clothing, the thought in me arose that it would be really lovely to also have a nice 12th century belt for my 12th century dress ensemble. I have never made a fabric belt for my 12th century wardrobe before but well, I think there is a first time for everything – it would be boring otherwise, wouldn’t it… 😉

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