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Stitchy Widgets at the Griffin Needle Challenge

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The Object:  To sew a complete medieval outfit for Duncan.

The Challenge:  To do it in less than 24 hours in a mostly period manner.

The Team:  Team Captain Aedhelwald, our model Duncan, Bredei, Susan, Anna, Emma and Hannah.

The Theme:  Late 14th to early 15th century western European.

The Outfit:  Lesser noble or workmanlike. The outfit will consist of braies (underwear), chauses (leggings), shirt (undershirt), cote (over tunic), headwear including coif, wool hat or hood, and other accessories such as leather belt, garters and cloak.

 

From the book Textiles and Clothing, information on hose, hoods, and dags.

 

Links to other reenactment clothing:

Braies,  Chauses,  Cotte,  Gaston Phebus Tunic,  Cotehardie,  Hat,  Hood

 

Some Braies examples from Jan van Eyck 1420-25,  and from Konrad von Soest 1404-14.

The Flight to Egypt by Melchior Broederlam 1393-99 is another view from our time.

Here is an example of a pattern for a lirpipe hood.

cloak

 

  A cloak from Gaston Phobus.

 

And some pages from the Medieval Taylor's Assistant.

 

 

 

From the book Textiles and Clothing we find info on garters and sewing methods.

 

Here are some inspirational pictures from Gaston Phobus Book of Hunting

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Some links to Marc Carlsons pages:

Kritles, Cotes, Tunics & Gowns

The Rogart Shirt

Breches, Braies, Trousers

Hose

 

More links from our time period (1411-1416) from the Book of Hours:

Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

February

March, Old man & plow

June, Men mowing hay

July

August, Falconing party (I have made the blue woman's outfit, and part of the falconer's outfit)

September, Grape harvest

October

November, Peasant feeding hogs

December, Wild boar hunt

 

Some books that may be helpful:

Medieval Taylor's Assistant by Sarah Thursfield

And Sarah has a website!

The London Finds- Dress Accessories

Other links:

Archaeological Sewing

Leather Stamping

History of Underware-Braies

Tablet weaving from Dress Accessories