Buttonholes and buttons

 So now the very old dress that never got finished, that I wrote about in my previous post, is hemmed and has got hand made buttonholes, and brass buttons.

I made the armscyes bigger, which may have been a mistake - but I like being able to move my arms ;)

I have made a toile for sleeves, but haven't tried it on yet. It won't be finished for Gotvik's yule party this Sunday. Mostly because I have taken up knitting again, and that tends to consume me.

Picking up where I left it - 23 years later

I think that I cut out, and started on this dress in 2002. But it might be as early as 1999 or 2000.

It is sewn together, it is not hemmed, nor has it got lacing holes or button holes. 

I have taken it out from my wool cupboard several times the last two decades, but sometimes I was too large for it, or too small. Now it fits, except that the sleeves, which are elbow length, are a little bit narrow. Luckily I have a scrap large enough to make small gores in the sleeves, to make them wider.

Right now I am finally hemming the bottom of the dress, while watching "The Antiques Roadshow"

I might wear it to Gotvik's Yule party on the 7th of December. If it's finished. And if I find an underdress somewhere among my stuff.

A mi-parti Italian gown from the first half of the 14th century

 Yes, indeed: another old gown gettign its page. Though not as old as my husband's outfit that I justposted about. That one was from 2004, this one is only from 2016.

I wear it a lot, so it is strange that I don't have more photos of it. Or haven't done the page until now. But now it is here.

A man's outfit from the Codex Manesse

 I am on a roll! Three updates in as many days!

Anyway, while looking through my categories of costumes in the left panel I realised how many of teh costuems shown that had the little notation "no page yet". And who had had this notation since I started this blog in 1015.

So I decided to do something about, and actually create pages for them. This is the first. And I only have one photo of Rickard in it, from 2004. But there are other images: inspiration, details etc.

Rickard's green and pink outfit.

All my fantasy costumes in one place

 While the focus of this blog is historical costuming, I have the last five years branched out into som fantasy comstuming. They all (or most) have their ground in some kind of historical clothing, so I think that they can be fitted into the blog.

And besides, it is my blog, so I can do what I want ;)

This week I decided to make their own collected page for them, which can be found in the list of costume categories in the bar to the left. Or through this link.

Venetian 16th century gown, and a cape modelled after a 16th century German gollar.

A page for my Italian 1330s outfit striped in red and purple

 Or violet, if we're being period her, because it is not what they thought of as purple.

Yes, today hubby and I went down to the basement of our block of flats to take some photos. I had intended to take them outside, but then the snow came yesterday.

I have written about this outfit as I was workign on it, but it is another one inspired by a single leaf from a Genoese c. 1330 manuscript, the so-called Cocharelli Treatise on Vices. I have this project, to make all the gowns shown in the illumination. However, while looking for the perfect brocades, I did this little side project of a wool gown inspired by the manuscript. 

Lots of documentation (mostly links to blog posts), and more photos on its page. 

Venetian gowns are cool

I don't do much 16th century these days, and when I do I rarely wear them. 

I did, however make a fantasy Venetian gown from synthetic taffeta for my Halloween photoshoot in October that made me want to go there again. 

This is some of the fantasy photos.

So I need a new one, because not only is my Venetian gown that I made in 2019 way too small for me now.

And I will probably never be that thin again. 

But the one that I made this summer is too big already, thanks to quite a lot of effort on my side.

So I will make another one, from the same pattern as the fantasy gown. And I will get around to wearing it. Maybe for Drachenwald's Spring Crown in Northern Germany in april next year.

My plan is to make it from green thrifted cotton velvet curtains, inspired by this painting.

Yes, I do love green.