Eva's historical costuming blog

I used to have another  red gown based on the Codex Manesse , but I lent it to someone and neither of us can find it and so I decided that I...

A cool thing with the Codex Manesse/Grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift is that there are so many variations of the same basic garments a...

So, you have probably noticed that the one style/time period that I shy away from is the 14th century, say after 1330. It has not always bee...

I have now written a rather long documentation on mine and my husband's printed wool gowns from c.1300. Where you get to know all the t...

Since I am very fond of the clothes shown in the Grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift the problem of applying broad, generally gold colour...

When I printed my wool fabric I didn't use it all for my own printed gown  ( I've written about the printing here ). I printed enoug...

If you want to make clothes from the late 14th-early 15th century that is. La cotte simple As must be obvious to anyone reading t...