Eva's historical costuming blog

I bought this on Tradera, a Swedish auction site, from a fellow SCAdian, but I didn't know it until I won the bidding. It's 7 metr...

And, making the sleeves look much better, if you ask me. The armscyes were way too big before. Quick photos on the balcony, without proper...

One of this spring's projects is to take in my late 13th-early 14th century gowns over the bust. Now I have remade the shiny investiture...

On Friday I started on a knitted flatcap/barrett. I used Marion McNealy's (yes, that Marion McNealy, of "Drei Schnittbücher" f...

Hubby took this photo of me when we were at the Barony of Gotvik's event St. Egon's Feast this weekend. I'm hoping more photos f...

I've lost quite a lot of weight since I made this gown last summer, you can see how it looked then here.  So today I've taken it in...

I was going to save these photos for when I had the time and energy to make a proper page for the outfit, discussing the inspiration and sou...