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BTW, this blog now has its own facebook page, which you can Like if you want to. That's mainly to stop spamming my colleagues and work contacts whenever I post something here, but it is a nifty way to keep track of what I'm doing if you're on facebook.

My husband's 12th century silk tunic

This tunic was started in 2006 and "finished" in 2014. Luckily it is not a very fitted type of garment. And my husband hasn't gained as much weight as I have in those years. Here's its page with more info and photos.

An essential guide to hood-wearing

Some people that I know have a blog called "The Medieval Hunt". They have made this both good and funny guide to ways to wear your hood 14th and 15th century style. With documentation and awesome musical choices.

13th century cottes for me and hubby

The best garment ever: The Maciejowski cotte with semi-detachable sleeves. More about them here.

16th century maternity wear

So, while pregnant with my latest/last in 2004 I decided that I needed to reconstruct a preserved 16th century kirtle of a type that could be used as maternity wear back then. It can be seen as extreme insanity, but was actually rather fun.

Since this one also once had a dress diary there's lots of construction info and and detail photos on its page.

My masterpiece

This gown probably is the prettiest gown that I have ever made. Such a pity that I made it when I was the thinnest that I had been for a decade then (2008) and will never be again. Still: the prettiness exists and I can pat it and I can look at the photos.

 

It is also one of the best documented when it comes to how it was made, so its web page is worth having a look at.

My brown v-necked Housebook dress from 2009

Another old dress that never really got written about on the web site, though you could find it under the A&S Stash challenge. I feel somewhat like a trend setter here, since you never saw this type of dress on people before that and I have seen several examples after that :)
It's a pity that I would have to lose 20 kilos or something to be able to wear it again.

Anyway, here the page is: with sources, more photos, construction info etc as usual.