Medieval kirtle

*** Welcome to the photo dump for my new blue kirtle (the construction of which was recently documented in my latest Dress Diary). Based on early 16th century illustrations, the kirtle laces up the front and features short sleeves, a 'V' back, and a shaped skirt (constructed with piecing). It was originally inspired by a page from Catherine de Medici's Book of Hours. Although less popular later in the century, blue seemed to be a fairly ubiquitous colour in the first decades of the 16th…

Blue Linen Dutch Kirtle – Faerie Queen Costuming

My first SCA garb. Witchy version and event version. For the kirtle I followed @morgandonner's tutorial, it worked marvelously! I kind of…

My friend is working on a kirtle class for Pennsic. I am made some pictures for her to use, trying to demonstrate the possible uses for a kirtle pattern once you've made one. We aren't pushing it as a period correct method of pattering, only as a possibility. Also trying to keep it as simple as possible: it drove me crazy wanting to include notes on proper accessories like aprons, hats, coifs, purses, belts, sleeves, under dress, shifts, etc. My website for more costume goodness…

My over kirtle with under kirtle.

Cross-posted from my journal. Sooooo...I made a Tudor kirtle in a week for a high-persona SCA event. It was madness. But Im really happy with it! First of all, here are a couple of pictures from the event (Finchcocks Court), by Cat Lennox: So here it is: the one-week, period-correct, hand…

There has been a bit of blog silence on it for the last few months, but I have been plugging away on the 1370ish dress, but there has been an awful lot of effort on it that doesn’t look like anything, because it was just unpicking and re-doing. I got it all sewn together, did an initial fit, and it just didn’t feel quite right, which prompted a LOT more research. Based on the research, I decided that lining 14th century gowns with linen is almost certainly not accurate, and gives a fit that…

Custom Medieval kirtle Dress and Under Dress For historical Reenactment Costumes This is a listing to create a custom medieval dress like my original one in the photos. Pleases contact me before placing the order so we can discuss fabric colours options and decoration. It is a three part dress consisting of a long sleeve under kirtle laced at the front and fabric covered button fastening at the wrist of the sleeve. Standardly i make it from colour 100% linen fabric which i hold 16 colours…

Pink Wool Kirtle | Faerie Queen Costuming

*** This is another project that has been on my to do list for a while. It started almost exactly a year ago: I made my first mock up during the July long weekend last year and took these photos over the same holiday weekend this year. It was meant to be a quick summer project, but it was almost immediately derailed...because I have the attention span of a gerbil. I'd wanted to make a red kirtle for ages and fell in love with the bold, black and yellow accessories of the one featured in the…