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пятница, 13 марта 2009 г.
среда, 11 марта 2009 г.
Know-how versus common technology
Looking trough the blogs of foreign reenactors I find that most of sewing ladies use dummies. Not many of my friends do the same, although they make well-fitting dresses.
I find it to be a remarkable sign of difference between practical approach to hobbies here and there: european, or american, or australian girl, experiencing her sewing and reenactment hobby, makes sure she has all necessary equipment and tools, while her CIS colleague sees no way but to make what she wants from and with what she has. The cause of this amusing difference is obvious, and so more funny for me is that having capability to equip myself with dummies and other special devices I use old scissors and a corset filled with pillow.
I find it to be a remarkable sign of difference between practical approach to hobbies here and there: european, or american, or australian girl, experiencing her sewing and reenactment hobby, makes sure she has all necessary equipment and tools, while her CIS colleague sees no way but to make what she wants from and with what she has. The cause of this amusing difference is obvious, and so more funny for me is that having capability to equip myself with dummies and other special devices I use old scissors and a corset filled with pillow.
среда, 8 октября 2008 г.
вторник, 7 октября 2008 г.
пятница, 3 октября 2008 г.
Archives 2004: Women's hose
At first I've had to make a pattern for my future hose. To make hose fit well when they will be sewn I had to measure carefully my legs to my knees and feet in every possible dimension.
After measures were taken I've started to paint pattern of the knee-length hose.
Next step - making a model to check fit and size.
Best choise is to take cheap canvas that can be equally stretched in both directions.
Model is to be fit to you foot's actual form.
Next step - to cut the details off the desired fabric, I've taken dark-green woolen baize.
Sewing gussets with strenghtened backstitch:
To sew the backseam use overlapping stitch:
I washed my hose in the washmashine at normal regime for wool, unfortunately, later they were washed at linen regime and became felted hose of a kid's size.
Washing is described in hose-sewing process as it is normal to sew hose a bit bigger than you've planned, but washing makes them fit better. So - do not wash or steam woolen fabric before sewing your hose.
Result
Sources
1. Hose from Herjolfsnes # 91
2. Hose from London
3. Compilation of images (source in russian)
4. Stitches used in Middle Ages
5. Seams types from London excavations
6. Munchen hose
7. Roman of Rose, Bodleyan Library, ~1500
Knee-length sewn hose were a usual part of medieval women's garment, having been depicted in many artworks of different painters and miniaturists.
After measures were taken I've started to paint pattern of the knee-length hose.
Next step - making a model to check fit and size.
Best choise is to take cheap canvas that can be equally stretched in both directions.
Model is to be fit to you foot's actual form.
Next step - to cut the details off the desired fabric, I've taken dark-green woolen baize.
Sewing gussets with strenghtened backstitch:
To sew the backseam use overlapping stitch:
I washed my hose in the washmashine at normal regime for wool, unfortunately, later they were washed at linen regime and became felted hose of a kid's size.
Washing is described in hose-sewing process as it is normal to sew hose a bit bigger than you've planned, but washing makes them fit better. So - do not wash or steam woolen fabric before sewing your hose.
Result
Sources
1. Hose from Herjolfsnes # 91
2. Hose from London
3. Compilation of images (source in russian)
4. Stitches used in Middle Ages
5. Seams types from London excavations
6. Munchen hose
7. Roman of Rose, Bodleyan Library, ~1500
Knee-length sewn hose were a usual part of medieval women's garment, having been depicted in many artworks of different painters and miniaturists.
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