Had you considered that piecing is in fact "period?" There are many,
many examples of piecing throughout the centuries. I'd suggest the
best approach might be to see how wide the typical fabric _of_the_day_
(or area!) might be, and piece even if you don't "need" to! :)
As far as lining. Kayta once told me that you absolutely do not want a
slippery lining over your shoulders-- unless you want to fight holding
the cape in place. She used cotton lining in the shoulder area, and,
should satin be called for, satin in the rest.
However, I am not so familiar with the 1100s. My impression, however,
is that woolens were often NOT hemmed or lined, because they were
quite thick and rather fulled. A simple line of stitching around the
(non) hem would keep them tidy. Same with slashings & dags.
The reason that later period clothing was often brushed and spot-
cleaned was that washing an entire garment was't the usual treatment.
I can see the reasoning: so often washing was boiling and beating,
which would full (and shrink) the cloth. I wonder if the same were
true in the 12th century.
== Marjorie Wilser (who has bought the very last of a t-shirt
knit and even pieced the shirt! Yep. loved it that much)
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On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:42 AM, Laurie Taylor wrote:
I'm not sure how much overlap there is between this list and an SCA
garb
list, so I hoped for more ideas between the two.
I am cutting a cloak, the half-circle style as shown in Hill &
Bucknell, The
Evolution of Fashion 1066-1930, c.1100 male/female. I opted for
this one
because it fit well on my fabric without piecing. The fabric is a
very dark
charcoal, almost black, woolen-like, though probably acrylic. It’s
what I
had on hand so, even if the color isn’t period, it’s going to happen.
I’m stuck on lining. I’m guessing that it should be a linen, though
I was
eye-balling a super-fine 130 wool from my stash. The color isn’t good
though, I suppose – being a blue-gray, almost faded teal, but it
sure feels
nice.
What would be a good color, keeping maybe sort of period? I’m not
wanting
to go buying more fabric – I own too darn much! But I’m not sure
that I’ve
got anything in a good color/fiber combination.
Also, quite a few of the cloaks of c.1066-1260 or thereabouts are
greater
than ½ circle and harder to fit on fabric without piecing. I did
the math
to enlarge one particular pattern, and it would need a piece of fabric
around 105” x 120” approximately. How would you piece that, or how
might it
have been pieced in period, assuming that they didn’t just weave a
fabric to
a dimension suitable for that garment?
Wide open to thoughts and ideas!
Laurie T.
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