Posted by: Alysten on: March 23, 2011
This is a dress that is my part of a barter. I am getting a seriously stripey knitted hat, she is getting an embroidered dress. The Swan Dress is based roughly on this dress. I really don’t like beading. Makes me all sorts of not right in the head. Fortunately for me, Swabian dresses usually [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: May 26, 2009
I have started the piecing of the sleeve fabric. Though I think I made an error when measuring the needed width by about 2-3 inches. I have corrected it by adding two pieces of 2″ black fabric down the sides of each sleeve. These will serve as the under arm seam. Interestingly enough… this boo [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: April 8, 2009
A representation of a dress for Germany/Switzerland circa 1500, and is based upon a painting by Niklaus Manuel. This garment will be worn as fencing armor. Many safety modifications had to be added to the design and construction of the garment to satisfy the East Kingdom heavy rapier standards and pass the fencing drop test. [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: April 8, 2009
This garment was created for a EK fencer who’s persona is a 16th century German artilleryman (in real life, he does play with muskets withInfanterie Regiment vonDononp). The uniform is based upon those shown in the Renaissance Drill Book by Jacob de Gheyn. It was first published in 1607, which is “technically” just outside of [...]
