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Starched frilled veil 24 Aug 2013 | 01:37 am
The trendy thing at the moment among re-enactors seems to be the frilled veil. Everyone makes one and after my try last year with my non starched frilled veil I was very exited to make a new veil. Thi...
Lengberg Castle brassiere, it works! 22 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
In my previous blog post about the Lengberg Castle brassiere where you can find the pattern I had just made it and not really worn it, I mostly wanted to put the pattern out there as soon as possible ...
My medieval week 2013 20 Aug 2013 | 02:57 am
Take Scandinavias best preserved medieval city and add lots and lots of people in costumes. Vikings, medieval, landsknects any costume you can think of. There are pirates and fairies, jesters, princes...
Medieval week 2013 3 Aug 2013 | 01:52 am
If you see me, come up and say hi!
New dresses and headgear 19 Jun 2013 | 12:13 am
I took some photos of two dresses with headgear to them for a exhibition application. And I thought that I would share them with you. This is a headdress of raw hide that have been painted to look lik...
buttoned and lined liripipe 11 Jun 2013 | 03:20 am
I thought that I would show you how I made my buttoned liripipe. The pattern is a mix of Herjolfsnes no.72 from Greenland and hood no. 246 from the excavations in London. It is a tight hood but it can...
making your own medieval dress pins 21 Apr 2013 | 05:11 pm
Dress pins are a must have for the person wearing veils and wimples and so. But they are surprisingly expensive for what they are. I do understand why but still, I am a student and sometimes it is har...
open hood with card / tablet woven edge 4 Apr 2013 | 04:15 am
Last year I wanted to make a open hood with the silly hook on to top, but when I did a toille it looked really off and I decided to make a buttoned hood with liripipe in stead. But at last summers med...
Lengberg Castle brassiere 14 Mar 2013 | 04:10 am
From the first time I saw the Lengberg Castle underwear I knew that I would want to make something similar. Having big breasts complicates things, I would prefer not to wear modern bras with my mediev...
leather costrel 9 Jan 2013 | 10:05 pm
Last medieval week I ran around with a plastic bottle in my bag, since drinking water is important but plastic bottles are not all that fun I decided to make a leather bottle in stead. Looking around ...
