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43. Set of 12 thread covered buttons.

towards the AS 50 challenge.
made from 10mm wooden beads and cotton pearle thread both from stash.

Experiementing with hair

I made up some ratts and tried this for a more prominent front roll (maybe more Elizabethan ) and this worked amazingly! It took about 5-10 mins to do my hair at an event with no help... fantastic. It lasted all day! Below are the ratts (I cheated and bought some doughnut bun things from the cheap shop. total cost $4), cut them and resewed them. I use lots of those U shaped bobby pins.

This was at the event...
thanks to William for the pic)

#42 More pictures.

I wore this to the Lochac Midwinter, in Innilgard.

#42 Grey Cotton and Linen Zimmara (loose gown)

I have made another loose gown with some loose weave cotton jacquard I bought on sale quite a while ago. The linen lining was also bought on sale quite some time ago. This is the last of the lot I bought then. THe buttons are made from crochet thread, woven and wound over wooden beads.
This was the inspiration:

This was made to wear over the grey linen sottana (#41). I reinforced the upper body of the gown with a 1/2 linen lining, as it was loose weave material (and did drop quite a bit,making the hem annoying to even up later) but it was made for summer so I used lightweight materials that would breathe. (no synthetics). The sleeves were split - again to aid in air circulation for summer.
A white bias edging was added and handclipped as seen in zimmara in portraits of Eleanora d'Toledo.

Making the zimmara: buttons..

cuffs with edging

adding the edging

placing of the decorative buttons.

#41 Grey Sottana with slashed sleeves and layered imbusto

I have finally finished my latest project. This was made with dark grey linen leftover from my daughter's Hermoine skirt and bought a couple of years ago.

The imbusto is layered with wool felt and canvas, herringbone stitched together by hand, and leftover from previous sottana. The hem stiffening is also from wool felt.

The sleeves are lined with red linen leftover from my daughter's red linen dress.

It is again based on the extant Eleanora d'Toledo burial gown and Red dress from Pisa.

AS #40 Camicia - for Spanish outfit

I have finally finished my latest camicia/smock. It is based on the Prato museum pattern again.

I used some cotton 'shirt material' I bought from Spotlight at least 15 years ago? ( I think - it has been there so long). I embroidered with silk Madiera thread, around the neckline. (aslo left over from another camicia).

This is to be worn with my 'Spanish' black linen dress.

.AS #35 Set of Italian Slashed Sleeves and buttons

The sleeves were made from left over linen. The buttons were made from stash crochet cotton and wooden beads. The loops were fingerknitted.

AS50 Challenge... #39

39. Dafydd's Device appliqued fro the Innilgard Device banner. This was made from black velvet (see Rapier partlet) and left over purple material from an old purple dress. This was actually made in September, 2010 and was left of the list... :)

AS50 Challenge... #38

38. 'gold' coloured thread covered buttons all from stash, including beads.

these were actually made in April, 2010... forgot to add... :)

AS50 Challenge... #36 and 37

36 and 37: Black soccaccia - one plain, one couched with gold thread. These were made from linen left over from the black linen dress.

AS50 Challenge... #34

34. Black Spanish style hat 16thC. (3/11) based on drawings from Hispanic Costume 1480-1540. I bought this hat back int he 1980s and thought it would come in handy one day. That day has come! I used cord, ribbon, tassels and buttons from my stash. It is handsewn.

AS50 Challenge... #33

33. Sleeves for Linen dress remade: The bodice was pulled apart and relined with felt and canvas instead of buckram (which was a disaster) and new sleeves were added. All stash. (3/10)

documenation can be found at: http://katerina.purplefiles.net/garb/diaries/FLSOTTANA_mid1550s_Guilia_Medici.html

AS50 Challenge... #31

31. Practice Rapier Doublet based on Elizabethan Doublet coats. Again using stash cotton drill left over from a non-SCA costume. Buttons were bought years ago, from Steve Millington Pewton Replicas (UK).

Diary and documentation can be found at: http://katerina.purplefiles.net/garb/diaries/RAP_Elizabethan_Jacket_diary.html

AS50 Challenge... #29 and 30

29. Black Buttons made from bead buttons and crochet thread from stash. and

and 30. Blue silk and gold thread buttons. Again all from stash.

documentation can be found at: http://katerina.purplefiles.net/DOCO/buttons.html

AS50 Challenge... #28

28. Cream soccaccia , from material left over from 2nd SCA dress made in 1994. the gold couched thread also from stash. Given as gift.

documentation at: http://katerina.purplefiles.net/FlorenceFiles/FLAccessoriesSOCCACCIA.html

AS50 Challenge... #26 and 27

26. Cream buttons and 27. Gold and Black Buttons (for largess).

documentation can be found at: http://katerina.purplefiles.net/DOCO/buttons.html

AS50 Challenge... #25

25. Linen Stays based on stays found with Eleanora's burial clothing, repatterned. Made from red linen left over from red hose and red dress.

seen here under remade Black Tudor.. as Italian... no boning there!

documentation can be found at: http://katerina.purplefiles.net/garb/diaries/FLStays_ExtantEleanora.html

AS50 Challenge... #24

24. Linen Doublet Mens Elizabethan, for camping. Linen was more from the Great Linen Sale... the pewter buttons were bought, some years ago from Steve Millingham Pewter Replicas (available on the internet from the UK).

AS50 Challenge... #23

23. Red Linen Sottana (dress) for my daughter. This is based on Elizabethan and Italian Ren portraits, and to her request. Linen was from the great Linen sale and same as that of the red linen hose.