Master Bernard brings us this fencing coat, based loosely off a late 14th, early 15th c watch coat for the category Cover Me.
Tag: 1300’s
VPC2017: Lady Mathilda’s Hood
Lady Mathilda presents this hood for the categories Cover Me and The Neck Best Thing.
She says:
This hood is the first I have made in a long time, and definitely the first that I have properly researched.
The hood is made of vibrant pink linen lining and a grey tabby woven wool outer with medium length liripipe.
It is based off a hood (D10597) that forms part of the Herjolfsnes finds from Greenland from around the beginning of the fourteenth century.
I have chosen to make the hood a bit bigger than the original, as I wanted to have lots of room for comfort.
As in manuscripts from much of England and Western Europe at the beginning of the fourteenth century, the hood is often depicted with some lines of decoration around the bottom. I have included this in my hood- by adding two rows of parallel chain stitch in light and dark blue Appeltons’ Embroidery wool.
The hood is handstitched using running and back-stitch, and is fully felled.
VPC2017: Master Bernard’s 14th C Hood
Master Bernard from Darton submits this entry to the Challenge: a 14th century hood, with the pattern and colours coming from the Romance of Alexander. It is for the categories The Neck Best Thing, Cover Me, and One Metre Material Project.
As Master Bernard is the first entrant from outside the Barony, he will be receiving a spot prize of some Southron Gaard themed items. 🙂
VPC2017: Her Excellency Ginevra’s Pin Book
Her Excellency Ginevra has completed this project for the Challenge: a pin book to hold veil and sleeve pins.
It is entered in the categories of One Metre Material Project (definitely less than one metre of fabric here!) and Containment System.
Categories 12 & 25- a book to contain veil and sleeve pins. Made from remnants of velvet, linen and felt. I put pins on the felt to figure out what size it needed to be, then cut 2 pieces of felt- one that size, and one 1/2 an inch larger on both sides. I wrapped the velvet around the larger piece, cut away some excess fabric, and sewed it to stay put. I then sewed a piece of linen to cover the edges of the velvet and the middle section of the felt. This made the cover. I sewed the pages to the cover along the spine of the book, and made some cords to tie it closed out of silk embroidery thread. It was a quick and easy project, and something I’d been wanting for a while.
