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JB has gone off to play games all weekend, it is 36 degrees outside, and I'm planning on doing some sewing this weekend.
The issue is that I want to do some tunics based on some late Coptic finds. These are not the baggy T-shape with woven in tapestry rondels/clavi/segmentae. The later Coptic tunics have applied decoration, subtle seam embroidery, cute necklines, and are made from rectangles & triangles sewn together, rather than woven in one.
The first problem is that most of the surviving garments are for children. Some are sleeveless or have short sleeves, some have long sleeves. When scaling up anything from a kid's garment, the proportions can be a bit problematic.
I am mainly working on a fantabulous book from the Whitworth art glallery http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/
some links:
http://museumsunwrapped.man.ac.uk/imagezoom/imagezoom.php?irn=17180&reftable=ecatalogue&refirn=22585
The fabric for this tunic is really unusual- resist dyes.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115594/tunic/
woman's veil/hood http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119558/headdress/
nalbinding sockies http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O107787/pair-of-socks/
shoes http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119560/pair-of-shoes/
The issue is that I want to do some tunics based on some late Coptic finds. These are not the baggy T-shape with woven in tapestry rondels/clavi/segmentae. The later Coptic tunics have applied decoration, subtle seam embroidery, cute necklines, and are made from rectangles & triangles sewn together, rather than woven in one.
The first problem is that most of the surviving garments are for children. Some are sleeveless or have short sleeves, some have long sleeves. When scaling up anything from a kid's garment, the proportions can be a bit problematic.
I am mainly working on a fantabulous book from the Whitworth art glallery http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/
some links:
http://museumsunwrapped.man.ac.uk/imagezoom/imagezoom.php?irn=17180&reftable=ecatalogue&refirn=22585
The fabric for this tunic is really unusual- resist dyes.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115594/tunic/
woman's veil/hood http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119558/headdress/
nalbinding sockies http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O107787/pair-of-socks/
shoes http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119560/pair-of-shoes/