Make it work
I've been meaning to make a 15th C french working class dress for several years, since first discovering it in the ambiguous line drawing in Thursfield's Medieval Tailor's Assistant. Shortsleeved and front-laced, it's not a pretty princess dress but it's very adjustable sizewise, it's great for outdoor events, can be dressed up warm with sleeves and hood if needed, and looks super comfy. And I've become very fond of simpler handsewn garments, beauty in simplicity. When the Peasants and Pioneers challenge came up in the HSF, it was just meant to be!
Last fall I bought a remnant piece of a gorgeous blue wool, and have been kicking myself that it was just a couple unfortunate centimeters too short for this project, but then I realised that I could just add a scrap piece at each shoulder without it looking too weird, and after all, piecing is period!
To accessorise it I will make the ubiquitous red hood and a tasseled pouch, and I already made the tailed cap for the first HSF starter challenge.
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The first picture is a detail of the Shepherd's dance, from A Medieval Book of Seasons and is the one that's copied in MTAssistant. The second one is a detail of Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry, 1412. And then my fabric =)
Here's the rest of my Pinterest album of inspiration.
Last fall I bought a remnant piece of a gorgeous blue wool, and have been kicking myself that it was just a couple unfortunate centimeters too short for this project, but then I realised that I could just add a scrap piece at each shoulder without it looking too weird, and after all, piecing is period!
To accessorise it I will make the ubiquitous red hood and a tasseled pouch, and I already made the tailed cap for the first HSF starter challenge.
Source: gelfling.dds.nl
via vanityfairy on Pinterest
Source: cadieux
via vanityfairy on Pinterest
Source: vanityfairy
on Pinterest
The first picture is a detail of the Shepherd's dance, from A Medieval Book of Seasons and is the one that's copied in MTAssistant. The second one is a detail of Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry, 1412. And then my fabric =)
Here's the rest of my Pinterest album of inspiration.