The finished bliaut

[frualeydis]

The bliaut is finished, and has a long and detailed page about construction and a theory that I have on trim. Go see!



And that's Mysko of course.

Comments

[zaftig46.livejournal.com]

Did your idea of curving the waistline work?

[m-nivalis.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! Now I want a silk bliaut too...

[kareina.livejournal.com]

I love how this came out, and spent most of Coronet admiring it from afar. Of course, I didn't realize that you were the same person as this LJ, since you user pic looks so very different than you look with a veil and long braids on. It wasn't till you mentioned that we know one another on line that I made the connection.

My first attempt at 12th century garb was for a man who looked, at the time I made it, exactly like George in that manuscript, so I had to make him that outfit. In those days (early to mid 1990's) I hadn't done any research on the topic, so I just went with the one manuscript image (which he had in a book) and did my best to make what I saw. There is a photo of him on FB wearing it at a recent event (https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10570255_10204927477806217_6214394698960039378_n.jpg?oh=6af12cf62feb9f8b14c2a5fb9a117007&oe=557B4467), but one can't see so much detail. I did the skirt as a full circle, without seams (other than the slits, of course), fully lined, and made the sleeve dangly bits from the corners of the fabric outside of the circle.

[merastra.livejournal.com]

*WOW* That is totally stunning. You look gorgeous! :-) That's great the curved waist seam thing worked.

[idahoswede.livejournal.com]

I hadn't really thought about using a sari, but it works really well (and gorgeous colour).

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

So very lovely!

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

It is so beautiful! You look amazing!