I need more fabric!!

[frualeydis]

I need more fabric. Having looked way too much at The romance of Alexander lately I feel a strong urge to make a 1340s dress from some periwinkle wool I have. But it needs a lining, and I don't think I have anything I can use that will look good. The white silk is dedicated to the murrey ensemble and I think wool, or possibly linen, would be a better choice anyway.
I will probably not make it laced, but as tight as I can get it without lacing and based on the Herjolfsnes tunics. I'm going for the late 1330s-early1340s barrel-shape here :)It's actually not just the Romance of Alexander that has inspired me, but also that I worked on the green Herjolfsnes-dress and realized how much tighter I could make it and still get into it. And I could use it under the green dress as well as under my "rabbit hunting dress", which I don't have a picture of, but it's made from a green and brownish(mud coloured?) cotton (yes, I know) brocade and based on this illumination from The Taymouth hours. Or maybe I should make it as the top layer, with hanging sleeves? But I still need an under cotte for those two dresses.
And I will sew it on machine, so it will go fast. I just need a lining fabric!!

Comments

[therru.livejournal.com]

Doesn't it look as if she is firing a boffer arrow at the rabbit? :)

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

It's a blunted arrow (klubbpil) so that it will be killed without the fur being damaged.

Eva

[therru.livejournal.com]

*covers ears and hums loudly*
No, no, it's a boffer arrow! And doesn't it say, in very small script, at the bottom: "No rabbits were harmed during the making of this picture"?

[armillary.livejournal.com]

We may have to make another trip to Borås in the near-future then, right?

-- Björn the drunmken LJer