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sister_raphael) wrote2022-07-31 01:53 pm
sister_raphael) wrote2022-07-31 01:53 pm
Entry tags:
- 14thcentury,
- behindthescenes,
- handcrafts,
- handstitched,
- historicalsewing,
- kirtle,
- livinghistory,
- makingthings,
- medieval,
- medievalclothes,
- medievalrosalie,
- medievalsewing,
- medievalwoman,
- medievalwomen,
- middleages,
- reenactment,
- rosaliegilbert,
- rosaliesmedievalwoman,
- silk,
- textiles,
- womeninhistory,
- womeninlivinghistory
Blue silk kirtle
I tried on my blue, silk kirtle, which was abandoned due to my weight gain, and was extremely pleased to find that it fits again, and the waist will need to be taken in for better shaping.
I need only now to do that and sew the buttonholes down both arms- roughly 25 per side, sew the buttons on and decide whether the front will be laced of buttons.
I love buttons, but laced sits better beneath surcotes, and I'm thinking of future wearing it under the bling surcote. I'm a bit undecided as I don't have a pretty kirtle to wear alone and there are others I can wear underneath if I choose.
The colour isn't quite as bright as it shows on the screen- it's more of a navy blue, but I am thinking a lot of the dye will come out on the first few washes and it will lighten to this colour in the end.
Blue, of course, is the colour we usually see the Virgin Mary, and was a hugely popular colour for medieval dresses. The colour is associated with virtue and it was easily dyed in a range of colours from woad.