• Dress of the Court of Saxony

FedEx lied, but in a good way. Fabric arrived yesterday. The brown is acceptable. It's not the "liver" color I…

• Kampfrau (Trossfrau)

Trossfrau/Kampfrau/Swiss Style Dress

This style is seen around 1530 in the wood cuts “The German single-leaf woodcut, 1500-1550″ by Max Geisberg and in…

• Holbein

German: Holbein (1526’s)

Diary started August 1, 2006 Dress research in progress. Summary Research and Background Details to include: Inspirational Pictures Holbein, Hans…

• Dress of the Court of Saxony

Third verse, same as the first

So. Worked on bodice on Sunday. Learnings: Temporary lacing strips are the bomb! If gap between left and right-hand-side of…

• Waffenrock

I added the sleeves 26x30 (30 is the length of the arm) and gusset (8.5"x8.5"). Because I started with 60"…

• Waffenrock

Last night I finished the outer band for the collar. It looks like a collar. It fits around his neck…

• Waffenrock

Last night I added the inner band to the collar. I really like the way it's looking. I cut out…

• Waffenrock

After looking at lots and lots and lots of pictures I've finally started on this project. The first piece I'm…

• Dress of the Court of Saxony

I talked with Etaine this weekend. She said that instead of making a corset (which is probably wrong for this…

• Dress of the Court of Saxony

Ran off to Discount Fabrics at lunch (long hike for a lunch hour). Scored 7 5/8 yards of cotton-with-a-linen-look ($2/yd)…