Renaissance Fair '09

Good day to you all.

I am sadly late in posting this update, and I have no excuse, so I shall simply post the pictures.

This costume was a swift project, as I had decided only in July that I would be going to a renaissance fair this year. It is based off of some clothing found in the Manesse Codex, so I suppose it's Germanic, but the manuscript is so simply illustrated I may as well call it English.

It is all wool and linen, and is accurate from the skin out (braies and all), and completely hand stitched.

Shoes

Hello,

This pair of shoes was an interesting project. I made the first shoe months ago, found it didn't fit, and dropped the project. Now, I wanted to finish the pair to sell it, but I had lost the second sole. I had to reconstruct the sole for the second shoe with careful measurements of the first.

Here they are:

Note the decorative stitching. This was based off of examples of herringbone stitch found on extant shoes.





They are currently still for sale, so if you're interested, they are a size 8.5 men's. Email me for more info.

Splinted armour

Good day,

This project was a commission, and I wasn't planning on posting any pictures at all, but I do love the look of this one.

Dagger sheath: part III

Hello,

Here, finally, are the pictures of the dagger itself.

And yes, those are hollow rivets:

Dagger sheath: part II

Hello,

Here are the final images of the sheath. I dyed it with a medium brown dye, utilizing the new technique of wetting the leather before application, which made for a smoother finish (the technique is new to me, anyway).

I intend to post a few more photos once I finish rebuilding the dagger.