Robin, I have done what you are about to do, except I and another person help the students with costuming for a sheakespeare play. atthefaire.com has a pattern link and simplicity has some inexpensive costumes. I also fitted the sudents using resources such as the second stores in the area and wal mart. Wal Mart had womens "tights", some sort of stretchy cotton pants, that were $5.00 and worked well as the knee length pants for the guys. Perhaps there are those who could provide some reacy made hand made patterns for you.
Robert --- Robin Netherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's an uncharacteristic request. > > I'm going to be speaking to my kid's elementary > school class about > medieval costume, as part of a big unit they're > doing on the Middle Ages. > This much I know how to do, and have done before. No > problems there. > > Here's the part I need help with. The class will be > putting on an in-class > medieval "feast" at the end of the unit, in about > two months. The teachers > want the kids to be dressed appropriately. Most of > the parents probably > don't sew much, and even if they do, they're not > going to need or want to > take the time and effort to learn about medieval > costume, or to spend the > money on proper materials. This is supposed to just > provide a bit of > flavor and color to the festivities. (Think kids' > Hallowe'een costume.) > > The teacher has asked me to provide some basic > references on easy medieval > costume that the parents can draw on. I am > absolutely backed up and can't > write my own, although I'll probably offer a list of > basic garments and > suitable colors. Beyond that, I want to make a list > of books and websites > that will tell them, essentially, how to make their > kid look medieval in > an evening or two, with a minimum of expenditure. > > I've spent so many years steering people away from > bad costume books that > now I'm having to really probe the recesses of my > brain for this one! The > source I can think of right off the bat is "Medieval > Theatre Costume" by > Iris Brooke, which is really a useful visual > introduction for the complete > newcomer, and has simple cutting diagrams. (It's > also in our library > system.) For the people who care about doing it > right, I'll point to the > reconstructinghistory.com page on beginner garb for > a basic tunic, which > is a whole lot better than the "lie down and draw > around yourself" T-tunic > approach and no harder. > > Can anyone think of any other useful books or web > pages for a parent who > simply has to clothe the kid, doesn't need to be > particularly authentic, > and will have no further use for the costume after > one wearing? Surely > there are some SCA webpages or kid's costume books > out there... > > --Robin > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
