For easy girls' hats, make a tube of fabric, about 1" diameter with a wire in the middle, stuff it and fit to the head. Sew ends together in back. You can make it round or shape it into a point in front or a "horned" shape. Attach veil/scarf. Or, for gorget and wimple, wrap scarf under chin, pin at top of head, then use another piece of veiling to go over. Easy biggins can be made from handkerchiefs.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Netherton Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:15 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Basic medieval "costume" sources On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Sylvia Rognstad wrote: > I got a book a long time ago called "Costume Design and Making" by > Fernald and Shenton that has simple patterns for lots of costumes. > It's another Theatre Arts book so it may be very similar to Brookes > and it may still be too difficult for parents. Are there any > commercial patterns for children for Medieval type costumes? Hmm, good point, forgot about patterns since I don't use them. Surely there's some basic medieval commercial patterns from the big three out there. I'd be happy if I can steer everyone to basic rectalinear tunic styles and some sort of headcovering. They're focusing on c. 1300, so no "fairy princess" dresses here. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
