mary's costuming "how to" links
These are links to various pages that tell you how to make different costume bits.
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Website That Have Lots of "How Tos" and Patterns
- The Elizabethan Costuming Page
— Lots of step by step instructions, including a corset pattern generator, and good source for research, portraits, etc. - The Renaissance Tailor — This is a wonderful site with lots of demonstrations — and more being added all the time. (See below for links to specific items)
- A Festive Attyre — Lots of "how to" info.
- Gwynne's Guardaropa
— Gwynne's classroom handouts on various things, including houppeland, effigy corset, kirtle, etc. - Lara the Lacemaker — Has lots of patterns and instructions for making Renaissance Faire costumes.
- Reconstructing History — Has a really good "for beginners" section. Also information on ancient Irish, Scottish and Japanese clothing.
- Sempstress — Lots of instructions and info on making Renaissance costumes.
Underwear: Chemises/Smocks, Corsets, etc:
- How to Make a Chemise by Dawn Duperault (Dawn's site is often very slow to load, but her info is worth the wait.)
- How to Make a Smock by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- How to Make an Italian Chemise by Jennifer Thompson (Festive Attyre)
- How to Make an Italian Chemise by Baroness Brianna Etain MacKorkhill
- How to Make a Corset by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- How to Bone a Corset with Hemp Cord by Jennifer Thompson (Festive Attyre)
- Free 1869 corset pattern
- How to Make a Farthingale by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- How to Make Bloomers by Lara the LaceMaker
- How to make a Crinoline by Kendra Van Cleeve
- How to Make a Spanish Farthingale by Baroness Brianna Etain MacKorkhill
Shirts, Tunics:
- How to Make a Shirt by Dawn Duperault (Dawn's site is often very slow to load, but her info is worth the wait.)
- How to Make a Shirt by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- How to make an Irish Leine
- How to Make a Viking Tunic by Carolyn Priest-Dorman
- How to Make a Tunic by Dawn Duperault (Dawn's site is often very slow to load, but her info is worth the wait.)
- Grey Company: Tunic and Pants
- How to Make a Choli by Dinah Tackett
- Choli pattern (another)
Bodices:
- How to Make a Simple Bodice by Dawn Duperault (Dawn's site is often very slow to load, but her info is worth the wait.)
- How to Make a Bodice Pattern by Lara the LaceMaker (The main site uses frames, so this link goes directly to the Bodice Pattern page)
- How to Draft a Basic Bodice Pattern by Baroness Brianna Etain MacKorkhill
- Building Bodices
Gowns, Cotes, Houppes:
- How to Make a Cotehardie by Dame Helen — Includes a pattern and instructions.
- How to Make an Italian Renaissance Gown by Leona d'Este and Enid d'Auliere
- How to Make Le Poulet Gauche Gown (16th Century France)
- How to Make a Viking Apron Dress by Monica Cellio
- How to Draft a Houppelande Pattern by Jessica Clark
- How to make a Breughel Gown
- Eve's Reconstruction of the Bliaut — Page includes her notes on bliaut construction and links to sites with more information.
- Rennaisance Taylor — gown made of less than 4 yd
- Lining a Kirtle the Easy Way
Skirts:
- 1895 Skirt Pattern
- How to Make a Simple Gathered Skirt by Dawn Duperault (Dawn's site is often very slow to load, but her info is worth the wait.)
- How to Make a Gored Skirt by Lara the Lacemaker (The main site uses frames, so this link goes directly to the Bodice Pattern page)
- Panelled Skirt directions — Can be used for flamenco skirts
- Pattern Drafting a Skirt Block
- How to Make a Circle Skirt by Lynette
- How to make a Circle Skirt by Shira
- Lorilei's 3 Yd Skirt Pattern
Pants:
- How to Make Simple Drawstring Breeches by Dawn Duperault (Dawn's site is often very slow to load, but her info is worth the wait.)
- Grey Company: Tunic and Pants
- Quick & dirty trunkhose
Hats & Headwear:
- How to make an English Gabled Hood
- How to Make an English Hood
- How to make a French Hood
- How to Make a Flat Cap by Dawn Duperault (Dawn's site is often very slow to load, but her info is worth the wait.)
- Flat cap pattern
- How to Make an Italian Ribbon Coif by Baroness Brianna Etain MacKorkhill
- Learning to Net (cauls, etc)
- How to Make a Snood/Caul by Dawn Duperault (Dawn's site is often very slow to load, but her info is worth the wait.)
- Crocheted Snoods-Bun Cover Links — This page has links to other pages with various patterns for crocheting your own snood.
- How to Make a 14th Century Hairnet by Anne Liese
- Monmouth Caps — A history of Monmouth caps and how to make them.
- How to Make a Beaver Fur Hat
- How to Tie a Turban (PDF)
- How to make various Regency Hats/Bonnets — along with other Regency costume How To's
- Hair lessons —from "Girls Own Paper" and "Womans Magazine" 1911
Accessories:
- How to Make a Partlet by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- How to Make a Ruff by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- How to Make a Neck Ruff by Dawn Duperault (Dawn's site is often very slow to load, but her info is worth the wait.)
- Ruff Making — page has lots of links to sites with Ruff making information.
- Chausses and Braies
- How to make Period Aguilettes by Brenda
- How to Make Gloves
- How to Make Gloves by Franchesca Haves
Techniques: Sewing, Embroidery, Lace Making, etc:
- Basic Handsewing Techniques by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- Hand Stitches — Diagrams of various basic hand stitches.
- Dark Age stitch types
- Sew Whats New — Sewing & quilting tips, tricks, lessons, etc
- Basic Pattern Drafting by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- How to Sew Gores and Gussets by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- How to Make Facings by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- How to Embroider
- Historical Needlework Resources: Techniques — Site devoted to historic needlework; this section has info about stitches, materials, etc.
- Bronwens Blackwork Library
- Lazy Wench — Embroidery
- Learning to Net (cauls, etc)
- Renaissance Pleating Techniques
- A Short Tutorial on Cartridge Pleating
- Sample of different pleating styles — From the Yahoo! Group "GermanRenCostume," so you must be a member of the group to view the file.
- How to Make Cartridge Pleats by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- Gauging Techniques — aka Cartridge Pleating
- How to Make Eyelets by Marion McNealy — Just what the name implies, how to make good looking eyelets. Many costumers swear by eyelets, instead of using grommets, because they don't weaken your fabric or tear out, and they look nicer.
- How to Make Hand Bound Eyelets by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- How to Emboss Velvet
- How to Stamp Velvet
- How to do Celtic bias tape applique
- How to Make Trims which require very little equipment, by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
- How to Make Buttons by The Renaissance Tailor (Tammie L. Dupuis)
Miscellaneous:
- Adventures in Dagging — Research on how dagging was possibly created, using pictures of clothing fragments.
- Alterations for SCA Sewers
- The Armour Archive — "The Archive is an on-line Journal devoted to teaching people how to make armour."
- The Auld Garb Monger's Free Sewing Projects - Was "Manly Man's Renaissance Clothing"
- Briana's Clothing Page — Instructions & links
- Bustles — Website for wedding gowns, shows different methods to bustle a skirt.
- Clone Yourself A Fitting Assistant — From Threads Magazine
- Costume Design Page
- To Cut a Regency Coat — by Suzi Clarke
- Duct Tape Double — Instructions on how to make a duct tape double for $10-$15
- Duct tape patterns
- How to Tie a Tie — Instructions on how to tie neckties, plus other things that need to be tied, like turbans, sarongs, etc.
- How to Make a Tutu
- How the Heck Do I Make a Tutu?
- Markland Medieval Mercenary Militia — Basic garb instructions (12th-13th c.)
- Paula Burch's All About Hand Dyeing and All About Dye
- Quickie Textile Guide — Handy-dandy guide to determing the fiber content of textiles.
- Sixteenth Century Embellishment
- Tempus Peregrinator's Sewing & Garb — Medieval thru 17th cent. hats, cloaks, sleeves, etc
- Threads Croquis "family" — Packet of human figures to use for costume design.
- Wrapping and Wearing the Great Kilt
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2008-05-05 ::
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