Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Progress report

Here are two picures of the second thorsbjerg style trousers I made for my son. The fabric is wool dyed with walnuthusk and linend with linnen.


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The simple birka style wool overtunic is dyed with madder, the hedeby style wool suspended dress is dyed with unionskins and complety handsewn with silk thread.




I've already sewn a tabletwoven band to my suspended dress but I am still unsure wheter or not to sew this tabletwoven band to my tunic.



Is this color scheme subtle ton-sur-ton or too subtle?
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous27 May 2009 at 15:47

    Hé Es

    Go for the trim. I love it. What pattern do you use for your underdress?

    Harma

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  2. Marije29 May 2009 at 13:04

    Hi Harma,

    Thanks, everyone says go for it. So I will probably sew it on when we are there. It's sure warm enough, so I can do without my overdress ;-). My underdress is the same pattern as the overdress, a simple birka style.

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  3. Cathy Raymond4 June 2009 at 07:26

    If the trim and the dress weren't both red, I might think it was too subtle. But red was a favored color in period, so I think red on red is just fine.

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  4. Marije6 June 2009 at 20:41

    Hi Cathryn,

    After a lot of internal debate and a lot of go for it's by my friends I finally decided to do it.
    Unfortunately I didn't get to wear it this event, it was way to hot. So you have for a picture untill August. :-(

    BTW Red is my favorite color too!

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