Making a Medieval Smock (FREE SEWING PATTERN) 1350 AD - 1450 AD. Medieval Reenactment
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- Опубліковано 7 тра 2024
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Medieval Smock Sources
Source: (1)
Wenceslaus Bible: Female bath
attendants washing King
Wenceslas.
Dated 1389 CE/AD
Unknown Author.
(Public Domain)
commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/...
Source (2)
"Detail of a miniature of the torture of Epicharis. Image taken from f. 109 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French."
Dated 1440 CE/AD
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio - Epicharis from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 109, illuminated manuscript
Source: British Library
from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 109, illuminated manuscript
(Public Domain)
europeana.eu/
Source: (3)
Lengberg Castle, East-Tyrol: 15th century linen “bra”. Dated to the 1400s CE/AD
Uncovered in 2008 during renovations to Lengberg Castle, Austria.
Credit: (Photo: © Institute for Archaeologies)
Link
www.uibk.ac.at/archaeologien/...
Source: (4)
Nuremberg bath house Attendant
Dates to the 16th Century. Circa.1585 CE
The British Library
www.britishmuseum.org/collect...
Source: (5)
‘The coronation of the winner mosaic’
Villa Romana Del Casale, piazza Armerina, Sicile
Image in the Public Domain. Wikipedia Commons
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa...
Source: (6)
Female Potter wearing a bust supporting garment.
From a 15th century card deck commissioned by Ladislaus, the posthumous king of Hungary and Bohemia and Duke of Austria
Dated c.1455 CE
Image rights:
Vienna Art History Museum, Kunstkammer
www.khm.at/de/object/91112/
Source: (7)
"Textiles And Clothing 1150 - 1450
Medieval Finds From Excavations in London." Elisabeth Crowfoot, Frances Pritchard, Kay Staniland.
Boydell Press in association with Museum of London.
2011
Source: (8)
“Medieval Garments Reconstructed
Norse Clothing Patterns”.
Lilli Fransen, Nørgaard, Else Østergård.
Aarhus University Press
2022 - Навчання та стиль
I GET IT THE MUSIC IS TOO LOUD 😂
I'm deaf and new to video editing I'm doing my best. You can stop telling me now lol
Thanks for people pointing out Audio issues. I'm Hard of hearing and I can't tell, so sorry about that! I am working on typing out accurate subtitles so if you turn them on you should be able to follow along easier.
Hi Zoe ,I've just stumbled over your fantastic fantastic channel ,I so excited. QUALITY informative garment guidance and hand stitching,love it . Oh yes, saw your message about music stuff ,yes your captions are working fine. Keep up this inspirational work ,thankyou so much for your time.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🥰 @judepicton6252
They could just turn on the dang captions
@@lauralake7430, I agree. I did not think the music was too loud. Seems to be some bots out there about the music being too loud in videos. Those folks can use the caption feature or adjust the sound settings on their devices’ equalizers.
"Over the shoulder boulder holder"! It has been years since I've heard that. Thanks.
Beautiful tiny hand stitching bravo. You have such patience. ❤
Thank you! I find it very relaxing
The pictures of your living space are so cozy! Thank you for this lovely video
Thank you so much! Glad you like them 🥰
Thanks for people pointing out Audio issues. I'm Hard of hearing and I can't tell, so sorry about that! I am working on typing out accurate subtitles so if you turn them on you should be able to follow along easier.
It seems there are 2 definitions of smock. You sewed a beautiful undergarment. (Smock) The one I'm familiar with was used by herdsmen and farmers. It is an outer garment with long, cuffed sleeves. The front yoke was smocked. Sometimes the back yoke also. The length was to the bottom of the hip. Like the fishermen's sweaters, it served as a protection for clothing and I'm sure it took a lot of hours to make.
Lovely hand sewing!
Thank you
Hi blessings. I do very much appreciate you showing how the gusset fits under the arm. I agree about fitting curves, gathering and/or small tucks work wonders. Good work👍👍
I absolutely loved your comments about the use of curved seams in medieval times. Humans are creative. Of course we would improve upon standard construction to custom fit to our individual need.
Chestically challenged!😊 Very inspiring, thankyou.
You're so welcome!
Brilliant! Well done that woman!
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing your process!
My pleasure!
Lovely video, thank you.
I have long suspected that despite being right handed I sew left handed and this has confirmed it, but I won't be changing how I sew.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
"There were no curved seams to conserve fabric" is also untrue in a second sense. The German Archeological Institute has a documentary on the very earliest trousers found. The trousers are not made of right angle seams--but they also have no raw edges. Every piece was woven into the shape it needed to be, to the size it needed to be, conserving as much material as possible.
It takes way more time, and time is very valuable if you're mainly working by daylight. In comparison, linen can be spun from hemp, which is one of the cheapest and easiest plants to grow and process. In comparison, doing a quick linen weave and sacrificing a few small scraps as well as the time to finish your seams and swear at bias cuts is the more economical option.
That's so cool!
Please continue making videos. Informative and entertaining. Brilliant!
Mostly the Viking garments were straight seamed. But that is (in Denmark) a very well regulated time period ending on October 14 1066… after that, you do indeed see curves in clothing, especially on women’s bodies in Northern Europe. All fashion that started in Italy some centuries before, naturally. ❤
Awesome!
That came out great.
Thabk you
Tiny scraps were also good for baby clothes, and who is to say that little children werent taught to sew by piecing little pieces together? None of that is left for is to look at. Its how I was taught to hand sew, being given little bits to sew together. Just a thought.
Oh definitely! I remember being taught to sew dresses using an old pillowcase when I was learning. Given how time consuming it is to weave fabric no way they were letting kids loose on the good stuff 🤣🥰
I love the video especially that time period, so to get an insight into the clothing was a plus…especially bra’s, who knew! Btw, love the music choice. Looking forward to more. ❤
Have you tried feeding the needle from the back of the fabric to the front (towards you)? It would be less likely to stab your finger!
I sew both ways and don't often stick myself, but thanks for sharing with the comments. Should help someone
Lovely
Nice!
Just as a tip: for me personally the music was quite loud and it was hard to understand your explanations
Thanks for the feedback! I'm hard of hearing so I find the audio balancing a bit difficult so it's nice to know for next time. I'm working on getting accurate English subtitles typed out so if you come back to the video in a few days that should hopefully help?
I find it interesting that you stitch away from your body. I've always sewn toward my body.
I sew both ways depending which is more comfortable, but I prefer to sew away from myself if i need to get accurate tension on a stitch. It was common practice to pin your work to a cushion in your lap and sew away from yourself when hand sewing, especially in the 18th century. You see it a lot in illustrations of tailors especially but also dressmakers. 🥰
I thought a smock was a garment preferably a top to stop your outerwear from getting grubby. This looks a bit like a dress.
Both are true! The garment you're thinking of was commonly worn by agricultural workers a few centuries after this reconstruction is based off, from I believe the late 1600s. It was made popular with artists too by around the late 1700s and you can see dresses inspired by the beautiful smocked detail (fabric gathered with stitches) in victoruan dresses, especially those made by Liberty of London in the 1890s.
A Medieval smock is the garment you wear next to your skin to protect your outer garments from sweat and body odor, and to keep the wearer comfortable in a time when most outer garments for the general population, even in the summer were made of wool which isn't always ideal next to the skin. It is basically an under dresses.
They were traditionally made of white linen which can be washed regularly, sun bleached and withstands more laundering than the outer garments of wool or if you're fancy, something like silk.
In later centuries, the smock is known by other names such as shift, chemise, chemisette, under dress, (sometimes a petticoat or bodiced petticoat), or in the 20th century as a slip.
I think about how much work people had to do on a daily basis and often wonder how they managed to take on these really long projects. Sewing this took you a month, and I'd throw in a few extra days because some people would take longer than others to do the same task. So I wonder if they used a simpler stitching technique, using larger stitches or longer needles, etc, to make a strong garment while also reducing the time it takes to make items like this. Is it possible they made items by cutting a larger amount of fabric or weaving it in such a shape that cuts down on the amount of sewing? Or was it just because of the amount of work, the skill for many tasks were done faster because they were done more often?
I wonder if people were just better at sewing, because they started at such a young age? And they worked at sewing constantly, whenever they sat down, watching animals, children, resting, etc?
Certainly the case. I sew by hand very quickly, especially since doing that project. The first few seams took ages, but by the time I got into the swing of things, it went quite a lot faster. The technique of running backstitch and not removing your needle from the fabric for every stitch makes it go faster. I'm working on a hand sewing techniques video which should give more detail later this year at some point. Or i really recommend Bernadette Banner's sewing technique book. 🥰
Definitely depended on the garment. I've come across some garments in my research that are clearly making use of the selvege (woven) edges of the fabric and using the whole width of the fabric. Especially lower status clothing. The medieval sewing needles I've seen in museums tend to be shorter and a little thicker than the sewing needles we use today on average, but they did make some incredibly fine sewing needles and pins for thinks like hight status embroidery pieces. The stitch lengths used varies garment by garment due to the handsewn nature or their manufacturer. The running backstitch is just a running stitch with a back stitch used every few stitches and it can be done fast with practice which sped up the construction of long seams. I recommend the book Medieval Garments Reconstructed as it goes into detail about stitch length, the size of thread, how close the fabric is woven etc. Fascinating read. The Museum of London Publication about Medieval textiles in london also has some great information.
Sewing was social work for all women of the house.
Honey, where is your thimble?
I sew every day for hours a day as my job, and I have calouses on my hands and fingers that do the job of a thimble right enough. I use a leather thimble when sewing canvas, etc, but I dislike them for this sort of work. Plus, it's just another thing to lose when sewing on the go.
I also have some issues with finger dexterity due to my Disability and generally dislike them for certain tasks.
So my thimble is usually in my sewing box, and I like it better that way.
Music covers voice
The music is most distracting throughout the whole video, making the audio hard to hear.
I liked the music and found that in the beginning it was a bit loud, tho once into the video it didn’t seem so much. 🙂
If you are deaf then just don’t add music background if you don’t know how loud it is or not; because it’s harmful to the ears for people who have good hearing.
How about you don't be rude about it eh? Use the subtitles or better yet if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all.
Ok! Sorry!!! 💜❤️🧡 👗
When you walk with your lord, would he/she want you to lack patience with people who are sharing their skill and art?
Of course! 😇