Early 14th that turned into 15th Century Kirtle

[centuriessewing]

Family medical things have kept me from sewing but I’ve managed to work a little bit on this, here are some work in progress photos.

It still needs some work. The shoulders need to come up about 1/2 an inch to an inch, armscye needs to get cut down, sleeves reset after that, eyelets, hem evened and bound, small wedge added to the side seams to give me enough room in the bust, neckline needs to be wider and come down more.

Early kirtle front view.

Early kirtle side view.

Giant skirt of doom!

Back view with canvas tacking still in place.

Originally published at Centuries Sewing: Historical Costumes and Clothing. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[my-stitching.livejournal.com]

Looks good!

[centuriessewing.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Totally unrelated to sewing I finally found information on some of the stuff in St. Augustine.

http://www.drakesraid.com/

Photos from this years Drake's Raid
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151778951371844.1073741837.521896843&type=1

Replica of a 16th century galleon currently in port till June 23th I think, I won't be able to get up there unfortunately.
http://www.vivaflorida.org/About-Viva-Florida/Viva-Florida-500-Galeon-Voyage

[my-stitching.livejournal.com]

Cool! A friend mentioned that in (I think) 2015 it is the 450th anniversary is the founding of St. Augustine. Sounds like a fun time to go!