I have published a very short tutorial with a basic medieval open hood pattern, instructions on how to customize the pattern, and ideas for simple pattern variations. Using that pattern you should be able to make a hood that fits like the open hood I made for myself.
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I wore the open red hood I hand stitched and embroidered to Collegium Caidis, and before we left on the second day I took some photos of myself wearing it. They have been added to my portfolio, and are also posted here for your convenience if you were wondering exactly how it looked on an actual human being.
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I have posted six new tutorials on hand sewing. Â The majority of the content I wrote about four months ago for a worskhop handout, and I am very happy to finally have it converted to tutorial format on my web site. Hand Sewing Tutorials New menu page for tutorials on hand sewing. Medieval Hand Stitching
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The red linen open hood is made from 100% linen fabric, with a linen embroidered scrolling vine pattern, mostly in chain stitch, and it is entirely hand stitched with linen thread. The main seam down the center of the hood is embroidered with fishbone stitch, also using linen thread.
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This is the project I started over the weekend of Pentathlon. I like to always have some sort of portable project going, so I have something to work on when I would otherwise be sitting around, as I like to keep my hands busy. The driving force behind making it is to help avoid sunburn.
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This is the finished embroidered scissor case, so I will have something pretty to hold my embroidery snips when I’m at events. It is embroidered with perle cotton and six-strand DMC cotton floss, on a cotton canvas base.  Embroidery stitches used are stem stitch, wrapped stem stitch, chain stitch, Bayous Tapestry style couching, and padded satin
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The Elizabethan Blackwork Embroidered Forehead Cloth is finished, and has been given its own permanent page on my web site.  To view all the research, detailed photos, thoughts, and inspiration, please either visit my documentation article or the project tag. Tag Archives: project-blackwork-forehead-cloth will take you to a continuous blogroll that starts with the documentation article
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The forehead cloth is almost done. Â Using linen thread I hand stitched a narrow whip stitch hem around all the edges of the cloth, and then am sewing the straps using a whip stitch over the folded edge. Â Once they are both done I will sew them to the forehead cloth and it will be
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Hand sewn Viking baby booties, with wool felt outer and linen interior. Free pattern is available to download.
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This is an entirely hand stitched 14th or 15th Century Gates of Hell Sideless Surcoat, made out of heavy weight upholstery fabric for reenactment.
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