In her shift and linen stockings |
The kirtle worn without sleeves |
With sleeves and a linen cap with lace edge |
Another picture of the bodice and cap |
In the first picture Maja is wearing a linen shift, made with rectangular construction, without shoulder seams and with a gore in each side. It closes at the neck with a tied ribbon. The hose are also from linen
and cut on the bias. They are made from two pieces, one leg piece that wraps around the back part of the sole, and a foot piece that wraps around the foot and is senw together under the foot, just like the leg piece.
This gives a seam under the foot, but I have used that pattern myself without discomfort from said seam. The stockings are just tied around the knee for the photo, but will later be tied to loops on the "panties" that keep her cloth diaper in place.
As soon as I have sewn ribbon loops on them.
The kirtle is based on the very famous Holbein portrait of his family and is made from thin 100% wool tabby. The bodice is lined with linen twill and there is also
an 8 cm deep facing at the hem of the same linen twill. There is also a tuck just above the facing, to make the dress shorter but with the possibility to let it down as
she grows. It closes with hooks and eyes.
The sleeves are unlined and are tied to the kirtle with ribbons that are thread through two metal eyes on the inside of the shoulder straps.
On her head she's wearing a coif made after the description and pattern on the Elizabethan Costuming Page. It is made from thin linen with a woven pattern
(which can be seen clearly if you click on the pictures) and a lace edge. It is lightly starched beacuse that linen really is soft and flimsy.
With her red wool coat |
The coat from the front |
And from the back |
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