Historical Costuming for Children

Over the years, this community has been an incredible place. I've found friends, researched all the things, archived treasures.
But it is time to move on. I'll be shutting down my accounts soon.

If anyone is still active enough here, that they would like to step up as moderator/maintainer for the list. Please let me know!

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115594/tunic-unknown/

beautiful piece from the V & A

if anyone is still out there, we could relocate to Pinterest or Facebook?

I miss LJ's heyday, but social media moves on.

Hello all!

I'm afraid I've been a bad bad moderator. Life, full time work, etc, all eating my journaling time.

I found this today tho!

tunic with a hood! for a child!

http://awalimofstormhold.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/hoodedchildtunic5or6thcent.jpg

http://artboom.info/painting/painting-classics/painting-classics-pieter-bruegel-the-elder.html/attachment/1565-pieter-bruegel-the-elder-the-gloomy-day-beginning-of-spring-detail

wonderful detail!

After making do and using hand-me-downs far too long, the Horde all grew enough that some new bits HAD (and still have) to be made!

6yr old girl got a heavy (very soft antique) linen cotte, and a jacquard sideless. 14yr old boy got black linen hosen. Both patterns need some perfecting and the sewing skills definitely need the rust shaken off, but all in all, not a bad outting! Of course, I forgot my camera for 12th Night, so pics will have to wait for the next event.

Next a boy cotte and then on to trouble shooting the patterns, and undergarments for all.

Hope all your holidays were spectacular and best of the New Year to all.

I'll be reading this, if I survive the holiday madness!
http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/10/beyond-fragments-and-shards-children-in-medieval-bergen/

anyone still around?
all the children all grown up??
;)
I just ran into something cool to share...

http://medievalwares.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=sole

It occurs to me I never posted about the garb I made for him when he was smaller.

Here is what it looked like in the end, him and I together:


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The doublet and hose did still fit, as my son is a slim little fellow.



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While looking for inspiration to start sizing up one of my teens Swiss/German kits... I found this...

http://edythmiller.blogspot.com/2012/03/karas-housebook-complete.html

if the link doesn't drop you right there, look for March 4th 2012