Italian thoughts & 2 months of Crafting Time

Looking at my SCA calendar, it looks like I have no Event related deadlines until November! That means I can retreat to my craft lair--or pit of despair depending on how messy it is :)


I have a wool middle class Elizabethan that was cut out last winter. But then the summer came with award scrolls, the Great Pennsic Royal Garb Project, gift basket projects, and other things that took more priority. When I start putting the Burgandy 'Bethan together, (shortly I hope) I will show you my progress.


I have also been knocking around the idea of doing some sort of Flemish or Italian peaseant-esque kitchen dress. I will be co feast-o-crat for the first time for 12th night, and it could be something I can wear. I have the linen for a nice Flemish stocked, but I actually dont think I would like the chance getting that stained.


So I will turn to my fabric stash, and see what mystery fabric is really there (But that means I hafta clean the attic, WAH!) to see if there is someting suitable for a different garb experiment.

I think i want to try an Italian. The paintings of Vincenzo Campi were the first place i started, but I am not sure I really want that late of a style. For some reason, I think the ruffled blouse seems to fussy, and the dresses have too many doo-dads and poofs to be good in the kitchen. See:
http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/wkclass/portfolio.html

I think I want something a bit sleeker. So I found this very interesting set of pictures from the same site, but from about 100 years earlier, around 1475.

A. http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/earlyflor/3flor16.html
B. http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/earlyflor/3flor17.html

C. http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/earlyflor/3flor15.html

I kind of like the chemise peeking out of the sleeve gaps. I think I would go with a cap and side lacing like in picture A.

But what about the chemise? I will have to do some more research on it because this set of instructions

http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/chemise.html

http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/diary/diary3.html
seems to be for a later period-more poofier chemise-and not the slim fitting ones shown in the pictures above.