Vanessa Agnes Nessayem ([info]vanagnessayem) wrote,
2009-07-08 14:24:00
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Coif progress...

I cut the pattern out, basted the gathers with a double row of running stitches, and pin-basted the centre seam together to see how it looked. Ack! Way to huge! So I pinned it down to a better size.



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This is the altered pattern. I ended up wishing I had taken the back in a bit too. I am sure I will do this again eventually.

This is my tiny stitching with very fine 2 ply silk thread. I did a turned hem on the back seam edges.

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Then I sewed each side of the coif to the band with a double running stitch in very fine silk thread.

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Looks like a nice shape.

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Sewed the gathers in properly and trimmed it up even.

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Folded over and sewed the band down to hide the unfinished edges on the seam allowance. Then I basted the back centre seam to a peice of paper so I could do the interlaced herringbone embroidery with less trouble. I think I should have basted it to a peice of graph paper as that would have helped me keep things very even. I wasn't going to count the tiny threads for each stitch. Ack no.

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Here is the double herringbone done with a thicker silk thread. I did it wrong the first few tries. I pulled about 8 inches of stitching in total with all my tries. Sigh!

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[info]spiceandsugar

July 8 2009, 22:50:11 UTC 2 years ago

wow

[info]vanagnessayem

July 8 2009, 23:18:32 UTC 2 years ago

It is so pretty now that I have the complicated embroidery started. I will post pictures soon!

[info]myss_mynx

July 8 2009, 22:53:06 UTC 2 years ago

I really like how the herringbone lacing looks. I also envy your tiny little stitches ...I need more handsewing practice :)

[info]vanagnessayem

July 8 2009, 23:17:53 UTC 2 years ago

You should see the interlacing going on in the herringbone now that I have started it. Fancy lacey looking thing... interlaced double herringbone. Schmancy. Then I just have to embroider the band and be done!

[info]myss_mynx

July 8 2009, 23:21:31 UTC 2 years ago

Jeebus murphey, that's going to be awesome ...can't wait to see it!

[info]vanagnessayem

July 8 2009, 23:30:44 UTC 2 years ago

I think it is funny that I will have to stuff a false braid in it to fill it out. My hair is tiny now!

[info]myss_mynx

July 8 2009, 23:48:49 UTC 2 years ago

Yeah, I've got the same problem with my coif...nothing to attach it to! Was thinking about getting/making extensions that I can clip into my own hair for events, just so things sit properly.

[info]spiceandsugar

July 8 2009, 23:56:08 UTC 2 years ago

this is the only coif style I've seen that would contain my mop!

[info]aliskye

July 8 2009, 23:20:21 UTC 2 years ago

That looks so cool!

[info]flatwater

July 9 2009, 00:11:55 UTC 2 years ago

It is looking very nice. Linen is such a pretty fabric.

[info]ekatarina

July 9 2009, 01:55:10 UTC 2 years ago

Fabu!

Katja

[info]countess_e

July 9 2009, 02:14:43 UTC 2 years ago

This is sincerely adorable, and your workmanship is as usual pretty amazing. I don't know this design; when/where is it from?

[info]vanagnessayem

July 9 2009, 15:26:24 UTC 2 years ago

St.Birgitta's coif.

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~Marc-Carlson/cloth/birgcoif.html
http://windwraith.blogspot.com/2008/08/cap-of-st-birgitta.html
http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/embroidery/Scandinavian.pdf
http://m-silkwork.blogspot.com/2008/08/cap-of-st-birgitta-reconstructions.html

There also seems to be an article in the Medieval Clothing and Textiles v. 4 book.

:)

Anonymous

April 12 2010, 22:00:27 UTC 2 years ago

Re: St.Birgitta's coif.

hi! I love your cap!!! Hope my try will be just slightly as nice as yours! Just a question: the herringbone stitch, have you any kind of tutorial? Especially for the more complicated version of that stitch???

Thanks!
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