I finally finished my big Norse clothing project, with the completion of this green wool tunic dress. The fabric is a lightweight (6oz) plain weave wool; the blue trim at the neck and sleeve cuffs is silk from sari scraps bought from Etsy; the entire thing is hand sewn with silk thread.
I backstitched all the seams with the tiniest stitches I could manage, including on these side gores.
Armpit gussets which I didn’t mitre for some reason? I don’t know why I did this thing with the corner squares, but it’s done and that’s that. I hate armpit gussets SO MUCH, but I LOVE flat-felling seams. Is that weird?
This dress is meant to go underneath the blue diamond wool smokkr that I posted about in May. The entire outfit is all hand stitched and as historically accurate as I could make it with the knowledge that I currently possess. This whole outfit will go into Kingdom Arts & Sciences in September…as soon as I finish writing my documentation!
Here’s a sneak preview of the entire outfit:
Tada!
I started a “side quest” project while I was waiting for the blue silk to come in the mail. Then I had to stop THAT project and wait for the mail, so I got a couple of other little things done in the meantime. Show you soon!
