We’re being ambitious today, and attempting to recreate a summer working class kirtle from the June illumination from Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry – painted between 1412 and 1416. This is a fun handsewing project made from a cotton-linen blend, and is fantastic for medieval adventures in summer weather.
Materials used:
Cotton-Linen – 3 yards ~ fabric-fabric.com
Linen Thread 80/3 weight ~ burnleyandtrowbridge.com
Silk thread - devereyarns.co.uk
Cotton Crochet Thread ~ hobbylobby.com
Morgan Donner Kirtle Tutorial: https://youtu.be/yED06QFK2Q4
Morgan Donner Fingerloop Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GQpEcGfv-rY
Image used: https://www.digitalmedievalist.com/2017/06/01/tres-riches-heures-page-for-june/
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Music from Epidemic Sound:
The Kings Carpet – Deskant
The Goths – Bonnie Grace
A Celtic Blessing – Bonnie Grace
Tudor – Bonnie Grace
Knight’s Templar – Adriel Fair
The Norman Kings – Bonnie Grace
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Chapters:
00:00 Project Intro - background on the inspiration
00:57 Drafting the kirtle - doing the scary thing
03:25 Construction begins - cutting out the pieces
05:03 Stitching - seams, gores, and felling
08:24 Stitching part 2 - front facing for security
10:57 The Eyelet Saga - marking & sewing 27 eyelets (plus a little roadtrip)
13:35 Lacing - research & braiding
14:53 Sleeves - not quite so scary after all
16:53 Hemming - trimming and felling
17:47 Sleeves part 2 - the actual assembly
18:59 Reveal & Wrap-up - the shiny thing is complete, yay!