Diary of a pouch.
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Festival: I wanted a more authentic looking pouch to
wear. I had done some research for the A&S Championship
pouch and had made a similar rectangular velvet pouch, with
tassels, for under my skirts.
Left: the pouch I made to wear outside my skirts. This is
similar to pouches seen below in Vecellio, Habitas
Orbitus Gentilium (plate 22), Patterns of
Fashion, and LACMA collection with an extant
example.
My pouch is based mainly on the Vos engraving from
Patterns of Fashion - more fitting to my time period
and easier to access in a hurry than the rectangular or
square pouches of the 14th & 15th C.
I ran a pouch workshop in Innilgard. HERE is a short rundown
on how to make this sort of pouch.
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My pouch as worn at Festival XXXVIII (please ignore the little light
blue one which was full of easter eggs)
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Under the skirts...
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Over the skirts......
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And inside the pouch is the purse.....
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This purse was made from velveteen
(my favourite – and you guessed it... more left
over stash material. It is amazing what you can make out
of those bits of scraps).
I bought a metal clasp from Spotlight (crafts section
near the beads etc) The purse was hand - stitched with
linen thread. I used beeswax to 'seal' all of the rough
edges on this one. I did not fancy having fraying
velveteen everywhere.
The lacing eyelets were hand bound in buttonhold
stitch. The cord was handmade, as was the tassels. These
are great skills to learn. You can buy your threads in
the colours you want and make your tassels and cords to
match.
I used purple and white, as these are my heraldic
colours.
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Bibliography:
LACMA website: http://www.lacma.org/
Arnold, Janet. Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unliock'd and Patterns
of Fashion
Vecellio, Cesare, Vecellio's Renaissance Costume Book, Dover
Publications,NY, 1977. ISBN: 0-486-23441-X
Crowfoot E, Pritchard F & Staniland K, Textiles and Clothing
1150-1450.
Weiditz, Authentic Everyday dress of the Renaissance,
(Trachtenbuch) Dover Publications NY. 1994. ISBN: 0-486-27975-8
Boissard, Jean Jacques, Habitus Variorum Orbis Gentium, 1581.
(this can be found on the web)
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