(It's eleven o'clock at night here, so have a bad mirror selfie for now and I'll get someone to take some real pictures tomorrow, and I'll make up for the lack of pictures by talking a lot)
The Challenge: Out of Your Comfort Zone
Fabric: 3 yards of a linen/cotton blend
Pattern: 2 giant rectangles, 4 medium-sized rectangles, and a waistband that I draped on myself
Year: 10th century-ish
Notions: Just thread!
How historically accurate is it? ehhh, not terribly accurate, mostly because of the fabric (fiber content, and color) and the shape of the waistband (and the fact that it is mostly machine stitched). I got a little boggled reading archaeological articles about fragments of fabric found in graves, so I just looked up pictures of SCA people wearing the style I wanted and then made it up as I went along. I'm not going to be too hard on myself though, since I am coming out of a period of depression (more on that below) and being too much a stickler for accuracy would probably kill my newfound sewing motivation.
Hours to complete: ~12 somewhat inefficient hours
First worn: not yet!
Total cost: free!
