Finally back in Vienna after two great months in the states – I attended several SCA events like Gulf Wars and got to know many awesome people, many of them became good friends and very good friends… my friends, I miss you! :*
…let’s start with the dress project I started shortly before Gulf Wars – unfortunatelly I had no time to prewash the fabric and after washing it, it was too short for me…
…but I found a great new home for this dress in Florida and i hope Kahina will have a lot of fun wearing it 
For the very first time I made a slit neck and this kind of sleeves – I am very glad how it turned out.
left: slit neck detail inside look at the back – reinforced this part of the neck with some stitches to protect the fabric at this part and to add more strength…
right: slit neck detail – front
slit neck detail – back
sleeve detail
sleeve detail – inside out – lacing detail and how i attached the blue part of the sleeve inside to the upper arm
detail – sleeve
detail – sleeve – seam treatment… I used a Hexenstich/Herringbone stitch to lay down the inner seams of the red part and also of the blue part at the whole inner seams to be sure that the seam will also stay in place when moving of after washing…
detail – sleeve – seam treatment
detail – inside out – lacing
sleeve detail -inside out
sleeve detail -inside out – lacing and final seam treatment done by hand
detail – inside out – seam treatment – finishing stitches done by hand
detail – inside out – seam treatment – finishing stitches done by hand (btw. the seam at the bottom was sewn by machine)
I’m so glad you’re back! I missed your posts terribly, but I’m glad you had a good times Stateside. I love this dress, it’s beautiful! You’ve inspired me to make a 12th c. dress of my very own (because I didn’t have enough to do!)
I am glad that I was able to inspire you
Lovely. Well Done.
Thank you
…you are so FANTASTIC!
for any things that you do!
many compliments
Caterina
Thank you Caterina
Now I am very unhappy that I missed Gulf Wars! Interesting that you were photographed with Ebby and Ulstead.
I am interested in the pattern you used for your dress. Can you share?
Katrine
Well, I actually have no “pattern” for my dress – I create it every time new again – it’s based on the geometric pattern system many people use for 12th century dresses…
Welcome back, racaire!
Another wonderful dress… youre patience must be endless …
I’ve never seen such a special sleeve detail as shown above… is it a kind of lacing inside to fix the whole sleeve on the body? Is there a historical pattern for this thingy? I would really like to know how its made or have a look at the pattern…
Hi Claudia
Thank you, it’s just a side lacing…
Sorry, I don’t know about a historical pattern for this thingy