#child garb

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Its armor and weapons or massive bling - there's no in between with this kid. She finally approves of the dress.

Tunic is linen from armstreet. Dress is made from bargain bin knit fabic with a fulled appearance to conceal the weave. Panel is cotton with brocaded trim, and beads are plastic so I won't regret if they break. Is it a bit overboard? Yeah, but if it gets her to play then cool beans. Now I need to make something for the wife to complete a full family outfit in norse theme. I look forward to being finished so we can maybe pay a visit to to the land of liripipes next

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Day 2, weekend 4 of Faire of Champions. The youngling came out to visit for Viking Invasion in her hangeroc/smokkr and skjoldehamn belt

Fatherhood is a silly place

[justgarb]

Work in progress: greco-roman chiton/tunica in pink linen/viscose. The babe has sensitive skin so I needed something super soft but breathable, wicking/fast drying in case it rains, and non-melty. Linen (natural fiber) and viscose/rayon (reconstituted cellulose) gave me what I need. I could have done cotton using an old bed sheet but she's very active and I don't want it to hold the sweat during her first real SCA event in a texas spring/summer. This will give her a second piece of garb in case she wants to do a second day or has an accident. Also: PINK

Im loving the fact that this is just two rectangles sewn together in 4 spots for structure

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Bargain fabric bin for the win! Two rectangles and two trianges (gores) sew together into:

A flared tube

Found a thread so closely matched that these whip stitches are near invisible. This will provide a stretch stitch on the rolled hem because this is a knit fabric, and will allow it to stretch with her as she grows. I've used a bias tape on the seams to provide a bit of structure. I have no idea how this is going to turn out as it's my first apron dress. YOLO etc.

Shoulder strap time. I've sewn the knit fabric onto cotton strips top inside) to prevent stretching/provide structure. I'm rolling the excess and securing it with a hidden stitch (bottom right)

And there it is: a threenager size hangerok/apron dress (brooches for effect), approx 22 inches from hem to hem not counting straps. Material cost is less than 10usd in fabric. Now to work on an apron panel for the front and maybe some beads.

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Not finished yet, but this is the current mock up of the younglings dress. There will be more green in the end. I do not like the beads - I like the idea of the beads, just not these beads in particular.