My Plan

So, for the Artemisian Costuming Challenge, I am going to make a Turkish costume.  Technically, from the Seljuk Turks 1060-1327, c.e.  We'll see how much the original plan has changed in 6 months.

Slight edit - In the course of a couple of hours of online research, I have (of course) ;o) come across conflicting names for the various pieces.  So, until I am certain, I will use the English name.

My initial plan is thus:

1)  A shirt or a chemise - made from apprx 6 yrds of very fine, tan cotton that has been laying around the house for years pretending to be a sari


2)  A dress and a pair of pants along with a robe - the dress will be from the 6yrds of recycled cotton I have left over from the curtains I made for our travel trailer; pants will be the cherry linen I originally bought for the above mentioned curtains (the trailer didn't like that color) and robe will be black linen.  I will have to buy more of the black, however, as I only have a bit over a yard left. 


3)  A coat - the coat will be the heavy blue linen, that I bought last year, lined with the tan linen I bought to go with non-existent cherry curtains. 

4)  The accessory could be a head scarf; sash; purse or a pair of slippers -  I see that fabric-store.com has sheer linen on sale.  The might work for the scarf.  Other than that, I am not sure which accessory I will make.

I also plan on making trim - weaving and finger loop braiding comes to mind.  That will probably be where most of the $100 will go.  I have some thread already - tan and black to be woven for the kaftan, as well some gorgeous blue and burgundy to go on the black robe.  I will also need buttons of some sort and the usual supply of notions.

Here's a new little bit of insanity

The Artemisian Costuming Challenge

http://coteduciel.org/challenge.html


I am issuing a challenge dedicated to historical costumers everywhere: to create a complete man's, woman's or child's outfit of any social class from the skin out, including an accessory, in six months. That's less than one layer or accessory per month - you can do it! This challenge was developed from The Italian Renaissance Costuming Challenge with permission of Anabella Wake and The Realm of Venus.

The Details

You'll have from June 20 to December 31 to plan, buy for, cut, stitch, assemble, complete, and photograph for submission an outfit from the skin out. This will be made up as follows:

• Layer 1: The skin layer.  Create underclothes that someone from your selected time period would have worn. Examples include braises, drawers, smock, chemise, camacia, shift, gomlek, corsetry and so on.
• Layer 2: The main garment. Create the main garment from your selected time period. Examples include kirtle, gamurra, kosode & hakama, chausses, sarafan, bliaut, cotehardie, doublet, the toga and so on.
• Layer 3: The outer layer. Create a garment that would have been worn for warmth or formal occasions. Examples include ropa, saia, surcoat, jerkin, coat, peplos, kaftan, entari, a stola and so on.
• Layer 4: An accessory. This could be shoes, jewelry, a hat, stockings, a handkerchief, gloves, a suit of ruffs, an almoner’s purse, and so on.