Sewing Tutorials

These are some useful how-to pages for techniques appropriate to sewing clothing in the SCA period.

Cartridge pleats

• From the Elizabethan Costume site
• From the Renaissance Tailor site
• From the Extreme Costuming site

Eyelets

• From the Renaissance Tailor site
• From the Medieval Tailor site
• From the Curious Frau site
• From the Costly Thy Habit site

Elizabethan seam

• From the Extreme Costuming site

Period pleats -- knife, box, rolled

• From the Elizabethan Costume site

Thread-wrapped buttons

• From the Renaissance Tailor site

Spiral lacing

• From the Festive Attyre site

Tying Elizabethan bows

• From the Florentine Persona site
• From the Elizabethan Costume site