This was my first attempt at bias cut 16th Century stockings, although I had wanted to try my hand at making them for quite some time. Like my first pair of cloth hosen, they were much easier than I had expected that I feel rather silly for not attempting them earlier. I based my pattern off of several extant examples depicted in Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 4. I draped my pattern for them directly on my husband's leg using muslin. I made up a muslin mock up to tweak the fit slightly before making these final linen ones. The stockings came out very nicely and I hope soon to have pictures of my husband actually wearing them. :) They are machine sewn with no visible machine stitching. I have plans to make fully handsewn hosen for both of us soon and I'm planning on embroidering the clocks for mine. A more in depth article covering my research and construction techniques can be found at Foundations Revealed.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 July 2010 11:04 )
Grey Wool Hosen
Written by Alison Kannon
Saturday, 13 February 2010 09:08
This is a pair of bias cut fulled wool hosen that I made for my husband for Ymir 2010. Since it was supposed to be extremely cold I wanted to make sure he had something warm to wear. I made these using the same patten that I used for his linen hosen and they fit wonderfully. Next time though I will take my pictures in the morning before he has had a chance to nap so that the fit is more noticable. They are machine sewn with no visible machine stitching. I still have plans to make fully handsewn hosen for both of us but those have been moved further down the priority list.
Bias Cut Hosen
Written by Alison Kannon
Sunday, 08 March 2009 17:56
I made two pair of bias cut linen hosen (chausses) for my husband in March 2009 for his trip to Gulf Wars. This was my first attempt at bias cut hosen, although I had wanted to try my hand at making them for years. They were so much easier than I had expected that I feel rather silly for not attempting them earlier. I draped a pattern for them directly on my husband's leg using muslin. I made up the first pair and tweaked the fit slightly for the second pair. Both came out very nicely and I hope soon to have pictures of my husband actually wearing them. :) They are machine sewn with no visible machine stitching. I have plans to make fully handsewn hosen for both of us this fall/winter.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 03 January 2010 17:36 )
A Burgundy Wool Jacket
Written by Alison Kannon
Sunday, 08 March 2009 17:39
I finished this jacket in March 2009. It was intended as a proof of concept for my embroidered jacket project so that I could check the fit of my pattern. Sadly the wool is a little wrinkled in these pictures. I was just so excited to have finished it that I went a head and took pictures anyway. :) The jacket is made of burgundy wool flanel an lined in pink silk. The wool layer was hand sewn to test a few sewing techniques I wanted to try out and the whole jacket is complettely hand finished. It is pinned closed in these pictures while I try to make up my mind as to whether I want to add ties or hooks and eyes. For more pictures of this project please see my gallery.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 03 January 2010 17:37 )
Black Linen Doublet and Red Trunkhose
Written by Alison Kannon
Thursday, 19 June 2008 09:25
I made this suit in June of 2008. I wanted a sleeved doublet that was light weight enough to fence in and a new pair of red linen trunkhose to replace a much beloved pair that was on it's last legs. The suit is fully made of medium weight linen and while machine sewn only hand stiches are visible. The trunkhose are cartridge pleated into the waist band as was done on the original 16th Century garment these are based on. However, in retrospect I probably should have cut the waist of the double slightly differently to accomodate for this because the cartridge pleats always seem to make it sit funny. Next time I will make that adjustment.
This is a pair of bias cut fulled wool hosen that I made for my husband for Ymir 2010. Since it was supposed to be extremely cold I wanted to make sure he had something warm to wear. I made these using the same patten that I used for his linen hosen and they fit wonderfully. Next time though I will take my pictures in the morning before he has had a chance to nap so that the fit is more noticable. They are machine sewn with no visible machine stitching. I still have plans to make fully handsewn hosen for both of us but those have been moved further down the priority list.
I finished this jacket in March 2009. It was intended as a proof of concept for my 
I made this suit in June of 2008. I wanted a sleeved doublet that was light weight enough to fence in and a new pair of red linen trunkhose to replace a much beloved pair that was on it's last legs. The suit is fully made of medium weight linen and while machine sewn only hand stiches are visible. The trunkhose are cartridge pleated into the waist band as was done on the original 16th Century garment these are based on. However, in retrospect I probably should have cut the waist of the double slightly differently to accomodate for this because the cartridge pleats always seem to make it sit funny. Next time I will make that adjustment.