Medieval Milliner

Headdress, Clothing and everyday life from the Early to the Late Middle Ages

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

15th Century hats and capulets

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Recently a friend was sewing some new later period 15th Century Italian dresses for herself and her daughter and I offered to make them pr...
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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Finding a Medieval pot or cauldron

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Because of my love for all things Medieval, I recently starting looking into cook wear.  I have been playing around with clay and made a...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Medieval open fire cooking

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     This past fall we did a couple of outdoor demonstrations at various locations.  I decided that I was going to do some open fire c...
Sunday, January 27, 2013

New medieval clay bread oven

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Earlier this year, I made medieval clay bread oven and unfortunately after much use it met it's demise.  It was fired up, very hot and r...

Viking hat (Birka cap)

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Recently I worked on a Viking cap or a 4 panel Birka cap for a friend .  I wish I would have taken more pictures but I have a few below.  Th...
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Butter in the fall

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This past fall we attended a demo at a Historical Hotel in Conneaut, Pa.  Every year thousands of people come the their fall festival which ...
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Ilish O’Donovan a daughter of an Irish mother and English father, lives in 14th/15th Century Ireland, is a milliner and is married to a German Knight. She cares for her two daughters, Elizabeth and Isabelle and teaches them sewing, baking and other life skills. Ilish not only enjoys making clothing and headdresses, she makes wool felt, pottery, is leaning to bake in a clay oven and butter and cheese making.
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