Juggling life, liberty and happiness

I'm in the middle of pulling together the pictures to teach a class on Saturday, and of course I'd find something that I wasn't looking for. {Very big grin}

In this drawing of Caspar Strum by Durer, 1520, Caspar is wearing what looks to be a square necked rock (we only have his head and shoulders to go by), but Durer has captured the small detail of the thread marks that come through the garment when the fastener was sewn onto the garment. Look closely at the right hand corner of the neckline square, also check out the cool detail of the point that fastens his shirt.

By the stitch marks, I'm guessing that its an alternating hook and bar closure.

Of course his Burgher style Schlappe is way cool too!

In an earlier post I posted a large bunch of research pictures for leibrock, paltrock and wappenrock.

I finally got Henry to hold still long enough to try on his new little paltrock (pleated rock) today so I could get the placement for the hooks and eyes. I wasn't expecting that his tummy would have gotten bigger since I did the fitting on him, guess I'll unpick the front seam and add in a new panel to the skirt.

The skirt itself is a full circle, but knife pleated. I took the waist measurement x 3 and used that to create the circle for the skirt. The resulting circle was quite large, so I sectioned it into 8ths, which made it a lot more efficient to cut out of the fabric. The skirt itself was made out one yard and the rest out of scraps from a commission I had from a couple of years ago. Baby clothes are so small you can make them out of scraps that you wouldn't be able to use otherwise.

Taking pictures of Henry is a bit of a challenge, since he doesn't know the concept of standing still while I back up to take a picture. So we ended up playing a game of chase, I'd back up real fast and snap a picture quickly while he toddled to come get me.

Once I get the new panel sewn in, I'll get the skirt wet and pull the pleats in the skirt down to set them in the body of the skirt.
( Cute pictures behind the cut )