Tunic Seam - Printable Version

Tunic Seam - Printable Version

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Tunic Seam - Winter - 10-19-2017

At the advice of Crispvs, I am posting this here for feedback on the sewing technique for my tunic.

I used some scrap cloth and different colored thread to practice and make sure I am reading the instructions from the Legio XX handbook correctly. I started with right sides together and used a running stitch to sew the seam.

Then I pressed the seam open and rolled the raw edge under and secured with a whip-stitch.

[Inside]

[Outside]

Obviously, this will look better with matching thread. My questions is, do I have this right to hand sew my tunic?

RE: Tunic Seam - Crispvs - 11-06-2017

As I think I may have said before, I am not really qualified to comment on Roman seams. However, there are people here that are. The people I would probably go to first would be Claire Marshall (who posts here as 'Cheyenne') or Martin Moser.

RE: Tunic Seam - Flavivs Aetivs - 11-06-2017

Graham Sumner's book covers this, he would know.

RE: Tunic Seam - Winter - 11-06-2017

(11-06-2017, 04:29 PM)Crispvs Wrote: As I think I may have said before, I am not really qualified to comment on Roman seams. However, there are people here that are. The people I would probably go to first would be Claire Marshall (who posts here as 'Cheyenne') or Martin Moser.

Thank you Crispvs. I just want to make sure I'm getting the stitching right. Even if nobody will see it!

RE: Tunic Seam - Hocfutue - 01-31-2018

Looks like solid stitching to me. Nice work.
From what I’ve read, a running stitch and whipstitch are both period correct.

Matching thread isn’t required, either.