late roman equipment

[tlclark]

From a re-enacting perspective how do people deal with sewing.

I put an inter-facing on my neckline, which seemed absolutely necessary to make it lay right.

Oh heck. Here's a pic.

http://astro.temple.edu/~tlclark/pictures/tunic1.jpg

http://astro.temple.edu/~tlclark/pictures/tunic2.jpg

It's medium weight linen and slightly bell-shaped like some depictions. It's all rolled edge seams with an overhand whip stitch - hand sewn

The sleeves originally were much tighter.

The cuffs/clavi/segmentae are being added separately and are not yet attached.

As you can see it's quite narrow because I am going for a 6th -7th C. impression and the clothes get increasingly more tailored by the Byzantine period.

this second pic is inside out so you can see the interfacing.

I tried it without it and it was just impossible to get it to lay flat or right.

This is an old costumer's trick

(my mother in addition to being a school teacher, homemaker, etc, did theatrical costuming)

Does anyone else do this. It's invisible from the exterior but really does make it more comfortable/serviceable.