[Artemisia] help

[morgan wolf]

After agreeing with His Grace about  "thickness is entirely up to you", I would make this suggestion- the Hollofil (tm) quilt stuffing material used in things like comforters and, from the sound of it, your gambeson, as well as many other folks, is designed to keep you warm, i.e. keep heat in.  This is not necessarily a Good Thing when you're fighting.  After several years of experimentation, i found that a double layer of terry cloth, which does wonders for absorbing your sweat and wicking it away, thus helping you cool down, with a medium weight canvas shell over that to handle armor bites,  makes a wonderful gambeson- thick enough to be padding, helps cool you off, machine washable, easy to make.

 
Morgan Blaidd Du,
mka Morgan Wolf
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----- Original Message ----
From: Allen Hall <earlalan at srv.net>
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 9:38:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] help


Brighid,

Though sewing isn't my specialty by any means......  Depending on how far 
apart you've sewn the lines, you could stuff some batting in the "tubes".

How puffy/padded you want it kinda depends on what kind of armour you'll be 
making it for.  Actual period arming clothes could be fairly thick.  Most 
SCA fighting gambesons aren't all that thick, and they protect from armor 
bites as much as adding actual padding qualities.

Good luck on your quest!

Alan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tiffanyanne Sawyer" <utladybrighid at sisna.com>
To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list" <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 10:21 PM
Subject: [Artemisia] help


>I started quilting some stuff to make a gambeson out of.  When i got a few 
>rows done i realized its not very puffy looking.
>
> So the question is.... How thick does it have to be??
>
> I would rather take it apart now than waste a lot of time on something I 
> cant even wear.
>
> Brighid
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