[Artemisia] help

[Tiffanyanne Sawyer]

my biggest concern is this... am i gonna start getting the armor on and have 
someone tell me i cant wear it because its not heavy enough for safety 
purposes.....  is there an official standard??

and its a diamond shape so there is no stuffing it in later and  i am doing 
this all by hand even the quilting...(my fingers hurt already)  so it has to 
be righit the first time around


----- 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 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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