[Artemisia] help - AS IN GAMBESON

[Tiffanyanne Sawyer]

i tend to get antsy for a project \and havent had armor in a while since 
what i was using was loaner stuff....

so i got this bright idea..
"Tiffany see that stuff in the closet? if you cant find a way to do armor 
this second take that and start w/ the gambeson... oh and you might as well 
hand quilt the thing since you take on projects much larger than you know 
you should anyway"

I found a pic of one online i liked and just started... my fingers hate me 
already cuz i have hammered my thumb and stuck a tack into the top of my 
finger... and i have tried quilting sections of it only to redo it 3 
times.... for those who know me this is normal


but because i intend to wear this to actually fight in i was terrified it 
wouldnt be thick enough

i took it apart took it off the fram and put more cotton batting in it... i 
think i am satisfied now....


maybe now i can work on some armor soon huh... i have some legs and a helm 
and i am sure nothing will match cuz with that i dont care about "the look" 
i just want to get out there.... i will just have to look like an orphan in 
mismatched armor but my gambeson will be great if i ever survive it

you guys are awesome... thanks


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ravenmacleod at comcast.net>
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Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] help - AS IN GAMBESON


> Period examples of Gambesons are really neat actually.
>
> There are combinations of linen or cotton. There were actual laws 
> regarding how a gambeson (or padded jack or akiton) were created. I'm not 
> sure but it was somewhere between 7 and 15 layers of Linen, the linen was 
> rotated as it was layered not unlike how kevlar is made. Often layers of 
> pitch were put between the layers of linen.
>
> For many the akiton of Gambison was the only form of armor so it had to be 
> pretty stout stuff. It seems to me though that after a while it became 
> stylish to look as though all you needed was the gambeson or "lintner" so 
> people wore little armor (like a brestplate) or wore their armor under 
> their fancy gambesons. Weather form followed function of function followed 
> for is another question entirely.
>
> --
> Raven MacLeod
> Esquire
>
> En fides abunde virtus, en virtus abunde fides.
>
> If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so 
> wonderful after all. --Michelangelo
>
>
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "L.J. Richards" <richardslj at bresnan.net>
>
>> On another note, am curious -- 
>>
>> is it period to use cotton canvas or a very heavily woven linen or ??
>> Cotton or wool batting?
>> A particular quilting design stitch?
>> Any surviving pieces to telll us?
>>
>> HE Bronwen (who doesn't want to make one but is curious ONLY!) (ha)
>>
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