How to Make a Roman Tunica
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- Grab two rectangles the size of your body and get ready to become an Ancient Roman!
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I think do sew a toga is a very good exercise for beginners, because it teaches you to work with long material that is difficult to handle sometimes, I did start my own costuming by doing a toga too. lovely video, I subscribed. I do think they will hem all the edges because the material was expensive, so they will invest to sew something that it will last in time.
It has been such a great learning experience moving forward in history because it feels like I'm learning as...humanity learned? Everything progresses very logically. Yes, from my reading, if possible the fabric was woven to the correct size if possible so the edges would all be selvedge, but definitely hemming where there were any cut edges. Especially silk liking to fray all over the place! Thank you for the subscribe!
I love your videos. My SCA persona is Roman and I’m getting reading to sew my first complete outfit! Tunica, Stola and Palla. I don’t know if I will weave my own belt or support a local artist in my Barony (Thor’s Mountain) by buying one of his. So many decisions. :) thank you for your help!
The Roman period is so perfect for making a first complete outfit. Plus its so comfy :) I love weaving, but it can take a lot of hours to make a whole belt. Still, I find it fun to try out different patterns. I was glad to be able to support some people on etsy by buying my pennanular brooches since I don't cast metals at all.
I have no clue what part of the fabric she sewed onto which other part.
Hi! If you had two rectangles and then just matched up all their sides, basically just cut out two rectangles the correct width and length, then you would sew from the bottom end (towards your feet) up until it is right around your waist or a little higher on each side to make a tube. The arms were just made by pinning the top with tiny penannular brooches all the way across the top, spaced out about 3 inches for the part that goes over the arms, and leaving a big enough gap for the head. It is not sewn together at the top. Just pinned.
Hello, could you give me an approximate measurement of the rectangles?
Mine was about my arms length wide, maybe about 8 inches shorter than arms length and from my shoulder to the floor. That is probably a better way to measure than actual measurements since I am very tall so mine wouldn't be suitable for everyone.
How did she make the neckline? How did she get her armholes and the gaps where tbe buttons were?
If you look on TH-cam you can find links to a number of different re-enactment groups who have information [or give links to other pages] on how to make the garments. And as a re-enactor I'm not so certain that hers is very realistic. Silk wasn't a commonly available fabric until late in the empire, the stola was out of fashion by the time of Augustus [he had to make a law forcing women to wear the stola at the imperial court, otherwise it was basically not worn], linen or cotton were the fabrics of choice and white was definitely only worn by the wealthy - all that bleaching to keep the fabric white having a lot to do with that.
Hi, thank you for your comments. I did my best to research at the time, but was very new to reenacting so I appreciate constructive criticism. I did try to read from reenactor sources when I was constructing my garments, but I wasn't 100 percent sure how to navigate all the research at the time and found a lot of varied conflicting sources in my own researching efforts. I will probably go back at some point and do an updated version of some of these looks. I am actually about to do a review of my 1000 years of costuming (1st century to 1100 CE) and list out some of the changes I would make and this will likely be included in that.
How did u get from sewing up the 2 sides , to wearing something with your head and arms out and gaps of fabric along your arms
After I did the pins at the top (see other comment) I then used the belt to bring in the garment at the waist, which then helps to make the armholes and sleeves more defined.
She spent too much time showing herself stitching and then modeling the finished piece
Pon le subtítulos en español. 😅
put subtitles in spanish 😊
I will look into it! I don't speak spanish and can't afford to hire anyone to do the subtitles yet, but maybe there is a way for youtube to do it! I will check!