Isabella's photos with the keyword: elizabethan

The Spanish Surcote pinned. The tabs are folded in at this point because I had to sew them down and then sew the lining. Once the lining is done, the tabs will point out.

Jeannie trying on her Elizabethan Spanish surcote! She's about 8 months pregnant in the picture. I wanted to create something for her that she could wear to the renaissance festival right now but also something she could wear again after my nephew is born. I had a few yards of green velvet in the stash pile and six yards of this lovely gold/green trim.

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger about 1610 A lady thought to be Lady Anne Wadd I had to get a close up of this painting because POLKA DOTS! That is all. :-)

I got almost five yards of this fabric, half price, at Joanns. It's a linen cotton blend with a "blackwork" embroidery all through it. I'm thinking Elizabethan right now...

Side view.

I added loops of cord to the bottom of the coif to gather it. I've seen this done on a few extant coifs and loved the look of it.

Side back view. I put my hair up in a bun and that really made the difference.