Home
History
Running a Group
Being a Fewterer
Groups
Resources
Fewterers Guild
Hound and Faire Resources
This is a listing of resources for both groups and individuals. If you have a suggestion for an entry, please send it to the Guild webmaster. |
Costuming Resources |
|
General Vendors/Supplies | |
| The Pillaged Village | Patterns, Lots of Trim, Buttons, Jewelry, More; Online Ordering |
| Calontir Trim | Trim; Order by email | Historic Enterprises | Mens and Womens Costumes, Arms and Armour, Re-enactment supplies; Order by email, mail or phone. |
| Jas. Townsend and Son | Mostly 18th Century, but has buttons and fabric goods that are very nice; Online Ordering |
| Smoke and Fire | Tends toward 18th and 19th Century Scottish and English, but there are a few useful patterns and sundries; Online Ordering |
| The Renaissance Store | Everything Renaissance; Online Ordering. |
| Lacis Online Catalog | Patterns and costuming materials; Online Ordering. |
| Gryphon's Moon | Patterns, Jewelry, Miscellanea; Online Ordering |
| Lavolta Press Books on Historic Costuming and Vintage Clothes | Books on costuming; Order by mail only. |
Fabric | |
| Fabrics-store.com | Large selection of Linen and Cotton fabrics at good prices. (The most 100% linen fabric I've seen anywhere); Order Online |
Jewelry | |
| The Crafty Celts | Celtic style Brooches, bracelets, torcs, pendants, etc.; Order by email, phone or mail |
Needlework | |
| Blackwork Embroidery Archives | Lots of patterns for Blackwork |
| Hedgehog Handworks | Needlework Supplies |
Education/History/Instructions | |
| Tudor Gable Headdress | Tudor Gable Headdress Illustrated: Step by Step Directions |
| Margo Anderson's Historic Costume Patterns | Elizabethan Costume |
| The Milanese Tailors Handbook | Images from a 16th-Century tailor's handbook from Milan Italy |
Shoes and Leather |
|
| Footwear of the Middle Ages, by Marc Carlson | A good overall educational work on Medieval footwear. Includes descriptions of techniques and materials. |
| Early Irish & Scottish Shoes By Master Gwylym ab Owain | Historical overview of early Irish shoes, with illustrations of construction. |
| Florilegium: Period footwear. Period boots and shoes. | Collected newsgroup and mailing list messages on period footwear. |
| Leatherworking in the Middle Ages | By Marc Carlson. General information on medieval leatherworking materials and technique. |