I Made a 15th / 16th Century Chemise | DIY with 4 Pieces of Fabric

The Italian chemise of the 15th and 16th centuries is also known as a camicia. It can also be referred to as a smock, shift, or undershirt. Historically, the chemise was made out of linen and typically had embroidery on it. ❤️ SUBSCRIBE IF YOU LIKE THIS VIDEO AND WANT MORE ❤️ Suggestions for cheaper (and not historically accurate) options are also included in this video, as well as tips for quickly sewing together a chemise. When it comes to sewing, we all start somewhere. This step by step demonstration is to help those who may be new to sewing and/or historical reenactment. Learning how to sew a chemise was one of the first things that I learned how to do after joining the SCA, when I was a teenager. Suggested items for purchase: Muslin: https://amzn.to/3mNCsQS Linen: https://amzn.to/3mQAKOD Wide Single Fold Bias Tape: https://amzn.to/38tgfiP Single Fold Bias Tape: https://amzn.to/3jzlILr Ribbon: https://amzn.to/38qXo7R Elastic: https://amzn.to/3jvb3RF Thread: https://amzn.to/3jxnbBW Image credits: 1. Blouse. c. late 16th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... 2. Camicia. c. 1575-1600. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.... 3. Portrait of a Young Woman, by Vittore Carpaccio. c. 1510. Web Gallery of Art. https://www.wga.hu/html_m/c/carpacci/... 4. Judtih, by Vincenzo Catena. c. 1520-1525. Web Gallery of Art. https://www.wga.hu/html_m/c/catena/ju... 5. Woman with a Mirror, by Vecellio Tiziano. c. 1514. Web Gallery of Art. https://www.wga.hu/html_m/t/tiziano/1... For anyone curious about what exactly the 'SCA' is -- The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international, non-profit educational organization that studies and recreates the medieval and Renaissance years of 600-1600AD. For more information and to locate your local branch, please check out http://www.sca.org ★Follow me! ★ Patreon:   / lynnefairchild   Facebook:   / lynnaeafairchild   Pinterest:   / lynnaeaf   Twitter:   / lynne_fairchild   Tumblr:   / lynnefairchild   My blackwork embroidery blog: http://tudorblackwork.blogspot.com/ Music credit: Breaking the Siege by Arthur Vyncke #shift #smock #costutorial