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"Feileadh-Mhor", the kilt Voltar wants me to make for him, is called. In contrast to all other kilts, who have pleats and ribbons and belts and sashes and sequins and whatnot, the true translation of Feileadh-Mhor is "wrapped plaid" or "great plaid". One page on the web described it as a great plaid just being belted on. Another describes how you make a regular kilt, complete with riff-raffs.
The true feileadh-beag (literally, “little wrap”) was simply the lower half of the feileadh-mhor (“big wrap”), or belted plaid. It contained, on average, four yards of cloth, and like the belted plaid, was simply gathered around the waist and belted on. Instead of an equal amount of cloth above and below the waist, the upper part of the phillabeg simply hung over the belt a few inches to secure it into place. This very simple garment could possibly (and I stress that word) have developed sometime during the seventeenth century, and most definitely was worn in the early-to-mid eighteenth century. Certainly it is overstating the case to claim that had developed “at least by the early 17th century” as Mr. Keith does in his article. From: Fascinating Facts – Fact or Fiction? by By Matthew A. C. Newsome, Curator of the Scottish Tartans Museum
I just got inspiration to work on the elvish version of the 'romanesque tunic', a picture that I once found while looking for pictures of tunics, and thought rather cute. Also, I need to work on that satin black top that I threw through the room a couple of times when pms'ing. I finished it, but I need to find out whether I can make it so that the straps don't fall off my shoulder.
Besides all this, I've been feeling pretty much under the weather these last few days, but I'll probably live through that.
Spem Successus Alit.
The true feileadh-beag (literally, “little wrap”) was simply the lower half of the feileadh-mhor (“big wrap”), or belted plaid. It contained, on average, four yards of cloth, and like the belted plaid, was simply gathered around the waist and belted on. Instead of an equal amount of cloth above and below the waist, the upper part of the phillabeg simply hung over the belt a few inches to secure it into place. This very simple garment could possibly (and I stress that word) have developed sometime during the seventeenth century, and most definitely was worn in the early-to-mid eighteenth century. Certainly it is overstating the case to claim that had developed “at least by the early 17th century” as Mr. Keith does in his article. From: Fascinating Facts – Fact or Fiction? by By Matthew A. C. Newsome, Curator of the Scottish Tartans Museum
I just got inspiration to work on the elvish version of the 'romanesque tunic', a picture that I once found while looking for pictures of tunics, and thought rather cute. Also, I need to work on that satin black top that I threw through the room a couple of times when pms'ing. I finished it, but I need to find out whether I can make it so that the straps don't fall off my shoulder.
Besides all this, I've been feeling pretty much under the weather these last few days, but I'll probably live through that.
Spem Successus Alit.
