Tak v Bowes Departed - a 15th Century Braiding Manual Examined. Drawstring bag English, 1575–1650. Ask Racaire – basic pouch sewing tutorial :) Medieval Silkwork: Finishing the seams of 14th/15th century pouches. The internet connection stil works, and I've got a few days off, so it's time for a post I promised a few weeks ago :-)Finishing the seams of 14th/15th century pouches The outward seams of (embroidered) textile pouches can be finished in at least two ways.
One method is to cover the seams by tablet weaving. Sweet Bags. Following are links to small embroidered square purses from the 16th and 17th centuries, known as “sweet bags,” in museum collections. I've also included some descriptions of sweet bags from contemporary sources. For more styles of purses from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, visit the purses & pouches linkspage. From the 1561-1562 New Year’s Gifts to Queen Elizabeth: By the Lady Raclyef, a peire of sleeves of cameryk, all over sett with purle, and two sweet bags. By the Lady Gresham, a boxe with foure swete-baggs in it. By Mr. Elizabethan Sweet Bag - Raised and Padded Embroidery. Description: The ground fabric is linen canvas with 32 threads per inch. The vines and tendrils are worked in plaited braid stitch and chain stitch using DMC metallic thread in gold, and the background is worked in slanted Gobelin stitch using the same thread in silver.
All remaining embroidery on the front is done in detached buttonhole stitch using silk buttonhole thread; the acorns are padded with wool and the rose is worked over a wire frame, with a center of pearl glass beads. The back is worked in rococo stitch, known as queen stitch in the 16th and 17th centuries. It uses the same buttonhole silk as the front, but with the three plies separated and used individually. The knotwork pattern is filled with black and pearl glass beads.