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Making a Padded Coif

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Mike W.:
Since KoA was out of stock for the padded coif, and I had some spare linen and batting lying around, I decided I'm going to try my hand at hand-sewing my own. I figured this would be a great starter project. Since I'm self-taught in the arts of hand-sewing and consequently don't know jack, does anyone have any tips?

Ian:
Patterns are pretty readily available for coifs.  I'm guessing you want a two-piece coif for Norman, but Sir Wolf can tell you for sure.  Once you get a pattern you're literally just going to cut duplicates of each piece for the outside and the lining, sandwich the batting in between, and quilt it all in place.  Then after it's quilted, sew the two halves together.  That's how I would tackle it anyway, but I'm hardly a sewing expert.

Ian:
Wait... when you say coif do you mean like a small padded arming cap, or a full padded hood?

This:


Or this?

Mike W.:
Top one. I think I have the method down flat, I'm just a bit shoddy when it comes to handling a needle and thread.

Mike W.:
And here I am trying to be all authentic by hand sewing, using linen and cotton batting, only to realize that I've been using polyester thread.  :-[

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