Welcome to Renaissance Sewing!

Renaissance Sewing offers custom tailored clothing for Medieval, Renaissance and Highland period costumes. If you are attending a Renaissance Faire, SCA War, or Highland Festival, the event is much more fun when you are dressed for the occasion in period clothing. Each item we offer is hand crafted by me (sometimes with the help of my family when things get busy) with the closest attention to detail and quality. Only the finest materials, trims and construction techniques go into our costumes.

Renaissance Sewing is your source for both men's and women's apparel and accessories. Whether you are seeking Women's gowns and dresses, men's breeches and jerkins, pouches and bags, flat caps and coifs, it can be found right here. Browse through the gallery to see photos of different garments we have made, then stop by our on-line catalog for more photos and outfits. We are adding new items almost every day, so bookmark this site and come back often. If there is something special you have in mind, simply contact us and we can most likely help.

Creating a special outfit requires careful attention to sizes to get that well tailored look. Each outfit in our catalog lists the required measurements for each garment. It is important these measurements be very accurate (no wishful thinking). When filling out the order form, please be sure to include the measurements (in inches) in the Comment box. To help you, here is a figure which shows where the measurements are taken.




A
Measurement around neck
B
Measurement around chest at arm pits
C
Measurement around bust
D
Measurement around natural waistline
E
Measurement around hips
F
Distance from base of neck to shoulder
G
Arm length
H
Measurement around wrist
J
Measurement around upper arm
K
Length from waistline to knee
L
Length from waistline to floor
M
Measurement around thigh
N
Measurement around head
O
Distance from shoulder to shoulder (over the head)