In days of yore, back before the overlocker and coverstitch machine, what secret sorcery kept our raiment from unravelling? Lets talk’ seam treatments. How did the people of the Viking age put together their clothing and protect the precious fabric from wear and tear?

This video is part one of a small series, and in part one we are going to be looking at 3 simple seam treatments evidenced in the Viking Age. The simple run and fell seam, the split or flat felled seam, and a simple seam with binding along the raw edges.

These are the most basic ways that were used to join two pieces of fabric together and protect the seam allowances. We will look at some more complex methods in later videos, but these three ways of joining and finishing seams are all you need to get started assembling your basic garments.

Before we dive in, you will need to know how to do the three basic sewing stitches used in the viking age. Running stitch, back stitch and whip stitch. If you haven’t learnt these yet, don't panic, check out this video,    • Sew like a Viking! BEGINNERS Guide to...   which will take you through the techniques for each of these three stitches, and give you a sneak preview of one of the methods we will learn today!

Thank You so much for watching folks, and as always, if you have any questions or feedback, pop it in the comments below or come and find me on facebook! Don’t forget to check out the references section below for further information, where possible i've added links to helpful PDF’s as well as websites and books, and look out for part two of the seams series coming soon!

Timestamps.

00:00 Introduction
00:38 Seams covered in this video, plus, stiches you need to know!
01:35 PART ONE-Joining your fabrics with the initial seam, stitch choices.
03:06 Seam allowances.
04:14 WHY should you use seam treaments?
06:09 The Size and Spacing of Viking Age Stitches.
07:47 METHOD ONE- The run and fell seam.
16:29 METHOD TWO- The split or flat fell seam.
25:32 METHOD THREE- The simple seam with bound edges.
30:24 THE FINISHED SEAMS.


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REFERENCES, RESEARCH and PICTURE CREDITS.

Ewing, T. (2007) Viking Clothing. (revised edition)Reprint, Gloucestershire: The History Press, 2012

From Flax to linen,-Ribe Viking Centre- https://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/medi...

Stitches and seam techniques, PDF, Jennifer Baker 2009 Download here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CEEu...

Textile Production at 16–22 Coppergate By Penelope Walton Rogers
The Archeology of York, The small finds- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gn3a...