Making a (first century AD) tunic

[Cheyenne]

Hey There,

I usually do mine with small and regular stitches. There are well documented sources of repair businesses locally which would repair clothing of the soldiers on the move. The tunics I have studied have seen a number of repair jobs on them - with patching done in relatively uniform stitches. Darning was common on the finer fabrics, and very expert darning at that, so much so, that the darning is hard to see with the naked eye unless one looks very closely.

As a rule, I do 2mm stitching on all my tunics, this is both strong and durable

Hope this helps

Claire