Renaissance Links on the WWW for Daily Life

Events:
Here is a listing of Renaissance Fairs.
Renaissance Faire Link
Renaissance Faire Event list
NJ Renaissance Kingdom
Celtic Festivals
Fairy Festival
SCA East Kingdom Event List

Glossary/Speech:
Renaissance faire glossary
Glossary of renaissance dress and textile terms
Glossary of historical clothing terms
Renaissance Faire Language
Renaissance Glossary

Fabric and Supplies:
Renaissance Fabric Superstore
Sewing Central your source for historic patterns and fabric
Najecki has pewter cloak clasps around $3.
Patterns of time has lots of cloak clasps and also cloaks.
List of period supplier links

Patterns:
Ghost Forge has celtic knot fabric.
Renaissance pattern reviews
The Tudor Shoppe has Elizabethan patterns
Online fashion Patterns and sewing links
A page of pattern links for halloween and renaissnance costumes.
Sewing Central your source for renaissance patterns
Sewing Central your source for historic patterns and fabric
Sempstress.org pattern drafting
Drafting a Chemise
Elizabethan chemise pattern
Making an Elizabethan Shirt
Pattern Review Link
SCA cloak directions
Easy cloak instructions
Kinsale pattern review
Ren fabric colors
Sumptuary or clothing rules
Sewing Central has period clothing patterns.
Altar Years Pattern Review
Costume Connection Bodice Pattern

Costume:
Costuming research has a great list of books.
Online costume classes
The Elizabethan costuming page is great an has tons of info.
Lots of info on Making Bodices
Making your first costume
The Costume Gallery
The Costumer's Manifesto
The Costume Site
The Costume Page
The Costume Gallery
Alter Years has period patterns
Elizabethan costume
The Renaissance Tailor
Elizabethan costuming has lots of great info, a must see!!!
Renaissance Costuming and embroidery info
Beyond Reality Costumer's Guild
SCA costume tips
SCA Clothing
Top 10 do's and don'ts when making SCA garb
Garb Links
Celtic Clothing Links
has a lot of costume links that have patterns and directions
Peasantwoman outfit info
Woman's outfitting, what pieced you need Golden Age Designs talks about starting a costume business
Costume resources
Celtic clothing
Shakespeare in love photos
Renaissance Clothing Link
Garb link
Ancient Celtic Clothing
Celtic Clothing
Links to period dress sites
Renaissance costume info

Merchants:
Renaissance Market Place
Elizabethan merchants
Spiders and snakes in shakespeare
Amazon Dry Goods has everything for victorian living
A Renaissance Woman
By The Sword Renaissance Clothes
SCA Juried merchants list
List of ren faire craft vendors, add ED eventually
Buying a middle class renaissance outfit
Craft vendor links
Renaissance wedding dresses
crimson gypsy sells ren clothes
Middle class womens clothes
Printable form for ana's accoutrements catalog.
Womens celtic clothing

Hats and Accessories:
Instructions for a crocheted snood
Instructions on a Tudor hair net
Constructing a caul and muffin cap
How to make a coif
Pattern for a Renaissance flat cap
Hat directions from the Costumer's Manifesto
Renaissance accessories
Embellishments
Pouch making guide
Renaissance bags and pouches

Tents/Stands:
Medieval pavilion resources
Single Pole Pavilion
Pavilions and Tent Making Sites

Embroidery:
Blackwork embroidery archives
Hildegarde's renaissance embroidery
Claire's medieval embroidery page
Blackwork Discussion Group
My current favorite is 100/3 Gutermann silk thread, which I buy from www.vansciverbobbinlace.com. They also have a number of other silk threads.
Historic Needlework
Thread for Blackwork

Clipart/Design:
Celtic Stencils
Celtic Stone has a celtic knot design shareware program.
Line drawing of greenman
royalty free clipart for sale

Reference:
internet medieval source book

Beads:
Bead History
Millefior Bead History

Herbal:
Pomander Recipe
Lavender pomander recipe
Medieval perfume and pomander recipes message board
The plants our grandmothers wore
Scents of the Middle Ages
Elizabethan oaty soak bath and spice beads
Herbal beads and tips using scented geraniums

Tassels:
ASimports has lots of tassels and fringe
Tassel Depot
Trim and tassel

Fairies and Fantasy Creatures:
Directions for making Fairy Wings
Fairy info and pics
Fantasy encyclopedia lists lots of creatures
Field guide to irish fairies
Lots of fairy pics
Fairie Wings for sale.