This ports the docs for the following designs: breanna, bruce, cathrin, florence, florent , hugo, lily, lunetius, onyx, opal, paco, sandy, shelly, shin, sven, tamiko, teagan, iberius, trayvon, wahid, walburga, and yuri.
Also adds a prebuild step to build the options umbrella pages. and includes some CSS tweaks.
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title: "Walburga: FreeSewing's Warlburga Wappenrock"
sidebar_label: Walburga Wappenrock
---
<DesignInfo design="walburga" />
## Designer Notes {#notes}
Walburga is the odd one out of the three patterns, because it still is
"historically inspired", but does not actually follow any real historical
garment. It is based on tabards ("Wappenrock" in German, hence the name
starting with a W), handwavingly placed in a western European middle ages
setting. To be honest, it is inspired more by the Legend of Zelda than anything
real.
I created this pattern because I needed something for my TTRPG character,
basically a fantasy Roman, to display his heraldics on, and since I could not
find anything in the literature about Romans doing this in a reliably
documented way, I went the "it's all fantasy anyway"-route. (And I had a weird
fascination with tabards as a kid, so it was a natural fit.)
Coding-wise, I spend some time on it because I wanted the triangular
terminations to look _just right_, so I fiddled with the golden ratio to ensure
it looked nice, no matter what the size.
The name comes from me thinking about vaguely mediaeval names starting with W,
and somehow `walburga` popped into my head.
Rika
:::tip Related
Lunetius, Tiberius and Walburga really come as a set. Not only were they born
at the same time, they are designed to work together to form a full outfit. Not
that this means that they can't be made separately :wink:
See also: [Lunetius Designer Notes](/docs/designs/lunetius#notes) and [Tiberius
Designer Notes](/docs/designs/tiberius#notes).
:::
:::note On Historical Accuracy
The further we go back in time, the less extant garments we have to base
research on. Often there may be scraps of fabric left behind by stroke of luck
but most of our information starts to come from (in archaeology) secondary
sources like written texts from contemporaries.
This is especially true for the Roman and Mediaeval eras, not to mention that a
lot of the available research is behind a paywall.
We can’t be 100 percent historically accurate, because we’re living in a
different time, and everything we use to sew is different now from before. Even
fabric is woven in a different way.
How ‘accurate’ you want to be is up to you, there is no wrong way to do this
and research is not required -- though it can be fun!
:::
## What You Need {#needs}
To make Walburga, you will need the following:
- [Basic sewing supplies](/docs/sewing/basic-sewing-supplies)
- About 1 meter (1.1 yards) of a suitable fabric (see [Fabric
options](#fabric))
- (optional) about 3 metres (3.3 yards) of bias tape or trimmings to finish the
raw edges
## Fabric Options {#fabric}
Walburga can be made out of almost any woven fabric. Historically "accurate"
would be linen, wool, and, to an extent, cotton. If you care about
authenticity, research this a bit. In any case, natural fibers without any
stretch are the way to go.
Depending on the social status you want to portray, choose coarser or finer
fabrics. Different colours are also possible.
If you want to embroider or appliqué on your Walburga, make sure that your main
fabric will support your design.
## Cutting Instructions {#cutting}
Walburga consists of two parts, a _front_ and a _back_ piece.
:::tip
Apart from the cutout for the neck opening, front and back are identical. It is
therefore enough to print only the front part.
:::
- cut _1 front_, _on the fold_
- cut _1 back_, _on the fold_
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