Thigh guards (gamboissed cuisses)

Figure - Maciejowski Bible

Figure - Pattern

Order of making:
1) Rinse the fabric (linen or cotton) in warm water and wait until it dries
2) Cut the material along the patterns: on cotton (linen) leave allowances of 5 cm, cut the wadding exactly along the pattern
3) Draw vertical stripes with soap on the two halves of fabric every 4 cm apart
4) Layer like a sandwich: fabric without stripes, 5-6 layers of wadding, fabric with stripes
5) Baste the sandwich with bright thread along the stripes
6) Quilt using linen thread (or twine)
7) Sew the quilted piece together at the back
8) Fold the edges and sew them with linen thread along the outline
9) Sew the laces from fabric and attach them to the thigh guard
Quilting and sewing must be done only by hand

Figure - Finished thigh guards