Reinforcement of neckline stress points – my red 12th century silk dress with slit neckline

Well, it seems like I am finally getting to the second to last posting about my current topic “reinforcement of neckline stress points”. Let me recap my postings about this topic till now: In my last posting I showed you an old hand sewing technique which provides great reinforcement for neckline stress points. And in the posting before the last one I posted pictures of how I used a variation of this technique for my husbands most recent tunic. But let’s not stop at this point as I also used this technique for some other necklines…