Elizabeth Gibb

Like the courtier Katherine Bellenden, who served James V and made his shirts, Elizabeth Gibb sewed and worked fabrics for the king and the queen, especially linen items.

Several are mentioned in the royal treasurer's accounts, including "sarks" (shirts) with "necks" (collars) and bands, ruffs, and "hands" (cuffs).

She also sewed taffeta and ribbons to dress Anna of Denmark's hair, and made linen caps called "mutches."

[9] In July 1590 she made three matching crimson velvet hats, for Anna of Denmark, and her two Danish maidens of honour Sofie Koss and Katrine Skinkel.

She made the queen "mussellis and tournets and rydding geir" from black satin, these were masks and face veils to protect her complexion.