It’s been over two years since I started designing my storage case for my Dominion cards. I finished making it in May of 2015, and it’s had a year of solid use before these pictures were taken. Let me tell you: it works, and it’s awesome. I’ve ironed out the couple bugs it had (one
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Rapier Marshal Hood
Last November, I was Marshal in Charge at a rapier event, and I wanted a fancy garment to show that I was acting as a marshal. For years, I’d always heard the phrase “marshal tabard,” but I never wanted to wear a tabard. Then a member of my barony made a gorgeous marshalling German capelet,
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Custom Tooled Phone Case
This is a custom phone case I made on commission. I really enjoy making custom new pieces! The strap on the back is to thread onto a belt. This design is the heraldry for the Cavendish Knot, the first rapier award you can get in the Middle Kingdom in the Society for Creative Anachronism. The
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Laurel Weaving
As I mentioned last week, the peerages are the highest awards in the Society for Creative Anachronism. The Order of the Laurel is for arts and/or sciences, indicating that someone has done years of research, artwork, and teaching of a medieval craft. Another good friend of mine was elevated last year to the Order of
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Custom Master of Defense Pauldron
In the Society for Creative Anachronism, the highest award you can get is being elevated to a peerage. There are five peerages: the Royal Peers, related to being King/Queen; the Order of the Chivalry, for armored combat; the Order of the Laurel, for arts and/or sciences; the Order of the Pelican, for service; and the
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Dragon Pick-Up Weave
I was asked to post the pattern for the dragon in the Norse-inspired Draco Invictus weave I made a few years ago. Draco Invictus (dragon unconquered/invincible) is the motto/war-cry of the Middle Kingdom, and I wove it in Viking runes along with two dragons. I made the pattern for the dragons myself, after being inspired
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Red Fret Pick-Up Inkle Weave
This beautiful weave of a red fret is made of silk and cotton. The white is a gorgeous silk generously given to me by Dillon ap Dillon, an amazing tablet weaver in the Barony of Cynnabar. The red fibers is crochet cotton size 10, purchased from JoAnn’s. I love the contrast of the shiny silk
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Yoga Mat Holder from Old Pants + Strap from Old Belts
First, I want to welcome anyone who has found my website through meeting me at Penguicon this weekend! It was lovely to meet all of you, and I’m happy to answer any questions you have about leatherworking, weaving, sewing, or any of the other things you see around this blog! Please check out my tab
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Coat Leather Detail Repair
I got the chance to repair this awesome coat this week! I love learning how to do new things, and this type of repair job was something I’d never done before. A lot of the leatherworking I do is figuring out how to create new designs and fix items I’ve never seen before – it’s