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Before I go on a blogging hiatus for a short while (I have more projects to post soon!), I want to share exciting news: I’m definitely still working on putting the Etsy shop together! All of the photos in this post are previews of items going into the shop. All of the photos have been
Just some pictures of my favorite sewing helpers. Someone decided that the camera was nonsense and just wanted pets. Hey, Mama, you’re not using this, are you? What? It’s comfy. Plus, you can’t resist petting me before moving me. Hihi! Why aren’t you petting me yet? I’m totes helping. They’re so pretty, my babies. They
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,
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
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
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
This past January at the Twelfth Night event I coordinated the second Pentamere largesse tourney! This is a tournament to make sets of a dozen items to be donated to somewhere in the Middle Kingdom – the crown, or a more local group (Barony, Canton, etc), so that they have prizes to give out. I
Once again I have a garden! These photos are only from 11 days ago, and I’m already astounded by how much the garden has grown since then. I’ve already eaten two salads from it, and used some kale and herbs in a bean soup. It’s so wonderful! I’m just so excited to have a garden
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