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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,
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
Random nerd squee first: Dominion has a new expansion and it’s coming out in just a few weeks!!! Dominion Strategy has previews of several of the new cards. Woo! Now on to your regularly scheduled blog post! This post is just about a couple gifts I’ve made. Above is a simple leather circlet (an SCA
Neck Coolers make awesome gifts, largesse, and site tokens for people in the SCA – or really, any other group that spends a lot of time outside in the hot summer sun, especially when mixed with exertion (armored combat, rapier combat, archery, equestrian, Habitat for Humanity/volunteering organizations…). What is a neck cooler? It’s a long
I made my toddler friend Snow a baby doll basket last year! I was inspired by Dana at Dana Made It. She posted a picture of a baby doll basket, and I was so inspired by that picture that I figured out how to make one. She then came out with a pattern for it!
I just made the coolest shirt, and I’m going to share how to make it with you! I’m so excited by how this turned out. It’s a spiderweb shirt, just in time for Halloween. This shirt takes a lot of patience to make, but it’s definitely worth the effort. Read on to find out how
A 2007 study shows the consumption of paper towels and other tissue products is highest in the United States of America at around 24 kilograms per capita, with consumption higher than in Europe, and more than 500 times higher than in Latin America. That’s from the Wikipedia article on paper towels. I don’t have a
I’ve made a bunch of little dragon finger puppets! They are super easy and can be made with little felt scraps. The tutorial on how to make them is from Vicki Brown Designs. Why have I made so many dragon finger puppets? To give away as largesse in my largesse tourney! For the SCA event
At almost all SCA events, participants are given a “site token” – an item which shows that they have paid the fee to get in (usually between $5-12 for a day of awesome!) and is something to take home with them to remember the event by. There are a number of different opinions on site