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SCA Heavy Fighting – show your legs! …or a look at my padded leg armor :D
Now that the padded arming coat is finally finished, I also get to show you the padded leg armor which I made some time ago. Well, having a nice arming coat is just half the rent if you want to...
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14th century hood for a friend – 3rd rose finished & already working at the...
I know, it’s about time for another update concerning the 14th century hood project with rose embroidery for my friend Elisenda. Well, what a great coincidence as I just managed to finish the third...
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14th century hood for a friend – 4th rose finished & already working at the...
Woohooo! I just managed to finish another embroidered rose for my friends 14th century hood project. It took nearly a week and many tiny stitches but I made some really good progress during the last...
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More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .1 – the preparatory work
And finally a posting about what might interest you the most: A step-by-step tutorial of how I created the rose embroidery for my friends 14th century hood. Though the rose embroidery for my friends...
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Scriptorium – new scroll blanks for the Kingdom of Meridies :)
Well, this was definitely a first for me. Never before did I go home after an SCA event with more scroll blanks than I had before… *lol* But first things first. Mistress Mara Palmer, who is doing an...
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Scriptorium – Kail’s viking knighting scroll – definitely not your normal...
I already mentioned in my previous postings that I was working on a very special scroll and here it is: The viking knighting scroll for Kaðall Viðarsson. …and yes, before you ask, it is indeed a...
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Scriptorium – Meridian Grand Tournament – a scroll for the winner of the...
Last but not least I have the pleasure to present to you my scroll for the winner of the Armatura tournament! Wow! The last weekend was truly amazing! My husband and I travelled to Tennessee – to the...
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Meridian Grand Tournament – the Order of the Velvet Owl and other great things…
Seeing my scroll for the Armatura tournament go to a worthy and excited recipient was not my only highlight at the Meridian Grand Tournament this very last weekend. So many awesome and memorable things...
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Meridian Grand Tournament – fighting, banners and more photos…
While writing yesterdays posting about the Meridian Grand Tournament I got so excited that I completely forgot about the other photos and links I wanted to share with you. But postponed is not...
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My new grey/black 12th century dress is finally finished! :D
And surprise, surprise – I just managed to finish another 12th century dress! Well, I admit it, I didn’t post much about my new 12th century dress project till now – only one short posting and that was...
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More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .2 – starting the surface...
Wow! What a week! During the last days I was struggling with fighting off a head cold as well as finally facing my driving test. As easy as embroidery and some other things might come to me, I really...
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Racaire… events, events, events and mundane life… working on my GED… :D
Wow! What a week! Or well, to be more exact, what amazing but also a little bit stressful weeks we just had. There were three great events in a row which neither my husband nor I wanted to miss. And we...
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My new black 12th century fillet with white silk embroidery! :D
Gloria, my dear mother-in-law, took a lovely selfie of us both at the most recent SCA event – Coronation. This cute selfie allows me to finally show you my most recent 12th century project “in use”: My...
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More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .3 – my surface couching...
It took some time but today I finally have my third part of my rose embroidery tutorial ready for you. Todays posting will show you how I used Surface Couching to embroider the central section of the...
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More about the rose embroidery for my friends hood .4 – a little pelican and...
It’s time again for some embroidery. The focus of todays posting will be on some red silk embroidery and a tiny embroidered pelican. I hope you are just as excited as I am. Today I am going to show you...
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A new shield for my husband for the Meridian Crown Tournament :)
Photo courtesy by David Fricker – more of his pictures from the event can be found here: Fall Crown List I am so tremendously excited! It took nearly a week but I finally managed to finish my husbands...
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14th century hood for a friend – 5th rose finished! :)
Wooohooo! I am very glad to say that I just finished another embroidered rose for my friends 14th century hood project! Recently I was quite busy with other projects – like sewing a hood for our...
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…christmas is coming…
Well, well, well,… As my husbands status reports on facebook remind me – christmas is just 25 shopping days away. *lol* But I have absolutely no reason to panic yet as my plans for christmas presents...
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Just made some new tablet weaving cards for future tablet weaving… a cheap...
Woohooo! I just made my very first tablet weaving cards! And now I have 54 new tablet weaving cards to play with! Well, not that I really need all these tablet weaving cards right now but I suddenly...
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