Passimenterie
Handmade trims for Nick’s fighting and court doublets. And thread-covered buttons for the latter. Now to have it all done by Queen’s, on May eleventh. Why do I do this to myself?
Accessories, Elizabethan, Passimenterie, Sewing
April 2013
A&S 50, A&S 50 Persona, Accessories, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Poppet, Sewing
Dolly.
I finally made a dress for Bebe’s (as yet unnamed) doll. I had a scrap of linen that had a border embroidery pattern and it suited this perfectly. I hand stitched the hems and did a buttonhole stitched key-hole neckline. I didn’t want to mess around with a facing that small. I ended up taking
A&S 50, A&S 50 Largesse, Celtic, Early Period, Embroidery
“A snake, a snake! Oh, it’s a snake…”
More celtic-y snake-y progress. Now I just have to make two more by May 11th for and A&S competition. No pressure…
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14th Century, A&S 50, A&S 50 Largesse, Accessories, Celtic, Early Period, Embroidery, Medieval, Sewing
Scattered Embroidery News
I finished my smocked apron! It’s fantastically beautiful, and I love it. It’s really a perfect low-effort, high-impact object. It’s made of weaver’s cloth and DMC floss, so I’m not overly precious about getting it messy. It only took a yard, so the materials aren’t expensive. I made it in less than a week, working
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Maiolica Day
Remember that maiolica tile I painted? Yeah, I still haven’t taken it to get fired, but I painted a plate, too! A bunch of us got together and bought a few little pieces to work on together. Some of us had practice tiles. Some of us had plates. Amata threw that plate herself. On a
A&S 50, A&S 50 Persona, Embroidery, Poppet, Sewing
Cloth Dolly
One of my favorite things to do is to make sure that the Bebe has enough toys for our SCA events. And by that, I mean toys that can pass as period. They don’t actually have to be what kids in the 1380s would have played with, but I try to stay away from plastic