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12th century dress - purple & pink, 12th century projects, 12th century underdress - pink with Trapunto, 12th century underdress - white with Trapunto, Gulf Wars, Hand-Sewing, Projects, SCA Events

My pre-Gulf Wars 12th century sewing projects… :)

2016/04/02

Now, that the pre-war stress, which normally comes along with the preparations for a huge event like Gulf Wars, is finally fading away, I find myself with enough peace and time again to catch up with my pre-war projects like this three “last minute” 12th century dresses. Well, to be a little bit more exact – I hand-sewed a new purple 12th century overdress (the one on the left) as well as two new underdresses with Trapunto necklines and Trapunto cuffs before Gulf Wars.

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#25 - A Lace Bend Round, #27 - A Lace Chain Broad, #30 - A Round Chevron, #38 - A Grene Dorge, 12th century belt, 12th century projects, Finger Braiding, Projects

12th century belt for my 12th century wedding dress – thinking about finger braided cord…

2016/03/31

Now, that the pearl embroidery for my very first 12th century belt project is already finished, I have to think about a suitable cord for the two ends of my belt. This is especially important as I need to attach the cord firmly to the basic material of my belt before I can add the last layer of fabric to cover up the backside of my belt. Well, I don’t think that my body will actually cause a lot of tension to the cord or the belt during normal wear but you know one of my most important mottos – better safe than sorry! 😀

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Calligraphy, Kingdom of Meridies, Misc. Scrolls, SCA, Scriptorium, Scroll - Grant of Arms, Scroll - Meridian Majesty, Scroll - Order of the Argent Comet, Scroll - Order of the Argent Shield, Scroll Award of Arms

Scriptorium – and again new scrolls for the Kingdom of Meridies :)

2016/03/25

And again new scrolls for the kingdom! 😀 Now, after finally finding a certain name and award in the court records of the Kingdom of Meridies, I can finally post the pictures of my last scroll commissions because I can say for sure that the last award was announced and given out in court… 🙂 Well, yes, as a scribe I know about the great importance of being able to keep a secret as no scribe wants to spoil the surprise as well as the experience of the recipient who gets the award…

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12th century belt, 12th century projects, Embroidery, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Pearl embroidery, Pearls, Projects

12th century belt for my 12th century wedding dress – pearl embroidery .4

2016/03/24

And today – last but not least – I will show you the final progress pictures of the pearl embroidery for my 12th century belt project! 🙂 Even though I was tremendously looking forward to finishing this quite important embellishment step for my project, I couldn’t help the feeling of a certain amount of sadness as soon as I attached the last pearls to the surface of my new 12th century belt.

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Gulf Wars, Kingdom of Meridies, Misc., Racaire, SCA, SCA - Heavy Fighting, SCA Events

Back from Gulf Wars XXV…

2016/03/20

Home, sweet home! As much as I enjoyed Gulf Wars XXV, I have to say that it is really nice to be home again. 😀 Due to a very strong storm – it seems like even a microburst might had been involved which touched down very close to the site – we decided to leave the site two days early on friday. Fortunately no one on site was really injured though some people had to face the loss of their tent or equipment. My love and heart goes out to them. I am very glad to say that my husband and I were very lucky – our tent did very well…

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12th century belt, 12th century projects, Basics, Embroidery, How to do pearl embroidery, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Pearl embroidery, Pearls, Projects

12th century belt for my 12th century wedding dress – pearl embroidery .3

2016/03/08

During the last weeks I was busy preparing for Gulf Wars and actually wanted to work on my “leg armor” for SCA “Heavy Fighting” today. Given the amount of layers and the thickness of the material I decided to do the sewing with the help of my sewing machine. But, well, after several hours facing a never ending fight with my sewing machine, I think I finally have to face the sad truth. My sewing machine really hates me and doesn’t want to cooperate with me at all. *sigh* But life is too precious to end the day feeling frustrated and defeated. Therefore I finally decided to stop fighting my sewing machine…

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12th century belt, 12th century projects, Embroidery, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Pearl embroidery, Pearls, Projects

12th century belt for my 12th century wedding dress – pearl embroidery .2

2016/02/27

Last time I already added a good amount of pearls to my new 12th century belt but I was far from being done with my pearl embroidery at this point. The bezants with the additional pearl embroidery look really great but I had the feeling like I could add a little bit more and do better…

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12th century belt, 12th century projects, Basics, Craft with Racaire, Embroidery, How to do pearl embroidery, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Medieval Embroidery Hands On Tutorials, Pearl embroidery, Pearls, Projects

12th century belt for my 12th century wedding dress – pearl embroidery .1

2016/02/20

And today let’s talk about one of my other favorite topics besides Klosterstich and surface couching – pearl embroidery! 😀 Well, pearls per se were and still are something very special. Their availability is quite limited and their price is rather high due to the natural production process. Besides the beautiful appearance and shine pearls possess naturally, their rather restricted availability as well as their quite high monetary value might have added to their great appeal in the medieval age. I think that the usage of pearls for jewelry or pearl embroidery used to reflected the wealth of the person who could actually afford to use them in either high quality (large, round and with a perfect surface appearance)…

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12th century belt, 12th century projects, 12th century wedding clothing project, Adornments, Bezants, Projects

12th century belt for my 12th century wedding dress – metal embellishment – bezants .1

2016/02/10

I am very excited about the great progress I made during the last days concerning my very first 12th century belt project. 😀 And it makes me even happier that the new charger for my tablet arrived just in time to charge my tablet again and to take pictures of my next steps for this project. Sure, I still have plenty pictures of my husbands christmas gift left – the 12th century tunic with the blue dalmatica inspired neckline – which I haven’t posted yet. But I just can’t hide my happiness about my new 12th century belt project and simply have to share the new progress concerning my actual project with you. However, I…

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12th century grey light-wool tunic, 12th century projects, 12th century tunic - blue & yellow silk, 13th century male tunic, 13th century projects, Craft with Racaire, Hand-Sewing, Projects, Sewing Patterns

12th century tunic pattern for my husband

2016/02/05

After several days of drawing and re-drawing, I am finally able to present to you a new addition to my pattern collection – the (late) 12th century tunic pattern which I have been using so successfully for my husbands tunic projects till now: My very first “13th century male tunic” project My 12th century tunic for the “12th century wedding clothing project” My husbands christmas present – a “12th century grey light-wool tunic” Well, I admit it, my 12th century tunic pattern is actually based on a tunic found in a royal grave from the early 13th century. Though it can’t be said for sure, my personal opinion is that this pattern can also be counted towards the late 12th…

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