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14th century Meridian Cross Cyclas / sideless surcote, 14th century projects, Applique, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, Medieval Embroidery, Projects

My new “Meridian Cross Cyclas” – a Manesse inspired 14th century cyclas / sideless surcote .2

2015/12/22

And today I have some pictures of my new 14th century cyclas / sideless surcote with the completed “Meridian Cross” appliqué work for you. 🙂 I still didn’t find the time to put on my new 14th century cyclas / sideless surcote and to take pictures of me wearing it but I can assure you that I didn’t forget about it and that it is still on my to-do-list.

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12th century grey light-wool tunic, 12th century projects, Hand-Sewing, Projects

My husbands christmas gift – a grey light-wool 12th century tunic – sleeves .1

2015/12/21

And today I finally have some news for you about my most recent project – a grey light-wool 12th century tunic which I just finished some days ago. This new 12th century tunic is a christmas gift for my husband. As he already had to try on the tunic for the neck-fitting and also has seen the completed tunic, there is not much surprise left which could be spoiled anymore.

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12th century belt, 12th century projects, Hand-Sewing, Herringbone stitch, Projects

12th century belt for my 12th century wedding dress :)

2015/12/08

I recently managed to finish nearly all of the hand-sewing for my 12th century wedding dress. And after looking at some pictures showing period 12th century clothing, the thought in me arose that it would be really lovely to also have a nice 12th century belt for my 12th century dress ensemble. I have never made a fabric belt for my 12th century wardrobe before but well, I think there is a first time for everything – it would be boring otherwise, wouldn’t it… 😉

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14th century Meridian Cross Cyclas / sideless surcote, 14th century projects, Applique, Chain Stitch, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, How to prepare patches for appliqué, How to use embroidery models / Schablonen, Medieval Embroidery, Projects

My new “Meridian Cross Cyclas” – a Manesse inspired 14th century cyclas / sideless surcote .1 – the appliqué embroidery

2015/11/20

Yeah, it’s true and no typo – I made a 14th century cylas / sideless surcote for me! Or how I call the newest addition to my wardrobe: my 14th century “Meridian Cross Cyclas”! 😀 How come? Well, while I was living in the kingdom of Drachenwald – the SCA group covering Europe, the middle East and South Africa – I wasn’t able to make it to many SCA events. Not that I didn’t want to but quite many of the events were out of my budget due to the required travel to the location in a rather far away country like Sweden, Finland, UK,… Therefore my normal event count per year was about 1 to maximal…

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"Turks Head" embellishment, 12th century projects, 12th century white silk underdress, Decorated Silk Buttons, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, Medieval Embroidery, Needle Made Lace, Projects

My 12th century white silk underdress .3 – revisited – more about my decorated silk buttons

2015/11/15

And after the last two postings about my 12th century white silk underdress, there is actually just one last major work step of this project left which I haven’t shown you yet. Yes, you are right, it is time to take a closer look at how I created the decorated silk buttons for the Trapunto style keyhole neckline of my 12th century white silk underdress. 🙂

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12th century projects, 12th century white silk underdress, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, Medieval Embroidery, Projects, Running Stitch, Trapunto

My 12th century white silk underdress .2 – revisited – Trapunto for the win :)

2015/11/09

And now it’s definitely time for the second part of my posting about my “12th century white silk underdress project” revisited. Today I am going to show you more progress pictures of my “12th century white silk underdress” with a focus on some of my details for this project like the keyhole neckline, the Trapunto work at the keyhole neckline and my Trapunto sleeve cuffs.

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12th century projects, 12th century white silk underdress, Hand-Sewing, Projects

My 12th century white silk underdress .1 – revisited :)

2015/11/04

Today I am going to revisit an “old” project of mine – my beloved 12th century white silk underdress. And yes, before you ask, it is the underdress with the Trapunto neckline, the hand made, decorated silk buttons,… 😀 How come? Well, while I was working at the 14th century hood project for my friends Pelican elevation, I was asked if I could revisit my 12th century white silk underdress. And as I always love to talk about embroidery in general and in particular about my projects, I immediately and happily agreed to revisit this project. But first there was another task I had to take care of – I had to finish posting about…

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14th century projects, 14th century XL hood for Pelican elevation, Applique, Appliqué border embellishment, Embroidery, Embroidery Patterns, Hand-Sewing, Kingdom of Meridies, Knight belts, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Pelicans, Projects, Satin Stitch, SCA, Silver Thread, Stem Stitch, Surface Couching

White 14th century hood for a friends Pelican elevation – finished! :D

2015/10/29

And after all my recent postings about the progress of my friends 14th century hood with pelican & knighthood embroidery, I can finally present to you the finished 14th century hood! The picture at the left was taken shortly after my friend – Sir Thomas Blackmoore (sorry but I don’t remember all the other proper SCA titles he has) – was elevated to the Order of the Pelican.

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14th century projects, 14th century XL hood for Pelican elevation, Appliqué border embellishment, Back Stitch, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, Materials, Medieval Embroidery, Projects, Silver Thread, Surface Couching, Surface Couching 2:1

White 14th century XL hood for a friends Pelican elevation – embroidery .2 – appliqué border embellishment – a proper finish for my surface couching embroidery

2015/09/30

Now, that I finally caught up with most of my housework and am able to enjoy a rather clean home again, I am back at my computer again and ready to also catch up with the most recent progress of the 14th century XL hood project for my friends Pelican elevation. Therefore I checked my last posting about the embroidery for the hood as well as the pictures on my tablet and found some photos concerning the surface couching embroidery for the appliqué border embellishment I haven’t posted yet.

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14th century projects, 14th century XL hood for Pelican elevation, Applique, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, Medieval Embroidery, Projects

White 14th century XL hood for a friends Pelican elevation – working at the embroidery .1 – first appliqué work finished

2015/08/24

Just some days ago I showed you a picture of my current 14th century XL hood project and the finished appliqué work on the right side of the hood. But my hands were not idle over the weekend. Over the last days I continued my busy work at the 14th century XL hood project. And as I put the past days to very good use, I am very glad to say that all the hard work finally paid off! Yes, I achieved even more good progress and was even able to finish the appliqué work on the left side too.

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14th century projects, 14th century XL hood for Pelican elevation, Applique, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, Medieval Embroidery, Projects

White 14th century XL hood for a friends Pelican elevation – working at the embroidery – appliqué work part .1

2015/08/17

It seems like time flies at the moment. The due date for the white 14th century XL hood project for a friend of mine moves closer and closer. But there is no cause for worry yet. I did put the last days to very good use and was therefore able to achieve a lot of progress. 🙂 After completing the work at the main pattern framework of my 14th century pattern project worked in Surface Couching, I immediately continued with the work at the white 14th century XL hood for my friends Pelican elevation.

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14th century projects, 14th century XL hood for Pelican elevation, Books, Books - Textiles, Hand-Sewing, Projects

My new project – a white 14th century XL hood for a friends Pelican elevation – the hand-sewing is finally finished! :D

2015/07/29

After all the successful previous preparation for this project (like drafting an XL pattern and creating a 14th century XL hood sample), I finally started working at the actual project some days ago: A white 14th century XL hood for my friends Pelican elevation. 🙂 But first a short explanation for all readers who are not familiar with the SCA: Whenever a member of the SCA shows great passion in “service” to the society, excels in the “arts & sciences” (like woodwork, embroidery, teaching about his/her craft,…) or shows great skill in fighting (“Heavy Fighting”, fencing,…) and some people who observe this commitment report it to The Royal Majesties of their kingdom (normally…

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14th century projects, 14th century XL hood sample, Books, Books - Textiles, Hand-Sewing, Projects

My 14th century XL hood sample – the finished hood sample & some information about my hood pattern…

2015/07/15

Do you remember the 14th century XL hood pattern about which I told you recently? Well, then I have some great news for you! I managed to finish the hand-sewing part of my 14th century XL hood before “A Midsummer Day’s Brawl” – an SCA event in Tennessee last weekend and I took my finished XL sample hood with me to the event for a fitting. Though my friend – for whom I drafted this pattern – and I were quite busy at the event, we managed to find some time where he was able to try on the 14th century XL sample hood and guess what! …it fits fine! *happydance*

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12th century dress - blue & yellow silk, 12th century projects, 12th century wedding clothing project, Hand-Sewing, Keyhole neckline step-by-step tutorial, Projects

12th century dress for the “12th century wedding clothing project” – sneak peek .7 – working at the keyhole neckline

2015/06/12

After finishing the lid for my reliquary box, I decided to complete at least one more work step of my 12th century wedding dress keyhole neckline. And I was successful – the sewing part of my keyhole neckline is finished by now and won’t bother me anymore. I just need to add some further embellishments as well as a special finishing step to reinforce the bottom point of the neckline slit… *sigh* …so many projects and just so little time – I guess that sounds familiar to many of you, doesn’t it… 🙂

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14th century projects, 14th century reliquary boxes, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, Klosterstich, Medieval Embroidery, Pearls, Projects, Reliquary box - "Rose", Surface Couching

14th century inspired Klosterstich rose embroidery – now a lid for a reliquary box!

2015/06/08

It took a little but I finally managed to turn my 14th century inspired Klosterstich rose embroidery into a cute lid for a reliquary box. 🙂 Well, not that the rest of the box is finished yet but I consider a lid a very good beginning. At the moment I am anyway not quite sure if I want to create an embroidery for the sides of the box too. A plain silk cover for the side part seems like a very appealing idea at the moment. But… Well, you know me…

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