Cloth of Stars

 I decided to make myself a hand-sewn Norse “apron dress” to go with the white serk I made by hand back in August. There was a whole grand ...

War of the Rams ended up being a total bust for me. I hurt my back on the first day, and was basically stuck in a chair at camp the entire w...

The second part of my hand sewn Viking outfit project is the smokkr , or apron dress:  I searched high and low for the right wool, learned a...

 The third week of November is "BAM" - Bordermarch Autumn Melees, now called War of the Rams.  It's a five-day event in the mi...

 Several months ago, I purchased the most beautiful fabric from a friend who was cleaning out her stash: it’s 100% linen, light gray, in a h...

 In May of last year, when I made that new Viking coat , I fell head over heels in love with the fabric I used for the outside of the coat. ...

My first Viking dress was dark blue, and I loved it so much - but it got old and worn and too small, and I ended up chopping it up to make d...

So I had this huge silk quilt.  The front was made from dozens of pieces cut from the edge banding on silk saris from India.  The b...

I had 6 yards of linen in a shade of muted blue called "Bayou" which I absolutely adore - so much so that I've already got a ...

I badly needed a couple of plain, neutral-colored underdresses, since most of mine are very strongly colored (red, black, dark blue) and don...

After making over the blue apron dress , I decided to tackle my black one next.  This just happened to be my apron dress with the most work ...

. In 2015 when I was in the process of spiffing up my entire Viking wardrobe, I created this dress: Isn't it neat?  It's w...

Valkyrfelt was AMAZING. Bjornsborg really knows how to throw an event. There were so many neat things to do and to learn, there was music ev...

ignore the blue hemline; it hangs correctly on me, just not on a hanger With a Viking-themed event coming up in October, I wanted to b...