Cloth of Stars

Well, at least not as many.  Lookee what I made: Stamps! I paint so many lions on all my Caerleon stuff - and for other company members...

Because the first question people ask me when they've seen the new Japanese outfit I made for Takuan (you remember Takuan ) is "did...

Sir John's 11thC Norman Bad Sting reference, no no!  Sorry.  I didn't get much sleep last night.  I spent several hours finishin...

Anybody getting tired of Sir John yet?  ;) This is an honor shield I painted for him last night.  They hang these things to announce tour...

A  short men's houppelande with embattled/dagged sleeves, for Sir John to wear to a 14th century pas d'armes  tournament: The ...

IT'S ALIVE!!!   A bit sniffly still, but alive.  And done with a HUGE project that I've been working on for nearly three weeks (give...

Speaking of stuff I've done recently but neglected to blog about: Here's an English/Norman surcote I did for another friend o...

Vasilii and I at Queen's champion this past weekend: his decorated plain shirt spiffy new blue belt from Gulf Wars my...

As I mentioned in the recent month-in-review post, in February I got the opportunity to create part of a Japanese outfit for a friend of min...

Well, I'm back from my very first Gulf Wars!  It was EPIC.  I didn't get to any of the classes I wanted to attend, didn't get to...

True to form, I f*d up and forgot to ask someone to take pics of Vasilii and I in our court gear (green opashen , blue velvet transitional g...

The opashen  is finished!  And it looks fabulous  with a  Far Side t-shirt and camo shorts, don't you think?  LOL. Yay, yay, y...

The  opashen  for Vasilii is almost done! This is where it stood as of Saturday.  It's actually completely finished now, except for ...

Take THAT, opashen sleeves! I kept putting the trim around the slits inside-out.  Derp.  The body of the thing is now sewn together, ...

With my outfit for Candlemas halfway finished, it's time to start working on Vasilii's as well. You remember Vasillii... We...