21 April 2023

SCA: 3 Things: Random Viking Kit Stuff

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This is such a small thing, but it's a huge accomplishment for me!  I've been learning how to inkle weave...very...slowly...and with...
17 April 2023

Regency: A Picnic!

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 Over the weekend I went to my very first JASNA event: their annual Box Hill Picnic, in Buda, Texas. I have to admit, I was very apprehensiv...
13 April 2023

Regency: Lavender Striped Drop-Front Dress

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I LOVE striped Regency dresses. I keep thinking about making one, but I had no fabric to use …but wait, I thought - don’t I have a lavender ...
11 March 2023

SCA: Glass Beads

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 Before the pandemic, I got the  awesome  opportunity to learn to make glass beads with FIRE.  It's called lampworking or torchworking -...
09 March 2023

Regency-Adjacent: New Jewelry Box Just For Fun

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Here's a little wooden jewelry box I just finished making, to house my Regency jewelry:  It started life as a little $9 blank box from M...
05 February 2023

Regency: Mitts!

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Mitts are neat.  After making the crocheted fingerless gloves last week, I decided I needed some longer, fabric ones.  You see them a lot in...
31 January 2023

Regency: Crocheted Fingerless Gloves/Mitts

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 I've been meaning to sew myself some [fabric] fingerless gloves/mitts for some time now, "whenever I get a minute" - whenever...
27 January 2023

SCA: Return of the Cotehardie : A Dress Makeover

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 I’m in love with my new 14thC bycocket , but I had nothing to wear with it to the next event. It’s been years since I busted out ye olde co...