Now that it has been received, I’d love to point out the embroidery on Her Excellency, Contessa Margarita di Sienna’s Rose Cloak completed by members of the Needleworkers Guild of Carolingia. Thank you all! Vivant Katla of Viborg, Donato Favro, Eleanor Grey, Kira of Carolingia, and Fiore Leonetta Bardi. ed. …
I am not a fan of a soggy bottom so I decided to make this simple project using leftover lumber and a few hand tools. As I built the project, I also became curious to know which side was the ‘front’. Archaeologists have discovered several ‘D’ shaped pieces of wood, …
I have created a tablet woven band, based on the Oseberg Burial Ship find. While the original band was created in silk and linen, I used materials that I had on hand (60%/40% cotton linen blend). One of the things I noticed, while weaving, was the build up of twisted …
Displayed is a very informal Heian Japanese ensemble. This hitoe (red layer) and ginu (pink layer) would be worn over a white kosode and red nagabakama. The colors are pulled from the kasane or color layering Kobai no Nioi, lightening pink layers over maroon, appropriate to be worn in the …
This painting is a self-portrait made with homemade egg tempera paint. Egg tempera was a common medium of painting up through the end of the 15th century. The paint itself is created by combining a pigment with a binding agent and water. Pigments could be ground minerals, plants, or animal …
An inkle-woven belt, in a pickup design using both heddled and unheddled warp threads. About 1″ wide by 1 5/8 yards long. Crochet cotton (green and pale blue warp, brown weft) because I have plenty of it and it’s easy to work with as a learning weave; I’ve made plain-weave pieces …
This is my very first smocking project, a honeycomb-smocked apron. The apron itself is made from cotton (I intend to use this apron for a LARP set in the 18th century, so cotton was more appropriate than linen), but I sewed the embroidery, the hemming, and attached the waistband using …
