This is a detail photo of the embroidered bee area on a large scallop-edge veil that I am embroidering for a friend
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This is a large scallop-edge veil that I am embroidering for a friend to wear with medieval garb. It is not period accurate. At this stage the cotton embroidery is done, and I want to add some metal embroidery insects.
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The bow fibula and matching dress pins were all hand-beaten from copper wire. The style of the fibula is similar to simple bow fibulae made in Europe from approximately the 12th century BC up to the Roman era. Fibula are not only supposed to be beautiful, but serve a functional purpose similar to a modern safety pin.
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This is a veil that I actually started embroidering many months ago, and those of you who follow me or are friends with me on FaceBook may have seen some of the WIP images some time back. I had put it down for a while in favor of other projects, but I did some more work on it the past few days.
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This past weekend I was able to take some more photos of the Red and Yellow Tunic Dress with Angel Sleeves, which I was particularly happy about since I have added herringbone embroidery along all the edges. Not only does it add a nice decorative element, but it will save me a lot of trouble when laundering by keeping the edges nice and crisp and preventing the two sides from getting out of alignment! The red side is entirely edged with yellow floss, and the yellow side is entirely edged with red floss. I used modern poly DMC embroidery floss for ease, price, and durability in the washing machine.
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There are many things that I am enjoying about having joined the SCA, and one of those things is the sharing of information on how to do crafty things. For the month of March, the focus of the weekly Arts & Science meetings in my local area has been weaving. The first two weeks were on inkle weaving, and the second two on basic card or tablet weaving. This month I designed and created two lengths of woven tape.
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