So, I tried my hand at bent copper wire circlets as a surprise for Diana a couple days ago.
Read MoreThe blue pilgrim bag is entirely hand stitched and hand embroidered, for use at Medieval reenactment events.
Read MoreHand sewn Viking baby booties, with wool felt outer and linen interior. Free pattern is available to download.
Read MoreI am making a blue pilgrim bag with scrap fabric and my first card weaving project. I am embroidering it with brick stitch over the satin areas.
Read MoreThis is an entirely hand stitched 14th or 15th Century Gates of Hell Sideless Surcoat, made out of heavy weight upholstery fabric for reenactment.
Read More14th Century linen front lacing kirtle. French seams where assembled on a sewing machine; hand-worked seams along neck, front opening, inside sleeve, and hem; hand-worked eyelets; and the dress has deep medieval armholes.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreDuring the past several months I’ve slowly been working on some medieval garb for myself and Diana. Each piece has taken me far longer to make than they would have before I became sick, but it’s felt damned nice to be creating things again, whatever the pace. I’ll post more photos of the garments as I am able to take worthy photos.
Read MoreMid-14th century linen front lace kirtle. It has french seams; hand-worked seams along neck, front opening, and inside sleeve; and hand-worked eyelets.
Read MoreThis is a back-dated post for my archive project, where I am copying over every piece of art I have ever submitted to DeviantArt, with the original submission date or watermarked year stamp, so a complete archive of my work can be found on this website.
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