Slowly but surely I am making progress on the brick stitch book cushion.  I finally have all of the major pattern element in place.  Hurra...

Finally I am starting to make some progress on the long-stalled Mary of Hungary smock!  A big part of my problem has been sourcing materia...

I went to a beginning scribal schola in Maryland a couple of weeks ago with a couple of people in my local SCA group, and oh good grief di...

I ordered a small sampling of silks from Hedgehog Handworks (very nice folks with a great selection of metal threads and the full Au Ver a S...

A friend who knows about my dog-barding project shared this with me and it cracked me up.  Seriously, barding on a cow?!  Wow.  Sadly I do...

I gave a presentation last night on the Morgan Bible, sometimes better known as the Maciejowski Bible, for my local SCA group.  The Morgan i...

This book things is totally addictive.  I finished the rounded spine journal, and posted start-to-finish photos on facebook, which you can...

Again with the modern covers, but as these are just for practice that's ok!  I'm having a lot of fun with the sewing and the glui...

The DH and I went to LA this weekend, partly to visit with my family and partly to work on Top Secret Project Number 1 (more on that later)....

 I've been wanting to make a Viking-style needle case that would suspend from one of my apron brooches for a very long time.  A number...

This book cushion project is starting to feel like one of the Labors of Hercules.  Or possibly the torment of Sisyphus.  I've finally ...

The Royal School of Needlework (they of Kate's wedding lace fame) have some out with a series of very affordable, compact instructional ...

There's been a lot of discussion of late about documentation for A&S projects and it's got me a bit upset.  The debate has been ...

The knit bag I last wrote about is done, complete with drawstrings, lining and tassels, just in time for out local 12th Night and the gift...

One of the problems with this whole middle ages thing is that there are not a lot of things to knit, at least not until you get to the 16t...

This brick stitch book cushion is turning into quite the project.  I thought I had issues with the eyelets... I think part of the proble...

Because I've been getting nothing much major done like a champ (hey, it happens), here are two more Elizabethan needle books.  Hurrah fo...

One of the other reasons I've not been posting much in the last month is the little dude you see here.  Meet Atticus, the three-legged...

I've been super busy this last month with all kind of baronial regalia ridiculousness, sewing for other people, and getting ready for ...

I've been wanting to try making barding for my chiweenie Molly for awhile, and finally got around to it today after much pondering, mu...