Canton Meeting

I went to a canton meeting last night.  It was an eye opener.  The level of information and use has increased  since last I was in the SCA.  I'm even more excited about participating. I learned quite a bit about tablet weaving and viking personas.  I am unable to go to today's event but I plan on going to more in the near future.  What fun there will be!

A Trip to Fabric Nirvana

My best friend (my sewing mentor and a fabulous artist) and I went to her favorite fabric "store" in search of cloak fabric.

Happy seamstresses. She who dies with the most fabric, wins!

It is Osgood's Textiles in West Springfield MA. I have found Fabric Nirvana.

My first look at the first room in the warehouse.

 I went into overload and didn't buy much but I'll definitely go back.

Stunned by the woolens

gorgeous brocade

Looking through the remnants

They have just about everything you can think of and then you find something you never thought of.  It is a warehouse that can't be beat.

A row of shelves

Looking down an aisle

I can't wait to find a project for some of the things I saw.  It's been a day and I'm still trying to bring the experience into focus.

Some Progress Toward Eventing

I set my tents this weekend to see how well they have held up in storage. They are in great shape except for some smelliness. After being up for awhile, they smell fresh and clean.
They are pimples but I have some ideas about some sheet walls to hide them.
We slept in one of the new (brown) ones last night and I need to get a thicker sleeping pad.  We hope to get to a camping event this fall.


I have also started to get my garb organized. I need to find a period I really love and make garb that really fits. So much history so little time....

Not gone yet

I'm working on carving out the time to do more with my SCA work. I'll see you soon. :)

Back Again

I've been distracted by the mundane world. My lord and I made it official, we're engaged. I also got promoted at work.  Needless to say, I've been busy.  I'm trying to do more and I'll blog about it as it happens.

Medieval Gingerbread

Well, I let the gingerbread cool too long and lost a lot of the triple batch. Here is the part that was still soft enough to roll.  I got the recipe from Gode Cookery . It's a great site and I recommend checking it out.

It made 56 balls from 3 lbs of honey. They are large about 1.5 inches, so not so bad. I'll try again tomorrow, maybe. I have to calculate how many I need for the goodie plates. This counts as another on my A and S 50 challenge, so not all is lost. A word to the wise, work with this while its still warm.

Christmas Time is here!!!

Well, so much for making everyone sewn gifts. My baking skills will be at the fore this year. I am making a lovely plate of sweets for everyone on my list.  Ginger snaps, Moravian wafers (a very spicy ginger snap), medieval ginger bread, Lubkuchen (German Honey cookies) and Chocolate Rum Truffles.  I will be snapping pics of each as they are completed this week. Up today are the ginger snaps. They are the first out of the oven.  This is what 6 dozen cookies look like. Not so much, huh. The total recipe makes 12 dozen so I got two plates out of it.

 I am waiting for the wafers, the truffles and the medieval ginger bread to set up right now so I may have another post later.  The medieval gingerbread is looking pretty good for a first attempt. It tastes great but I have to wait for it to cool a bit before I try to roll it into balls.