My Sewing Buddy

I have finally finished my duct tape sewing dummy! She's awesome and very shiny.

I love that I can adjust my garb to me now. I am trying to update some old garb.  Maybe soon I'll make some new!

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.