Autocrat Gift for Lady Bryn Millar

For her fine works in organizing the Endewearde 25th Anniversary celebration, House Fulton presented Lady Bryn Millar with a small embroidered sachet.

This sachet was stuffed with lavender and dried strawberries for an early summer fragrance.  The embroidery was based on an Elizabethan carnation design and was done with cotton embroidery floss on linen.  The outline of the flower and the leaves was couched with gold thread and the design was filled with a simple satin stitch.  Freshwater pearls adorn the corners.

Huva or St. Birgitta's Cap

Finally finished up my huva thus bringing my garb one step closer to being better.  The hardest part of this process was the pattern, which turned out to be not hard at all with a talented friend like Lady Elgiva available.  She basically held fabric up to my head and sketched out the curve and voila!  Cap Parts!

The whole piece is hand sewn, which I'm quite proud of, and if you're interested in making one for yourself, the Maniacal Medievalist is the site you need.  She breaks down the documentation and then takes you step by step through the process of making one and how to wear it.  There are even links for the interlaced herringbone stitch in the center of the piece, should you decide to make one with embroidery in the middle.

Of course, my modern short haircut means I'll have to have a filler at the bottom to get it to sit right on my head and I still have to find good veil material to finish off the look for fancy occasions.  It was super easy to do though and is quite comfortable to wear.  I highly recommend this project for any of the 13th and 14th century SCA ladies who are looking to add headgear to their garb.

Favors for Queen Thyra

A short time ago, the design for Queen Thyra's favors was published and I decided to make four to send along. 

The basic design is a T with an ivy leaf on the end.  The directions say that we can use some artistic license  with the pieces and that we can, instead of using the single leaf at the end, wrap the T in an ivy leaf.  I opted to do two of each.

The two ivy vine pieces were pretty straightforward.  I filled one in entirely with a stem stitch and did French knots on the other one.  Queen Thyra's personal arms have three lozenges on them, so on the ones without vines, I opted to put three lozenges in the thick part of the T.  One of them is done with silver thread, the other is outlined with silver beads and has some bead-work in the middle section.  They aren't the fanciest favors she'll probably receive, but hopefully they will respectably convey her favor to whomever she deems worthy.

Autocrat gift for Lady Cassandra Hobbes

It has now become tradition with House Fulton to present gifts to our hosts when we go to events.  Lord and Lady Fulton commissioned this lavender sachet for Lady Cassandra Hobbes for her good works organizing and running Harper's Retreat in Stonemarch. There was also a child's cloak presented to the Stonemarch Gold Key to help clothe any urchins who might be in need of extra warmth.  Vivat Stonemarch!