time for another update!

Haven't done quite so many scrolls in the last few months as I've been finishing up my dissertation, but here is what I've done since my last post. This is numbers #18-#23 -- almost half-way there!


These two were taken from images from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves, which I obtained in March and have many pages marked that I want to copy!

This is one that I thought was OK when I finished it, but now every time I see a picture of it again, I find I really like the illumination on it, don't know why.

This was my first attempt at a secretary hand, and the wording is cribbed from some letters of Henry VII, since the recipient is someone whose persona works in service to Henry VII.

The initial here was my first attempt at shading. It turned out better than I thought it might!

And this one I'm half-way happy with, half-way unhappy with. I like the top; it's very reminiscent of my exemplar, and it was such fun to paint with such bright, bold, and contrasting colors. It felt like painting a circus. However, I'm not so happy with the borders and the bottom. Oh well.

The full docs (including exemplars) can be found via http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/candi/

Racaire's update :)

...and another two things for my wardrobe challenge finished :)

my updated A&S 50 list can be found > here <

1) A&S50 - Wardrobe (breadth)

1.1) my blue 12th century dress with gathered body part
A dress for Fiona’s Coronation ceremony (Midsummer Coronation 2008 - completely handsewn
1.2) a veil for the blue 12th century dress
light yellow - handsewn
1.3) underdress for my blue 12th century dress
natural color - sewn with the sewing machine
1.4) a male loan Tunic
sewn with the sewing machine
1.5) cap for Heavy Fighting
1.6) girdle book :)
1.7) a new Gugel / hood with dagging
in progress
*) Gambeson for Heavy Fighting
in progress
*) one pair of stockings (made from woolen fabric)
not started yet

2) A&S50 - Kingdom (breadth)

(or: “50 things for other SCA-members I won’t get paid for”
2.1-2.7) 7 Designs for Fionas coronation dress
silk thread - surface couching, some pearls added
2.8) Illumination for an AoA-Scroll
2.9-2.13) 5 Gifts for the Pennsic Queens Basket
Renaissance Dyeing wool thread - Klosterstich
2.14) “A Crafty Challenge” - n° 1 - a gift for Brooke
Klosterstich, Stem Stitch, needlemade lace: “Glattes geschlungenes Stäbchen” (Abb. 866, p. 604) & “Gewöhnlicher Tüllstich - Erster Spitzenstich” (Abb. 890, p. 611) - see chapter “Nadelspitzen” in the book “Encyklopaedie der weiblichen Handarbeiten von Thérèse de Dillmont”
2.15) "A Crafty Challenge" - n°2 - a gift for Lorelei
a "Girdle book"
*) Anya’s Laurel Cloak
in progress
*) a badge for our Heavy Fighting Marshall
not started yet
*) 2 Pelican Badges for Jaelle (for the hood sale for the kingdom)
not started yet

3+4+5) A&S50 - Stitches/Techniques (depth)

(3: Embroidery, 4: Sewing, 5: Needlemade Lace)

3.1) Embroidery - surface couching
embroidery technique - for Fiona’s coronation dress, for the roundels for Anya’s Laurel cloak, for the “gold” embroidery at my blue 12th century dress with gathered body part
3.2) Embroidery - Klosterstich
“self couching technique” - I use it for my wallhanging project
classes: Summer Coronation 2008 (Insulae Draconis)
3.3) Embroidery - Stem Stitch
I use it for the outlines of the Klosterstich areas
3.4) Embroidery - Satin Stitch
embroidery technique - for the roundels for Anya’s Laurel cloak (leaves)
3.5) Embroidery - ‘diapered‘ work
also a kind of couching technique in my opinion - used for the roundels for Anya’s Laurel cloak
3.6) Embroidery - Pearls…
some pearl embroidery for the neckline of the 12th century dress
3.7) Embroidery - chain stitch
...used for my new hood/Gugel with dagging

4.1) Sewing - running stitch
…used for sewing
4.2) Sewing - back stitch
I use the back stitch instead of the running stitch for the sewing technique like described in the book “The Development Of Costume” by Naomi Tarrant on page 15 - 3rd row, picture in the middle for my new 12th century dress - I feel much more secure and comfortable with the backstitch than with the running stitch, for the Gambeson
4.3) Sewing - blanket/buttonhole stitch
I sometimes use this stitch for decorative seams,...

5.1) Needlemade Lace - “Glattes geschlungenes Stäbchen”
Abb. 866, p. 604 - see chapter “Nadelspitzen” in the book “Encyklopaedie der weiblichen Handarbeiten von Thérèse de Dillmont” - used for Brooks “A Crafty Challenge” gift
5.2) Needlemade Lace - “Gewöhnlicher Tüllstich - Erster Spitzenstich”
Abb. 890, p. 611 - see chapter “Nadelspitzen” in the book “Encyklopaedie der weiblichen Handarbeiten von Thérèse de Dillmont” - used for Brooks “A Crafty Challenge” gift