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Sidelacing documentation for 12thc woman’s garment

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From 12thCgarb: Greetings from Nadezhda Toranova, I was looking at the pictures posted by Katherine, and noticed in one of them, when I zoomed in closely and looked at the two women on the bottom… http://pics.livejournal.com/jillwheezul/pic/000sezrh/g34 Is that side lacing (or holes for side lacing) that I'm seeing? Her dress is colourless, but the red ink picks out a series of holes on either side of what looks like a slit. It seems like such a strange detail for the artist to depict, when the dresses are otherwise completely plain. Continue reading Sidelacing documentation for 12thc woman’s garment

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Garb kudos at feast idea

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From A&S50Challenge: We didn't have an actual meeting of the A&S 50 challengers at Lupercalia (held February 21 in Nicollet, Minnesota), but A&S Maven Kat did something that I thought was a great (and adaptable) idea for a smallish event. As the day progressed, she went around and tagged people with a bit of ribbon with "A&S" on the front, and a number on the back. As she pinned on the ribbon, she commented on a particularly interesting or authentic bit of the recipient's garb, and asked that they briefly describe that item for the folks during feast. Not everyone … Continue reading Garb kudos at feast idea

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To Do list for Gulf Wars 2009

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Gulf Wars is officially less than a month away.  I'm going for the whole week, for the first time, and will continue to serve Her Majesty Gwendolen as lady-in-waiting.  I'm not teaching this year, and hope to take a few classes. Although I've been sewing more for myself lately, and have been given two handmedown camp kirtles, such that I have lots of clothes now, I find I still have a lengthy sewing list for this year.  Here's the list, and the current progress – I'm not freaking out just yet. 4.  Four white shifts.  I'm making two the gathered-front … Continue reading To Do list for Gulf Wars 2009

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GW 2009 Populace Badge Embroidery Project

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I am helping HRM Gwendolen create embroidered tokens for Gulf Wars 2009.  This is a fairly large project and given the time constraints and the volume involved, I'm soliciting machine embroiderers' help.  I've posted eleven embroidery machine files, in various formats, for public download at my blog here:  http://szarka.typepad.com/sca/2009/02/downloads-for-machine-embroidery-meridies-populace-badge.html  If you're interested in helping, please email me, so I can keep track of how I'm doing recruiting, and include a mailing address so I can get black fabric to you. Thank you so much in advance.  ~Greet ——————UPDATE: Feb 17————– The tokens are to be sized approx. 4" x 24", … Continue reading GW 2009 Populace Badge Embroidery Project

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Downloads for machine embroidery – Meridies Populace Badge

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Various helpful people are interested in file downloads for the Meridian Populace Badge. PLEASE NOTE:  I don't have an embroidery machine, nor do I have the software necessary to create these files.  I am, however, coordinating an effort to produce a WHOLE LOT of embroidered tokens with the Meridian Populace Badge…they will be white thread on black fabric, like this: If you are interested in doing a bunch of these for the Crown's use at Gulf Wars, PLEASE EMAIL ME. I got a pal (who does have the fancy machine and the fancy software) to create a bunch of standard … Continue reading Downloads for machine embroidery – Meridies Populace Badge

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Back on the mat

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In recap:  I ended up ordering three new yoga disk sets.  Rodney Yee's "Advanced Yoga", Shiva Rea's "Yoga Shakti", and Baron Baptiste's "Yoga Bootcamp."  I've felt for some time that I wanted to broaden my yoga experience, to understand more about the various styles and types and personalities.  In short, it's time to apply some mental rigor, and not just the discipline of "get on the mat more often."  Which gets boring. I've watched some of "Advanced Yoga".  It's advanced.  The people who did that teacher training course that I didn't, they could do this stuff at the end.  Head balances with legs wandering … Continue reading Back on the mat

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Results of Midwinter A&S for Coptic Embellishment entry

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[This entry is feeling hard to write, because the project did really well, and good things happened to me, and I don't know how to say it without the results seeming like I am blowing my own horn.  But I want to share with you all, so suffice to say that I feel really really validated and humbled.  At the same time.  Which is pretty awesome, from my side of the line.]

Onward.

As promised, here's the PDF of my documentation. Download Coptic Embellishment-A Simple Method for Picky and Patient Re-enactors2
I didn't take a picture of the setup (stupid!), but I'll reassemble it and blog it soon.

I got really great encouragement, comments, suggestions, and prodding as to "where to take this next."  Even better, I find I've still got enough interest in the topic to keep going in those directions, some of which are Very Ambitious.  So this isn't the end of Coptic tapestry weaving…not by a long shot.

I also got a terrific score: 19/20.

And I won my level, which was Beginner.  I felt odd registering as Beginner, since I know I'm very different from most beginners, but the criteria is "have you been awarded a Meridian Cross?"  Since that answer was a fact, and a "no", then it was out of my hands.

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Posts about documentation

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I've been finishing up the documentation and display for my first Arts & Science entry, to be shown this weekend at Midwinter A&S.  For the non-SCAdians, think Science Fair, but for medieval crafty types.  I'm having a blast. Per usual, the gory blow-by-blow appears on my LJ blog, and I got a couple of questions that I thought might be universal enough to address here, and keep a category about.  So I introduce "Documentation" to the increasingly long category list at right, and the preceding two posts are about that.  There may be more. It occurs to me that not … Continue reading Posts about documentation