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Viking Hood À La Skjoldehamn
As Pennsic is upon us and I’m digging through my wardrobe I begin to realize that I don’t have one basic item that most people should have in their inventory: a hood. Now there are all kinds of hoods throughout our time period but I have been on this kick lately of actually trying to … Continue reading
Eura Underdress – The Family Look pt. 2
The continuation of the Eura underdress journey. (See here for previous entry.) After much deliberation and pulling the dress off and on again I decided to take it all apart. I was right when I had assumed that the dress would wind up far to large for myself. As a reminder I used the pattern … Continue reading
Eura Underdress – The Family Look pt. 1
So for a long time I’ve been hearing about the Eura dress. In the SCA it’s worn often times with a Viking apron dress besides the as a medieval Finnish outfit. The other great perk about this particular pattern is that there are no underarm gussets for kids to rip through. I’ll talk about that … Continue reading
Kids Classes in the SCA & A Game Pouch
Children. For most SCA groups there is an ongoing conversation on how to involve the children more and more into the Society. For a long time we have had youth combat which starts at age six. While that is all well and good the rest of the children (ans there are quite a few in … Continue reading
A Proper Super Tunic
***PLEASE BE PATIENT THIS POST IS IMAGE-HEAVY*** I am very excited to be going to Pennsic this year. Sadly, after having my second baby my body doesn’t resemble what it used to. Needless to say that I now need make more garb and alter the few things that I can, in order to have … Continue reading
Post Baby Garb
So I know it’s been a while since my last post but I think you can expect many more soon. After having my second baby, a healthy girl, none of my garb fits. Not only that but I need to remake or fix a lot of the stuff I have. It’s a bit aggravating but … Continue reading
Blue Linen Dress Re-Do: Trim Found!
So today I took my DS to have lunch with daddy during daddy’s lunch hour. There’s a great fabric store right around the corner from my DH’s workplace so naturally I had to stop. This place is extensive and stocks everything from apparel fabric to whole hides of leather. I had two things on my … Continue reading
Blue Linen Dress Re-Do Update
So after some mild hiccups in delivery I have a new bias tape maker arriving today! YAY! I’ll be able to move on after making all this bias tape. I’m hoping today to try out by drafted pattern for the side piece as well for the blue dress re-do. This is the pattern piece to … Continue reading
Blue Linen Dress Re-Do Swatches
So as promised I finally took a picture of the materials that will be going along with the light blue dress re-do. I haven’t been able to do much work on recently but I’m hoping that will change next week. This week I’ve been in a super cleaning mode. “Nesting” is what my husband calls … Continue reading
Blue Linen Dress Re-Do
So I’ve begun taking apart the light blue linen t-tunic type dress that was given me and prepping it for a re-do. I didn’t take picture of it while assembled but it was the basic pattern that many people use when they start out, located here. The front of the dress. I have so far … Continue reading