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Viking embroidery
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2008/04/22 - 14:39. Embroidery | ScandanavianSCA member Þóra Sharptooth has created an extensive online resource for Viking re-enactors including a nicely-illustrated page on Viking Embroidery Stitches and Motifs.
Bayeux Simpsons
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2008/04/01 - 19:23. 1001 CE to 1100 CE | Embroidery | English | Humor | Media | Modern SocietyForget the conquest of England! Who has the couch? The Simpsons take on the Bayeux Tapestry for the opening gag.
British Museum to host international conference on the Bayeux Tapestry
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2008/03/29 - 20:36. 1001 CE to 1100 CE | Embroidery | EnglishOn July 15-16, 2008, the British Museum will host an international conference on the Bayeux Tapestry to "highlight recent and new research on the Tapestry." The cost for both days is UK£15.
Inter-Kingdom Intensive Needlework Symposium
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2008/01/15 - 21:46. Caid | Embroidery | West2008/09/20 - 09:00
2008/09/21 - 18:00
US/Pacific
The West Kingdom Needleworkers Guild and the Caidan School of Needlework invite one and all to come & enjoy classes designed for the Embroiderer seeking more in-depth instruction and historical information.
Some of the featured classes include Opus Anglicanum (Dame Richenda Elizabeth Coffin), Elizabethan Sweetbags in Depth (Baroness Eowyn Amberdrake), and Voided Work Pattern Design (Baroness Sabrina de la
West Kingdom Needleworkers Guild (Torrance, California)
Gilding the lily: adding beads to brocade
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2008/01/02 - 23:13. Costuming | EmbroideryHow do you make a really luscious brocade even more beautiful? Try beading it! Gael Stirler offers a tutorial on how to bead brocades in the November 2007 Renstore newsletter: Beading Brocades: For gifts and personal adornment.
Viking embroidery articles online
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2007/12/18 - 21:40. Embroidery | ScandanavianThe Renaissance Store/Chivalry Sports has added a pair of articles on Viking embroidery by Gael Stirler to their archive.
Medieval silkwork blog
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2007/11/19 - 00:23. EmbroideryMachteld and Isis have created a blog to share their research on medieval silk embroidery.
New Guild Head of Drachenwald Embroiderers' Guild
Submitted by Racaire on Fri, 2007/10/05 - 09:28. Drachenwald | EmbroideryLady Racaire will be the new Guild Head for the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild in the Kingdom of Drachenwald.
Embroidery Challenge II: Son of Embroidery Challenge
Submitted by Racaire on Wed, 2007/09/05 - 16:18. Drachenwald | EmbroideryTHL Anya Mstyslavyaya and Lady Racaire have started a blog for the second embroidery challenge "Something to keep you warm..." - the new challenge will begin on Sept. 1st 2007.
Dragon's Embroidery Workshop
Submitted by Racaire on Wed, 2007/08/22 - 16:27. Drachenwald | Embroidery | EuropeanTHL Anya Mstyslavyaya and Lady Racaire have started a blog for the embroiderers of Drachenwald: Dragon's Embroidery Workshop.
Tudor Tailor Vallejo photos highlight headpieces
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2007/06/21 - 14:23. Caid | Costuming | Embroidery | Photo AlbumJoane Silvertoppe, of the Kingdom of Caid, reports that she has posted an album of photos from workshop presented by England's Tudor Tailors. The workshop took place recently in Vallejo, California.
Embraceable Lace Workshop
Submitted by Vallawulf on Thu, 2007/05/03 - 20:52. Embroidery2007/05/19 - 09:30
2007/05/20 - 17:00
America/Chicago
If just the sight of lace-weight yarns has always caused you to break out in a rash, this introductory lace class is for you. With her unique, inspiring, fun-loving teaching style, Galina A. Khmeleva will unravel the myths and mystery about the complexities of knitting lace. She will have you knitting continental before this class is over, wondering what all the fuss was about. And finally, Galina will help individualize a lace-knitting project that is just right for you. You can and will learn to knit lace.
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Bayeux Tapestry comes to life
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2007/04/10 - 15:11. 1001 CE to 1100 CE | Embroidery | English | Fine Arts | French | Video Albumavidavid62 has posted an animated version of the Bayeux Tapestry on YouTube where the paintings actually move. The film was created by David Newton.
Class Act Fabrics (a.k.a. Dragon's Magic)
Submitted by lindalearn on Fri, 2007/03/30 - 14:48. Costuming | Embroidery | Merchants | Pennsic WarClass Act Fabrics, also known as Dragon’s Magic at the Pennsic War, provides high quality modern couture fabrics, which are selected for period-appropriate use in medieval and renaissance costuming.
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Photos from Lochac's 12th Night/Coronation
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2007/01/19 - 11:49. Armoured Combat | Arts and Sciences | Embroidery | Lochac | Photo Album | SCA RoyaltyJane Stockton has posted photos from the recent 12th Night/Coronation event which took place January 6, 2007 in the Barony of Rowany (Sydney, New South Wales).
"per manus sororum" published in German
Submitted by Racaire on Wed, 2007/01/17 - 18:56. 1301 CE to 1400 CE | 1401 CE to 1500 CE | 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Arts and Sciences | Embroidery | GermanThe book of Tanja Kohwagner-Nikolai "per manus sororum" - a great book about mediaeval Klosterstich tapestries from the Low German language area is now available at the publishing house Martin Meidenbauer Verlagsbuchhandlung.
Early Stuart needlework exhibit at the Fitzwilliam
Submitted by Karen on Thu, 2006/09/28 - 18:22. 1601 CE and Later | Embroidery | English | Exhibits"Figures on Fabric" will be on display at the Octagon Gallery of the Fitzwilliam Museum (at the University of Cambridge, in England) through December 30.
Devonshire Tapestries Get Face Lift
Submitted by JaneStockton on Mon, 2006/09/04 - 23:15. Embroidery | Exhibits | Fine Arts | Flemish | FrenchOne of only three full sets of surviving Flemish or French tapestries has been taken down from display at the Victoria and Albert Museum for cleaning and restoration.
Athena's Grove
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2006/05/27 - 06:04. Costuming | East | Embroidery | Jewelry/Lapidary | Merchants | Ren Faires | TrimarisAthena's Grove, Inc., provides gorgeous trims that will make your garb dazzling. They have Celtic, European and Middle Eastern styles and many other beautiful designs. They also carry many Pagan and new age items including Amy Brown pendants and earrings and tarot decks.
Athena's Grove Inc.
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2006/03/20 - 09:53. Costuming | East | Embroidery | Jewelry/Lapidary | Merchants | TrimarisAthena’s Grove provides the historical re-enactment community with gorgeous trims that make your clothing really stand out and get noticed. Also to be found are many high-quality sterling silver jewelry items, tarot decks and other ritual items and relaxation CDs.
Modern Embroidery Business Serves SCA Customers
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2006/03/18 - 21:57. Costuming | Embroidery | Merchants | Modern SocietyMelinda Dement of Embroidery Monogram Business online magazine looks at the SCA as specialty customers for embroidery businesses.
Attention costumers: Husqvarna/Viking recalls sewing machine for safety problem
Submitted by Justin on Wed, 2006/02/08 - 05:14. Costuming | Embroidery | Modern SocietyOwners of the Husqvarna Viking Designer I Sewing and Embroidery Machine should check their unit's serial number to see if it is affected by this safety recall due to an electrical arcing problem.
Medieval Reproductions
Submitted by Justin on Thu, 2006/01/05 - 20:23. Architecture and Construction | Armouring and Weaponsmithing | Costuming | Embroidery | Merchants | WoodworkingMedieval Reproductions offers "carefully researched, historically accurate reproductions of medieval arms, armour, and artwork", in time periods from Roman to Renaissance. Their main focus is armour, but they also create costumes, accessories, tapestries, architectural adornments, and furniture.
Their work has been exhibited in the Glenbow Museum (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), the Royal Ontario
Labor of Love Restores Medici Tapestry
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2005/11/21 - 22:06. 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Embroidery | Italian | New York Times | Textile ArtsFour restoration specialists at New York's Metropolitan Museum have taken on the backbreaking effort of restoring "The Gathering of Manna," a 16th century Medici tapestry, one stitch at a time.
Tauna AElswith's SCA site
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2005/08/12 - 23:25. Byzantine | Cooking | Costuming | East | Embroidery | Middle EasternLady Tauna AElswith of Ostgardr has compiled a set of resources from her time in the SCA. There are redacted recipes, information on Byzantine clothing, Ottoman clothing, links and a few portfolio pictures.
Known World Embroiderers Meet and Greet at Pennsic
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2005/07/05 - 14:57. Embroidery | Photo Album | Textile Arts | Pennsic WarElizabet Marshall has announced that there will be a meet-and-greet for embroiderers of the Known World and their friends at this year's Pennsic War.
Freydis Thorfinnsdottir to Head Drachenwald Embroiderers' Guild
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2005/02/25 - 14:50. Drachenwald | EmbroideryLady Freydis Thorfinnsdottir will be the new Guildmistress for the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild in the Kingdom of Drachenwald.
A Medieval Mystery: Was There a Master of the Embroidered Foliage?
Submitted by Karen on Fri, 2005/01/28 - 01:20. Embroidery | ExhibitsAn exhibit on display at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts brings together four of the seven known versions of the Master of the Embroidered Foliage's hallmark image from public and private collections in the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and France.
In Prayse of the Needle
Submitted by Justin on Fri, 2004/11/12 - 14:32. 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Costuming | Embroidery | LochacJane Stockton, who lives in Lochac and is a frequent SCAtoday.net contributing writer, maintains this extensive web site about costuming, blackwork, and embroidery, mostly from the Elizabethan period.
A Stitch Out Of Time
Submitted by Justin on Fri, 2004/11/12 - 14:24. Embroidery | English | GermanA Stitch Out of Time is a resource for those interested in (primarily) English and German embroidery from the 9th through 16th centuries.
