my new green 12th century “pull-over” dress finished :D

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…well, I guess some of you thought that my dress is already finished when I posted about the last progress “my new green 12th century “pull-over” dress – handsewing finished & some embroidery :) ” …but well, the neckline was still so awfully “naked” at this time… ;)

…now the dress is really finished and – voila – I took some pictures of the new dress. …but for a picture of me wearing the dress you have to wait until I get to an event were I get to wear it and someone takes a  picture I can post… ;)

…apropos pictures – yes, I found a funny app for my tablet and at the moment I enjoy to morph my picture to look a little bit more used and “old-style”… I think I will continue using it until it will get boring… ;)

…and I really, really, realllllllyyyyyyy like how this project turned out and I love this simple pattern – very simple but also very effective and decorative… I think with this dress project I managed to make another lovely 12th century (inspired) dress… ok, here the promised pictures:

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data…and here some pictures of the progress of the neckline embroidery.
You can see how I worked at the single diamonds at the first picture underneath – I used a small model cut out of cardboard and one simple pin…

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…and to get an idea where I want to put my diamonds I first estimated a rough distance between the single diamonds – actually I just measured the distance between the middle of one diamond to the middle of the next one at my bicep band, yeah, it can be easy like that sometimes ;) – and with the help of a measuring tape and more pins I started to determine the positions for the other diamonds…

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Well, this is a nice technique, but without a lucky chance it never comes out perfect – normally you have not enough or too much distance when you reach the end – so a little bit of repositioning is always needed… yeah, that’s also how I determine the positions of my daggings when I make a dagged hood… works pretty fine and until you start cutting or embroidering you can still adjust if it’s needed. :)

…and yes, again chain stitch for the border and stem stitch for the diamonds :)

my new green 12th century “pull-over” dress – handsewing finished & some embroidery :)

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dataAfter I finished the basic handsewing of my new green dress, I added some bands of white fabric to the maunches and the biceps, as well as to the neckline, to get the lovely, simple but elaborate look of the 12th century for which I strive for.

Because the fabric I am working with was a little bit too short for a full dress – actually this dress was made from 2 nice blankets which I bought at IKEA – I added some blue fabric at the bottom to lengthen the dress that it reaches the ground and I have to say that I very like the look of it – I will take a picture of the whole dress the next time to show you also the bottom part…

Because of the addition of the blue wool fabric at the bottom I decided to use my blue wool thread from Renaissance Dyeing instead green one – which would have matched the green dress fabric – for the embroidery on top of the white fabric – you don’t really recognize the difference if you don’t look close but I think that the blue wool thread gives a slightly different but very interesting feeling to the embroidery especially on the white fabric and so close to the green fabric… :D

…concerning the embroidery – the “stripes” at the border are worked in chain stitch and the diamonds are worked in stem stitch – two very easy embroidery techniques which I like and use a lot. If you aren’t familiar with them yet or new to embroidery – my friend Mary from Needle ‘n Thread has really good tutorials – here her Chain Stitch Video Tutorial and here her Stem Stitch Video Tutorial.

…btw. I think this wool thread is still a part of the ‘leftover’ threads from my Weiberlisten Wallhanging project - yeah, I have some leftover wool threads from this project *lol* …but well, I really like working with the wool threads from Renaissance Dyeing :)

Grant of Arms scroll for Meridies :) – scroll #46

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…and last but not least a “Grant of Arms” scroll for the Kingdom of Meridies – another SCA award…

I saw a really nice “period” picture and wanted to use it somehow and a Grant of Arms seemed like the right type of scroll… Yeah, I was really in the mood for a lot of “pen work” and had a lot of fun working at this scroll :)

I hope the recipient who gets or already got this Grant of Arms will like it as much as I do… :)

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…and now, after I posted all the scrolls, my scriptorium is again as “up to date” as possible… 46 scrolls so far… heading towards 50… *bounce* …and now back to add more embroidery to my green wool dress :D

Order of the Bough scrolls for Meridies :) – scrolls #43 – #45

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…and here the scrolls I made for the Order of the Bough :)

“given to those who have served the kingdom well and faithfully, above and beyond normal expectations, and who have consistently displayed courtesy and chivalry in an exemplary manner. Those who live outside the boundaries of the kingdom may be given this award for meritorious service to Meridies, no matter what their citizenship status. Companions of the order may place the initials CBM after their names. The order’s badge is Sable, in pale the Lombardic uppercase letter M argent and a tree branch couped fesswise reversed to sinister Or.” Info from: Etcetera – The Kingdom of Meridies

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I am sorry but I don’t have a nice picture of the third Order of the Bough scroll I made – I made this scroll at an event and forgot to take at least one picture of it…

Meridian Cross scrolls for Meridies :) – scrolls #40 – #42

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…and here the scrolls I made for the Order of the Meridian Cross :)

“given to those who show promise and skill in the arts and sciences. Members may place the initials CMC after their names. The order’s badge is: (Fieldless) A moline cross quarterly argent and sable.” Info from: Etcetera – The Kingdom of Meridies

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my AoA scrolls for Meridies :) – scrolls #34 – #39

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During my stay in the Kingdom of Meridies my lovely sister Noel organized some scribal stuff for me because I unfortunately didn’t bring any nibs, ink,… with me but I really wanted to work at some scrolls and practise my “Batarde” hand :)

Noel was so nice to bring me some of her own stuff – including paper, nibs, ink,… – I was so glad and immediately started working at my first scroll for the Kingdom of Meridies which you can see at the picture – scroll #34 which you can also see below as well as some other AoA scrolls I made (well, not at the same day ;) ) – many thanks to my awesome sister Noel!!! Thank you sweety! :*

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AoA scroll – last scroll for Drachenwald – scroll #33

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AoAWell, this is the last scroll for the Kingdom of Drachenwald because I will soon move to the Kingdom of Meridies – no, I won’t stop with calligraphy and yay, I am still a member of the SCA *lol* – and therefore the next scrolls I will make will be for Meridies…

…but I agreed to make a last scroll when my friend Izabella asked me… so here it is – my last scroll for Drachenwald… I think this is a nice way to say good bye :)

…actually I made this scroll this week but because it is the last scroll I made for Drachenwald I give this scroll the number 33, before I start posting the scrolls which I already made for the Kingdom of Meridies… :)