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3
Sep
2010
…a journey to the Schallaburg, through the Wachau and a short walk in Krems…. photo preview :)
Last saturday some friends and I visited the “Schallaburg” and the current exhibition “The Sixties. Beatles, Pill and Revolt” (from 1 Mai until 1 November 2010)
-> Wikipedia information in English (rather short)
-> Wikipedia Information in Deutsch (German, more info)
It was not allowed to take photos of the “The Sixties. Beatles, Pill and Revolt” exhibition but I took some photos of the beautiful castle and any item I found of the long time exhibition…
I took quite many photos of the castle, during our boat trip on the danube through the “Wachau” region and finally some photos during our walk through Krems but still haven’t managed to take a look through all photos and to sort some of them out for my Flickr account – but soon I will do it and than I will upload them to my Flickr account (as usual)…
This 4 photos are just a small preview of the photos I took and which I will upload to my Flickr account – photo 1 & 2 were taken at the Schallaburg, photo 3 during the boat trip and photo 4, showing this beautiful fresco, is just a small preview of a beautiful house in Krems… We also visited the “Karikaturenmuseum” in Krems, but it was not allowed to take photos there…
My friends refused to visit the city museum in Krems and I wished I have had more time to visit the old part of this town – therefore I think that I will visit this town again and take much more photos…
….more photos will follwo soon 
24
Aug
2010
interesting links – Helenes embroidery project
…Helene, another SCA member (living in Barony of Bryn Gwlad – another kingdom), is posting photos of her current embroidery project - it’s so lovely, I have to share it with you – a great inspiration
Panel progress
22
Aug
2010
interesting links – Neulakko & Textile Time Travels :)
Hunnun pukeminen
…I found a great veil turtorial at the Neulakko blog – it’s a blog of a SCA-friend of mine from Finnland and this posting is in Finnish (her new postings are in Finnish and English) but the photos are very great and therefore also very self-explaining – I will keep it in my mind for my 14th century garb project
Textile Time Travels
…and via a link pointing to my blog I discovered that another SCA-friend of mine, Annika, started a costuming blog!!! woooohooooooo!!!! I am so very looking forward to her next postings because I always wanted to make such a lovely dress… – have I ever mentioned that I like Cranach and German Renaissance dresses, and other stuff like this? embroidery!!!! plenty possibilities to get mad with embroidery 
yeah!!!!!
22
Aug
2010
Drachenwald – we have dragons ;) – some project ideas :)
…my mind started working at this project again – imagination is the key and a good collection of photos of medieval purses helps also a little 
I found a painted picture with a trapezoidal purse with “Fransen” (fringes) at the bottom – see the Manesse Liederhandschrift ‘Herr Dietmar von Ast’, the purse on the right – and therefore I am thinking about to add some colored fringes at the bottom like the one found at the bottom of the book pouch on display at the Schloss Gottorf and which technique I described here: …my opinion on the stitches to create this trim… Raca’s 5cents
btw. with the help of Master Giano, who found the book “Webereien und Stickereien des Mittelalters”
– I could support my guess of this technique (page 116 – “Z 30. Fransen.”)
You can find this kind of colored fringes also as a border decoration for big Klosterstich wallhangings (Teppich: Die Wurzel Jesse, Kloster Lüne, dated 1503, vollendet 1505), Klosterstich “Banklaken” (Banklaken des heiligen Bartholomäus, Kloster Lüne, dated 1492), even for woven “Banklaken” (Pelikan-Banklaken, Kloster Lüne, 1500), cross-stitch “Fürleger” (Kloster Lüne, about 1500) …take a look into the small booklet Bildstickereien des Mittelalters in Kloster Lüne. Die bibliophilen Taschenbücher
a very small but also a great book!
I also think about adding a yellow border of yellow wool or silk and to embroider “Drachenwald” – above the embroidery section – and “We have Dragons” underneath the embroidery section… and also to add some small pearl embroidery at the border because I found a photo of a pouch with lovley small pearl (maybe glass bead) embroidery looking like small blossoms…
soooooo many ideas… soon you will see which of this ideas I will realise
5
Aug
2010
More lavender bottles… :)
I was able to get more lavender and to make another 4 lavender bottles – because I got a nice response on them, I decided to make some progress photos in the case anyone of you also wants to try it…
Btw. in the text of this posting you can find a link to a video turtorial about how to make them
First I cleaned the lavender stipe of the leaves and put them together to a small bundle. I use a normal ribbon which I normally use to decorate my presents for birthday or christmas – nothing special…
I take the ribbon and put it around the stipes and make a firm knot…
…and then I start “weaving” – just up and down and up and down – you can use every single stipe or two or three…
…and here photos of how I finish my lavender bottles:
…this here is my “final” knot to secure the ribbon
I make this knot on both sides and in the end I make a final one on top of this “final knots” to hide them
…it’s funny to use different colors
…btw. two of this lavender bottles are now hanging on the left and right side of my wallhanging to defend it from moths
4
Aug
2010
some interesting links – SCA :)
1) I would ask all SCA members who visit my blog to take part in the SCA Census:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCA2010Census
I already did it and I hope that also many other people will participate (regardless if you were a member but aren’t yet, are a member or thinking about becoming a member)
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2) …at the moment many people are working at their patches for the
“Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald” Project
We have already many project members but I am still looking for volunteers for the coat of Arms for some groups – this is an open project, you don’t need to be a SCA member or a Guild member) – if you are interested, please just let me know!
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3) …and I support the
“Token Challenge” of Meisterinne Katheryn Hebenstreitz
Yeah, Drachenwald is running out of tokens – like scrolls there is always a need for tokens and I hope some of you will join our “Token Challenge” – if you are living in another kingdom, please consider to make some for your kingdom – I am sure they will be very appreciated )
Here a link to Drachenwald awards and for everyone who never did a token and has no idea how to make one – here is a photo docu of a token which I made some time age
3
Aug
2010
Lavender bottles :)
Some time ago two interesting postings about “lavender bottles” from the blog Needleprint showed up in my google reader:
…and today I got some lavender and thought that I could try to make some lavender bottles myself…
…oh my dear, it took me hours and hours and endless hours to make them but I didn’t give up and here are my very first lavender bottles…
…and maybe also the very last… we will see…
31
Jul
2010
Interesting Links – “Wolfgangskasel” dating around 1050 :)
Chris of the blog “Kopert – medieval bookbinding” posted some lovely photos of the “Wolfgangskasel” (chasuble of St. Wolfgang), dating around 1050 – unfortunately for me he took more photos of the tablet-woven band than of the embroidery but the photos are still very interesting (and show some embroidery )
> …”Wolfgangskasel” (chasuble of St. Wolfgang), dating around 1050… <
28
Jul
2010
Interesting Links – lovely piece of 14th century whitework :)
Machteld posted about a lovely piece of 14th century whitework – really very lovely:
“… They have a lovely piece of 14th century whitework on display …”
22
Jul
2010
cooking – my favourite recipes – earl grey iced tea with ginger :)
Finally, after a very cold spring, t’s getting really hot here in Vienna and what’s better than a self made iced tea at a hot day while working at an embroidery project?
…ok, ice cream would be also fine but a good self made iced tea is a very good start …and also something that can be “cooked” quite easily
Recently we had a small BBQ with friends and one of my friends asked me for the recipe for my iced tea – therefore I thought it would be nice to share it also with you…
Ok, for one glass jug of iced tea you need:
- 3 tea spoons Earl Grey tea
- one knife point cardamom (dried, in powder form)
- one knife point ginger (dried, in powder form)
- several slices of fresh ginger (+ some extra slices for the final iced tea)
- juice of a half lemon
- ca. 3 table spoons honey (I prefer acacia honey)
…ok, for my iced tea I normally use two two glass jugs – in every glass jug I add:
- 3 tea spoons Earl Grey tea
- one knife point cardamom (dried, in powder form)
- one knife point ginger (dried, in powder form)
- several slices of fresh ginger
I fill the glass jugs with boiling water…
…and cover the glass jugs with two small plates – to protect the iced tea from insects (I think noone wants this extra proteins in the iced tea ) I normally cover the glass jugs also with a dish towel …
After some hours I add the juice of a half lemon for every glass jug and season to taste with honey (about 3 table spoons honey)… – when I prepare more than a glass jug I put the content of both glass jugs into a big bowl, add the juice of one lemon and season to taste with about 6 table spoons honey…
It’s easier to handle the iced tea in bottles than in glass jugs concerning the fridge – therefore I have some glass bottles for my iced tea – I wash them as soon as they are empty (see the left photo) with water with some vinegar and after drying I use them again for the next fresh iced tea
I put some slices of fresh ginger into the bottles (I love the spicy taste of ginger in my iced tea) and decant the iced tea through a sifter into the glass bottles… and carefully squeeze out the remains…
…and after some hours I enjoy my self made iced tea
…btw. you can use other spices and/or other kinds of tea too (for example: green tea, fruit tea,…) …whatever you add is ok, as long as you like the result …try out and have fun!
…and here another kind of iced tea – a recipe of one of my friends: When I Take my Sugar to Tea
21
Jul
2010
interesting links – pouch with gold and silk embroidery :)
Zafania posted photos of her lovely pouch with gold and silk embroidery at the Historic Embroidery group at LJ:
Pouch with gold and silk embroidery
Very lovely!
12
Jul
2010
interesting links – Hardanger :)
Jeanne (Just String blog) is working at a very nice Hardanger project and she shares her thoughts about this project and the progress (including a dilemma) – really very interesting and very nice Hardanger embroidery:
Just String – Hardanger category
(http://juststring.blogspot.com/search/label/hardanger)
…my favourite posts: Hardanger: Studying possibilities, Hardanger progress and a dilemma & Planning a path in hardanger
12
Jul
2010
critique…
…sometimes you feel like you would like to criticise someone else – his/her clothes, work, embroidery,… ?
…if yes, you should maybe read this intersting article:
http://attack-laurel.livejournal.com/167972.html
I really recommend that before you criticise someone else, think about what nice things you can tell about his/her work… and if you want to add a critique – ask yourself if you really know what you are talking about and if you are 100% sure, ask the person if he/she wants your advise and if not, respect it…
Just a small example – when I was rather new to embroidery, I started a project and a “good friend” told me that the color combination is awful and it doesn’t look good – guess what – I never finished this project and I am quite sure I won’t ever finish it… *sigh*
…therefore – before you add a critique – even if you think that this critique is very important and eye-catching – think, think, think and ask before you discourage someone other or take away the fun working at a project,…
Maybe it won’t change the world but it would make mundane and SCA life easier – change always starts with what you are doing…
11
Jul
2010
Drachenwald – we have dragons ;) – Klosterstich / dragon fun project .1 :)
…and again some progress concerning my lovely little dragon – the work of about 13.5 hours
I again use the lovely threads from ‘Renaissance Dyeing’ for this embroidery – it’s my favourite wool for Klosterstich – starting this fun project I realised that I unfortunately ran out of my favourite blue & red color but nevertheless I decided to use another very bright red wool from R.D. and to order my favourite blue and red color to complete my color range for further projects – Renaissance Dyeing handled my order very fast and my new blue and red hanks already arrived including some samples of other colors – thanks Andie!!! – and now I have enough blue wool for the background
You may ask why I am ordering 250 m hanks – the answer is quite easy – 25m are rather nice for special colors and rather small sections but I order basic colors like red, yellow, blue and white only in 250m hanks because I am sure that I will need them und use them up
…btw. this here are my Renaissance Dyeing threads – the ‘basic’ color range I am working with including the new order, but most of this threads are still “leftovers” of my Weiberlisten Wallhanging …and if you don’t find the color you are looking for at the Renaissance Dyeing website – just contact Andie, maybe she has some threads with special colors hidden in her ‘treasury chest’ like the special green wool for the grass hills of my Weiberlisten Wallhanging *sigh* yeah, that’s customer service
8
Jul
2010
FAQ – embroidered hood with dagging… pattern & embroidery
I was asked several times now, from where I got my pattern for my embroidered hood with dagging – it’s really quite easy if you have this book:
The Medieval Tailor’s Assistant: Making Common Garments 1200-1500
page 193
“2. Pattern for Fig 1″
Yes, I know, many people say that the patterns in this book aren’t authentic and/or not accurate – but I tried this pattern and it works very well – it’s a rather easy pattern and I think it’s rather easy to sew especially if you are a beginner concerning sewing…
…btw. I already have a book with ‘A’ patterns and a refitted medieval pattern of a hood from a lady in Aarnimetsä (Finland), but that’s another project – will tell you more about as soon as I start this project
I just followed the instruction in the book, added more fabric for the Liripipe and the Face opening and for the dagging – you can find many photos of the progress of my hood here:
Racaire’s embroidery – Hood with Dagging
…and here the inspiration for the embroidery:
