Upcoming Classes

I'm tinkering with classes for an upcoming event.  If you're going to be in Calontir over Memorial Day weekend, I'd love to see you at Valor! I'll be hosting a scriptorium (just a time for scribes to hang out and paint) on Sunday, with a class on regalia, court protocol, and writing award recommendations, and …

Project roundup!

So, my list of unfinished projects is getting shorter!  Yay! Still on the list: Lined Skjoldehamn hood (now taken apart and mostly lined.  I may have to redo the centre panel so it's wide enough because I forgot to take in account how much I'd lose to seam allowances.  Deep sighs.) Cutting out several Byzantine …

Jaida’s Pelican Text

When my friend Branwen approached me for ideas on what to do for her protege's upcoming elevation for the Pelican, I panicked a little.  I was familiar with doing Andalusian art from doing Catalina's Laurel scroll, but text was going to stretch my knowledge base a bit.  I also had plans to actually do the …

Award Recommendations: what are they, and why are they important?

One of the things that the SCA does is grant awards to our participants, much like any other group.  In a sense, each SCA event is like the OSCARs, BAFTAs or the Tonys - we recognize in court as a Society excellence (in a few tiers, that is) in four main groups: martial skill (in …

Update on Projects

I seem to be doing updates to my unfinished list, but on the other hand, it feels good to get things knocked off of a list. What is done: Nobelese Largesse Secret Project (blogged about here) Mar’s Quilt block (no photos, but it’s also done and I’m mostly happy with it) Write Pelican scroll text for Jaida …