Adelheid in the SCA

A key part of the application to the Tournament of the Golden Swan is to hand write a letter in the style of your persona's time and place. I have zero skills in this so thankfully, my Pelican is extremely talented in Scribal! In our Pel/proto ceremony I wrote her a small poem in which I emphasized I would never be a scribe. Fast forward to being in her workshop today. Look how happy she is: I had worked with Elvina to have my letter blocked in an appropriate script and format. She created a document electronically for me to copy. It is gorgeous and it was fun to discuss the project with someone who was as enthusiastic as I was about letters and research.  Once I had the layout, I had to learn a lot in a short amount of time. I had about 2 hours of undivided attention with the talented and knowledgeable Dama Maminka. She talked about paper, and specifically what I would be using, vegan vellum. She talked about some different inks, and gave me a thorough overview of the ...

Now that the apron is finished, I'd like to make a new hemd. I have been going back and forth on what style of hemd to make - a high-necked one or a lower cut one. I decided to remake the hemd I originally tried by following a tutorial by Katafalk. The linen I am using is very sheer and is nothing like the cotton muslin that I used for the first hemd. The muslin is one of the very first garments I made, back when I thought making a mock up meant making the WHOLE thing like a literal dress rehearsal. It's a bit stiff and the neck came up a bit higher than I find comfortable, but other than that I'm very pleased with the comfort and fit in the rest of the body. Therefore I'm going to use (mostly) the same measurements. As always, this post is a record of "how I did", not necessarily a "how to do". If you wish to make this beautiful garment, please follow Katafalk's excellent tutorial.   The cotton muslin of the first hemd, above, pleate...