Richard Heyworth, Barony of Carolingia This bag is a small drawstring bag embroidered with pattern darning. The two patterns on this piece are taken from extant Mamluk Egyptian works at the Asmolean Museum in Oxford, England (https://awalimofstormhold.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/ashmoleanpatterndarningsampler.jpg) and (https://awalimofstormhold.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/mamluksampler13th16thcent.jpg), both from between the 13th and 16th century CE. I've used black on white evenweave linen... Continue Reading →

Lily Morgaine of The East, Barony of An Dubhaigeainnhttps://wiki.eastkingdom.org/index.php?title=Lily_Morgaine Scroll made for Silver Tyger backlogged award.  Based on the Book of Kells.  This exemplar was chosen since the scroll recipient had an 8th century Pictish persona and Kells was of a similar time and place.  I chose to put his personal symbol, the boar, at... Continue Reading →

Isabel del Okes, Barony of Carolingia  EK wiki page: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/index.php?title=Isabel_del_Okes I was asked to make a vigil book for Caelia's elevation to the Order of the Pelican.  The pelican in her piety is the symbol of the Order and of all the order symbols, it is the most detailed, with lines and divots all through... Continue Reading →

Lady Amalia von Hohensee, Barony of Stonemarche https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/index.php?title=Amalia_von_Hohense When it became clear that I might have some extra time on my hands, I decided to use this as an opportunity to finally come to terms with the category of the Athena’s Thimble embroidery guild that has been my nemesis for years: lacis. Thanks to a beginning... Continue Reading →