Project: Napkins for Alys and Balin
For: Auction
Promissory
Date: Fall 2017
Stitch(es): Split
Materials: DMC
6-strand cotton in linen ground
Inspiration: Their
initials done in knotwork style as requested by recipients
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Project: Napkins for Antonii and Helga
For: Mists
Needleworkers’ Guild service project
Date: Fall 2016
Stitch(es): Stem,
Chain, and Split
Materials: DMC
6-strand cotton in linen ground
Inspiration: Helga’s
heraldry, Antonii’s interests. Images
found on DeviantArt and used/adapted with permission. Colors inspired by their heraldry and the
colors of the Principality of the Mists.
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Project: War Bag - Mists/Cynagua War
For: Mists
Needleworkers’ Guild service project
Date: Jul – Sep 2016
Stitch(es): Applique,
Blanket
Materials: DMC
6-strand cotton, wool yarn, wool felt
Inspiration: The
populace badges of the Principality of the Mists, the Principality of Cynagua,
and Kingdom of the West.
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Project: Norse Collar
For: Ivone Pons Lehr
Date: Apr – Jun 2016
Stitch(es): Chain
Materials: DMC
6-strand cotton on cotton ground
Inspiration: Spies,
Nancy. Here Be Wyverns: Hundreds of Patterns Graphed from Medieval Sources,
Arelate Studio, Jarretsville, MD, 2002, p. 150.
Design is said to be charted from an embroidered altar cloth
from Germany in the 12th century, but I can find no primary sources for the
artifact.
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Project: Napkins for Etaine
For: Auction Promissory
Date: Spring 2015
Stitch(es): Split
Materials: DMC
6-strand cotton in linen ground
Inspiration: Recipient’s
heraldry
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Project: Acorn Blackwork
For: Westermark tax
basket
Date: September 2013
Stitch(es): Holbein
Materials: DMC 6-strand
cotton on linen ground
Inspiration: Pagano,Matheo. (1563). Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo. Venezia: Matteo Pagano
Project: Cuffs for a Norman tunic
For: Obadiah the
Obstreperous
Date: Jan-Apr 2013
Stitch(es): Stem and
Split
Materials: Soie
d’Alger stranded silk on silk taffeta ground with freshwater pearls
Inspiration: Cuffs
were part of a larger project, fabric was provided to me with the design
already on it. Colors were provided to
me as well but are from his heraldry and the West Kingdom colors.
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Project: Misc.
letters
For: Westermark
throne pillows
Date: May 2007
Stitch(es): Stem,
Chain, Satin, and French knots
Materials: DMC
6-strand cotton on linen ground
Inspiration: Full
project was the Westermark motto “Oh Westermark, your forests!” done in “ransom
note” style. Color choices were largely
random.
Project: Rose Napkin
For: West Kingdom
Needleworkers' Guild project
Date: Spring 2007
Stitch(es): Stem
Materials: DMC
6-strand cotton on linen ground
Inspiration: The
Queen’s Rose of Ansteorra. The guild did
one for each kingdom. Colors are matched
to the kingdom heraldry.
Project: Patch for coat
For: West Kingdom Needleworkers' Guild/Kaaren Håkonsdotter
Date: Spring 2007
Stitch(es): Satin and Stem
Materials: DMC 6-strand cotton on linen ground
Inspiration: motif from Kaaren’s arms.
Patch was part of a larger project, fabric was provided to me with the design already on it. This is my first time ever doing satin stitch.
Project: Collar
For: Kára Báreksdóttir
Date: Nov-Dec 2006
Stitch(es): Stem
Materials: DMC
6-strand cotton on cotton brocade ground
