• Cookware

Brazier – Chafing Dish

Chafing Dish - Brazier Museum of London Surrey/Hampshire border redware chafing dish vertical loop handle. 1550-1700 Medieval Brazier Cooking Chafer……

  • Waisted Kirtle

Abortive beginnings

Diary started June 23, 2011 Black short-sleeved waisted cotehardie started March 5, 2012, finished May 23, 2012. I've spent quite…

  • Waisted Kirtle

15th century waisted kirtle

Summary Once upon a very long time ago I made and wore a cotehardie. Unfortunately I didn't think that cotehardies…

  • Quick&Dirty

Quick&Dirty Braies (well, ok. Not -dirty- but you know what I mean)

For literally YEARS I've been meaning to make some braies. Now, finally I figured out a pattern and got a…

  • Quick&Dirty

Pennsic Sewing List

Pennsic is coming. This will be my second Pennsic and I'm in a much better frame of mind this year..…

  • Recipes

“Bresaola”

Recipe copied directly from Wulfric's LJ entry. (http://madbaker.livejournal.com/665852.html) 3-lb beef eye of round roast, no more than 3" in diameter…

  • Kampfrau (Trossfrau)

Pictures or it never happened

I ended up sewing together the hat and parts of the sleeves on the road-trip to Montana.. and after the…

  • WTB

WANT!

  • SCA

Beltane 2011 Post Mortem

I day-tripped Beltane. That trip turned out to be much shorter than I remembered it.. it only took about two…

  • Kampfrau (Trossfrau)

Blue and Black Sleeves

Sleeves What I see Blue and black sleeves. The blue matches the dress and the black appears to be the…