1st Guild Project (2010) - "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald"

For all artisans who would like to do a patch for the second wallhanging I reposted the project information - new dead line: end of April 2011:

1st Guild Project - "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald"

- Fabric: linen fabric
- Fabric size:
-> Shires, Cantons & Strongholds: 10,0 x 10,0 cm (3,94 x 3,94 inch) + ca. 1,5 cm (0,59 inch) Surplus for sewing
-> Kingdom, Principality, Barony coat of arms: 20,0 x 20,0 cm + ca. 1,5 cm (0,59 inch) Surplus for sewing
- Fabric color: every color allowed
- Embroidery: every technique allowed
- Important restrictions:
-> Only coat of arms of Drachenwald groups...
-> Every person can make several patches but every coat of arms only one time!
(...to avoid a wallhanging only consisting of the coat of arms of three or four groups... but you can also embroider the coat of arms of your neighbor group or a group where your friends live...)
- End date: October 2010 (please send in your patches till 1st of October)

This project is open to everyone - you don't need to be a Guild member to join this project.
Every embroidery technique and skill is welcome - please don't hesitate to contact me if you are interested!!

Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Newsletter January 2011 - Update Project 2010, new Project 2011: "We have Dragons"!

Dear honourable Lords and Ladies,
dear gentle members of the "Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild" and "-eMail Group"!

Again a new year started and the gentle Majesties King Vitus and Queen Eleanora are ruling our beautiful kingdom now.
Their Majesties reign started with a new (royal) blog that sounds very interesting: "Treasures of Drachenwald": http://drachenwald.blogspot.com/
Many thanks to Mistress Bridgets for sharing this information at the Drachenwald Mailing List.

The Guild Heads résumé concerning 2010:
A new year is also always a good time to take a short look back at the last year - with the beginning of October 2010 I started my 4th year as Guild Head and I am still very happy with the progress of our Guild - the very first guild project started fine and many artisans contributed to it. I am still overwhelmed by the great number of participating artisans in and outside of Drachenwald contributing to this great project and also the great and positive response this project has got. Also the second guild project for 2011 was brought on its way and many artisans already started to find an inspiration for the next project. I am very looking forward to the next months and all the pictures of lovely embroidery for the guild projects we will get to see...

Update concerning the 1st guild project for 2010 "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald":
Fru Renika assembled the very first "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald" by using all the patches she got before coronation - you can see a photo of the lovely wallhanging uploaded to my Flickr account by courtesy of Fru Renika at our Workshop blog here:
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/01/coat-of-arms-wallhanging-for_16.html
According to Fru Renika the wallhanging was presented at 12th Night Coronation, very well received and got a lot of attention during the event.

Fru Renika decided to start another wallhanging with all "latecomers" because some patches are still on their way therefore:
This is YOUR CHANCE to contribute a patch with the coa of your or another group if you can't find it at the first wallhanging and it is also a great opportunity for all artisans who volunteered to do a patch and haven't finished it till now! ...and it is also a great chance for every artisan who would like to contribute their first or 'just' another patch for this awesome project!
The new deadline for the second wallhanging is: end of April
If you would like to contribute a patch for the second "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald" - please contact me or Fru Renika.

...btw. if you still have a patch for the wallhanging at home, please send it to Fru Renika (...and if you need her address, just contact me and I'll send you her snail mail address asap).

Update concerning the 2nd guild project for 2011 "We have Dragons":
...here the details for the new project:

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2nd Guild Project - "We have Dragons"

- Fabric: wool
- Fabric size: 20,0 x 20,0 cm (7,9 x 7,9 inch) + ca. 1,5 cm (0,6 inch) Surplus for sewing
- Fabric color: every color allowed
- Embroidery: every technique allowed
- Important restrictions: 1) at least one dragon per patch (or more!) ; 2) the basic fabric for the patch should be wool, you can use silk, linen, wool, metal,... (thread or fabric) to embroider it
- End date: October 2011 (please send in your patches till 1st of October)
- The project is open to everyone - you don't need to be a Guild member to join this project.
- Every embroidery technique and skill is welcome - please don't hesitate to contact me if you are interested!!

If you ever had a favourite picture or story including at least one or more dragons - this is the time to embroider it!
Dragons fighting against knights, dragons sleeping at the top of a hoard, dragons flying above woods, lakes, fjords, mountains; dragons eating or scaring virgins, a dragon mother surrounded by kids, dragons who just lost their fight against the knight (or the other way round), ... just take a journey through your memories and the old stories you read in books or you've been told - lets bring the old legends to life again! :)
...and if your embroidery is based on an old myth - I really wouldn't mind if you tell us the old myth by posting a picture of your embroidery and a short text telling the legend (and if you don't like to post it by yourself, you can still send me your photo and your text and I will do that for you).

Thinking of all people and also the newcomers in some regions, who maybe haven't done a lot of wool embroidery till now, I would ask the lords and ladies who have some experience in wool embroidery to screw up their courage and to offer one or more wool embroidery classes at the next events they will attend or at a private embroidery & sewing evening for your local group - it would be great to see more lovely applique, intarsia,... and all the other possible kinds of wool embroidery in the future!

And last but not least - because of the great support and interest into our first guild project shown by the local guild in Aarnimetsä, the second guild project will be assembled by the local guild in Aarnimetsä under the gentle guidance of the local guild head Lady Fiora. Many thanks to Lady Fiora for her great help.

...and again the artisan who makes the most patches will get a small embroidered gift from the guild head. :)

Best regards
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head
Racaire

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...btw. please also don't forget the very important "Token Challenge" and the "Pennsic Giftbasket"!

Now back to the normal Guild business:

Guild Membership Roll:
We still have 58 members.
( http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/search/label/Guild%20Member-List )

Guild Blog - Dragon's Embroidery Workshop:
If you would like to join the Workshop, just write me an eMail! ( http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com )
...related blogs:
- Insulae Draconis Fibre Arts Interest Group ( http://idfibreinterestgroup.blogspot.com/ )
- Aarnimetsä Embroidery Basket ( http://kirjontakori.blogspot.com/ )

Guild Fanpage at facebook:
Our guild fanpage at facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/guild.head.Racaire ) has 152 fans! :)
Every project can be an inspiration - therefore please don't hesitate to use the fanpage or the blog and to post your embroidery projects or links to your projects there if you like :)

Guild Projects / Challenges:
- The 1st Guild Project 2010 - "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald" http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/search/label/Coat%20of%20Arms%20Wallhanging%20for%20Drachenwald
- The 2nd Guild Project 2011 - "We have Dragons"
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/search/label/Guild%20Project%202

Misc. Projects / Challenges:
- A&S 50 Challenge ( http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2008/03/50-challenge.html )
- A&S 50 Challenge Drachenwald Blog ( http://drachenwald-as50.blogspot.com/ )

Yours in Service
Racaire
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/
http://embroidery.racaire.at/

"Coat of Arms wallhanging for Drachenwald" news

A glimpse at the first wallhanging of the "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald" guild project! Many thanks to Fru Renika for sharing this photo with us! :)

...and I would like to remind you at my last posting concerning the wallhanging:

Dear gentle artisans,

there are still patches on the way to Fru Renika - for all artisans who miss the coat of Arms (Wappen) of their group at the first wallhanging, Fru Renika will start a second one with all new arriving patches - that's YOUR CHANCE to contribute a patch or the coa for your group for the second wallhanging if you have some time left! :)

Please contact me for information at ego@racaire.com

Best regards
Racaire
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head

"Coat of Arms wallhanging for Drachenwald" news

‎
Dear gentle artisans,

there are still patches on the way to Fru Renika - for all artisans who miss the coat of Arms (Wappen) of their group at the first wallhanging, Fru Renika will start a second one with all new arriving patches - that's YOUR CHANCE to contribute a patch or the coa for your group for the second wallhanging if you have some time left! :)

Please contact me for information at ego@racaire.com

Best regards
Racaire
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head

A glimpse at the progress of the "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald" :)

Great! ...Renika posted a photo of the progress of the wallhanging project at facebook - and I posted the link to the pic at the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild fanpage therefore please visit our facebook fanpage:

Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild fanpage at facebook :)

...and the very best - everyone who is going to Coronation will see it irl!

My dear Fru Renika you rock!!! :)

Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Newsletter December 2010 - Update Project 2010, new Project for 2011: "We have Dragons"!

Dear honourable Lords and Ladies,
dear gentle members of the "Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild" and "-eMail Group"!

Christmas is near, the snow covers most of our beautiful kingdom with a glittering white veil and the cold weather invites most of us to keep on working at our indoor projects... :)
Apropos projects - our first guild project (for 2010) reached its end-stage and our second guild project for 2011 will officially start at the 1st of January - but you can already start to develope your ideas, get your materials and even to start with the embroidery if you like... - but now some words about our first guild project before I let you know more about the next one ;)

Concerning the 1st guild project for 2010 "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald":
The local guild in Nordmark and Fru Renika Rikardsdottir already started to work at the wallhanging - I am very happy to be able to share a posting (and photo) written by Fru Renika about the first steps for the assembling with you:
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2010/12/wallhanging-project.html
All this patches together look really great - I am sure the wallhanging will look awesome!
...btw. if you still have a patch for the wallhanging at home, please send it to Fru Renika (...and if you need her address, just contact me and I'll send you her snail mail address asap).

...and now to the 2nd guild project for 2011 and I really hope you'll like it: "We have Dragons"
The idea for the theme for the first guild project was developed at the guild meeting at the Kingdom University 2009. Long time I was afraid that I wouldn't find a theme that would be as good as this one until the name of an event of the shire of Adamastor catched my eye in the "Dragons Tale" - Here Be Dragons - and immediately I thought: yes, they are right, we indeed have dragons! Many thanks to the shire of Adamastor in South Africa! :)

...and here the details for the project:

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2nd Guild Project - "We have Dragons"

- Fabric: wool
- Fabric size: 20,0 x 20,0 cm (7,9 x 7,9 inch) + ca. 1,5 cm (0,6 inch) Surplus for sewing
- Fabric color: every color allowed
- Embroidery: every technique allowed
- Important restrictions: 1) at least one dragon per patch (or more!) ; 2) the basic fabric for the patch should be wool, you can use silk, linen, wool, metal,... (thread or fabric) to embroider it
- End date: October 2011 (please send in your patches till 1st of October)
- The project is open to everyone - you don't need to be a Guild member to join this project.
- Every embroidery technique and skill is welcome - please don't hesitate to contact me if you are interested!!

If you ever had a favourite picture or story including at least one or more dragons - this is the time to embroider it!
Dragons fighting against knights, dragons sleeping at the top of a hoard, dragons flying above woods, lakes, fjords, mountains; dragons eating or scaring virgins, a dragon mother surrounded by kids, dragons who just lost their fight against the knight (or the other way round), ... just take a journey through your memories and the old stories you read in books or you've been told - lets bring the old legends to life again! :)
...and if your embroidery is based on an old myth - I really wouldn't mind if you tell us the old myth by posting a picture of your embroidery and a short text telling the legend (and if you don't like to post it by yourself, you can still send me your photo and your text and I will do that for you).

Thinking of all people and also the newcomers in some regions, who maybe haven't done a lot of wool embroidery till now, I would ask the lords and ladies who have some experience in wool embroidery to screw up their courage and to offer one or more wool embroidery classes at the next events they will attend or at a private embroidery & sewing evening for your local group - it would be great to see more lovely applique, intarsia,... and all the other possible kinds of wool embroidery in the future!

And last but not least - because of the great support and interest into our first guild project shown by the local guild in Aarnimetsä, the second guild project will be assembled by the local guild in Aarnimetsä under the gentle guidance of the local guild head Lady Fiora. Many thanks to Lady Fiora for her great help.

...and again the artisan who makes the most patches will get a small embroidered gift from the guild head. :)

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Please also don't forget the very important "Token Challenge" and the "Pennsic Giftbasket"!

Now back to the normal Guild business:

Guild Membership Roll:
We still have 58 members.
( http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/search/label/Guild%20Member-List )

Guild Blog - Dragon's Embroidery Workshop:
If you would like to join the Workshop, just write me an eMail! ( http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com )
...related blogs:
- Insulae Draconis Fibre Arts Interest Group ( http://idfibreinterestgroup.blogspot.com/ )
- Aarnimetsä Embroidery Basket ( http://kirjontakori.blogspot.com/ )

Guild Fanpage at facebook:
Our guild fanpage at facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/guild.head.Racaire ) has 146 fans! :)
Every project can be an inspiration - therefore please don't hesitate to use the fanpage or the blog and to post your embroidery projects or links to your projects there if you like :)

Guild Projects / Challenges:
- The 1st Guild Project 2010 - "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald" http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/search/label/Coat%20of%20Arms%20Wallhanging%20for%20Drachenwald
- The 2nd Guild Project 2011 - "We have Dragons"

Misc. Projects / Challenges:
- A&S 50 Challenge ( http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2008/03/50-challenge.html )
- A&S 50 Challenge Drachenwald Blog ( http://drachenwald-as50.blogspot.com/ )

I wish you all a merry and peaceful christmas and a happy new year!!!
...and because of the awful weather: Please take care of you!!!

Yours in Service
Racaire
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/
http://embroidery.racaire.at/

More patches for the wallhanging :)

Magdalen posted about her beautiful patches - you can see them here:

Seinävaateprojekti. Wallhanging project

Thank you very much! :)

The Wallhanging project

Finally, a small report on the progress of our project...

I´ve started to sort through and plan the outlay of the final wallhaning during Kingdom University, with some assistance. Since I knew that more patches were on the way, I haven´t started sewing the patches together, merely sorted them four by four. My plan is to have it assembled as much as possible for Coronation, so that we may present it there. The picture is showing only a small selection of all wonderful patches that have reached me and my happy little mail-box so far.

yis

Renika

Little news from Aarnimetsä

Hi everyone!

I had promised to report to Racaire in time for this report, but forgot it
completely - I feel so ashamed :(

So here's little news from Aarnimetsä:

We had a little workshop for the kingdom wallhanging project in Gudgel wars.
However it was extremely hot&humid that week, so not that many people showed
up. In spite of that Aarnimetsäns have been very active in the project: Lady
Petronilla made amazingly many patches, and both Ida Juhanantytär and Amal
binti Hamid Al-Chania have been very active and productive also. Vivat for
them!

We had a local guild meeting in Hukka Sunday meeting in Sebtember. There
were some people new to medieval embroidery who would like to learn more,
and hopefully become guild members soon!

Next big thing in Aarnimetsä will be the Aarnimetsä Academy. There are many
interesting classes, even some on embroidery. Lady Petronilla of London will
teach a class on Opus Anglicanum -embroidery and Lady Lia de Thornegge will
teach Elizabethan metal thread embroideries. That will be very intresting!

I eagerly await the new wallhanging challenge and dragons!

best wishes,

Fiora

Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Newsletter November 2010 & 7th Report

Report of Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Drachenwald
7th report by reporter / guild head: Lady Racaire

Time Period: 16. May 2010 - 15. November 2010 / 2nd report 2010

I am very happy to welcome five new guild members since the last semi-annual report.

Concerning the first guild project "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald":
The guild project successfully started during January. The Nordmark local guild under the gentle guidance of the local Guild head fru Renika volunteered to assemble the wallhanging and started the assembling of the wallhanging at November University 2010. Still artisans all over Drachenwald are working to finish their patches for the Wallhanging and I suppose nearly all finished patches will arrive fru Renika till the end of this year. Besides the great dedication of fru Renika and lady Fiora for this project I would also like to point out that lady Petronilla finished the most patches for the wallhanging project - she received a small gift embroidered by the Guild head for her great work. You can find photos of some of the finished patches at the Dragon's Embroidery Workshop blog ( http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/search/label/Coat%20of%20Arms%20Wallhanging%20for%20Drachenwald ).

Many heartily thanks to the local guild in Nordmark and Fru Renika, the local guild in Aarnimetsä and lady Fiora, lady Petronilla and all artisans inside and outside the borders of our lovely kingdom who took part in this awesome project. I am sure this wallhanging will be a great decoration for many events in the future and I am very looking forward to see the ultimate result.

This years guild project is going to be assembled by the local guild in Nordmark and will stay with the members of the local guild in Nordmark who will take it to as many events as possible.
We are already planning the guild project for next year, which will be assembled by the local guild in Aarnimetsä under the guidance of lady Fiora and which will stay with the local guild in Aarnimetsä who will also take it to as many events as possible. The next project will include wool as material and dragons - and again a small gift embroidered by the Guild head for the artisan who creates the most patches. More information about the second guild project will be sent out as soon as the details are worked out.

...and now back to the basic information for the report:

Members:
Since the last report five new members joined the guild and we have now a total of 58 members.
List based on the membership roll (http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/search/label/Guild%20Member-List) started at 18.October 2007.

1) Racaire (Central - guild head)
2) Rakonczay Gergely (Aarnimetsä)
3) Thomas Paumer (Central)
4) Katherina Mornewegh (Central)
5) Lia de Thornegge (Scandinavia)
6) Edith of Hedingham (Crown Principality of Insulae Draconis
7) Baroness Mary Verch Thomas (Crown Principality of Insulae Draconis)
8) Hudd de Peth (Kingdom of the Outlands)
9) Johanna aff Hucka (Aarnimetsä)
10) Eva Grelsdottir (Aarnimetsä)
11) Arnulf der Zeilner (Central)
12) Lady Jane Devereux (Crown Principality of Insulae Draconis)
13) Katharina Woinovich (Central)
14) Lady Eilgri Beccan (Aarnimetsä - Aarnimetsä region guild head)
15) Viscountess Helwig Ulfsdotter (Scandinavia)
16) Katharina von Owe (Central)
17) Sileas von Biuira (Central)
18) Lady Ælfwynne of Eoforwic (Nordmark)
19) Renika Rikardsdottir (Nordmark)
20) Mistress Anya Mstyslavyaya (Central)
21) Alenn von Horn (Central)
22) Halfdan von Veneta (Central)
23) Anna de Byxe (Nordmark)
24) Hedwig von Simmaningen (Central)
25) Sahra (Aarnimetsä)
26) Sinikka (Aarnimetsä)
27) Myfanwy Methig (Aarnimetsä)
28) Rixende of Aarnimetsä (Aarnimetsä)
29) Jahanarabanu Vivana (Insulae Draconis - Insulae Draconis region guild head)
30) Ida Järvinen (Aarnimetsä)
31) Lady Melisende Fitzwalter (Insulae Draconis)
32) Lady Siubhan inghean Fhearghuis (Insulae Draconis)
33) Katarina von Danzig (Insulae Draconis)
34) Mave (Central)
35) Himiltrude fan Austrasia (Central)
36) Honor of Restormel (-)
37) Tamara Stefanova (Central)
38) Eleanora von Ratzeburg (Central)
39) Johanna von Steinwedel (Central)
40) Lady Ameline de Leeuw (South)
41) Elisande (Central)
42) Lady Gunnhild von Brunswiek (Central)
43) Sorcha Fhionn inghean ui/Ruairc (Principality of Cynagua/West Kingdom)
44) Petronilla of London (Central)
45) Astrid Thorvaldsdottir (Central)
46) Petra von Bremen (Central)
47) Lady Rose Chandler (South)
48) Jaelle of Armida (Aarnimetsä)
49) Kareina Talvi Tytär (Central)
50) Lucia Thaylur (Kingdom Atenveldt)
51) Elinor (Insulae Draconis)
52) Isabella of Vielburgen (Central)
53) Amal binti Hamid Al-Chania (Aarnimetsä)
54) Elzbeth MacGregor Goldsworthy (Kingdom of Ealdormere, Trinovantia Nova)
55) Klara von Meersburg (Central)
56) Magdalen Yrjänäntytär (Aarnimetsä)
57) Ida Juhanantytär (Aarnimetsä)
58) Katheryn Hebenstreitz (Aarnimetsä)

Officers:
* Guild Head: Lady Racaire
* Aarnimetsä - region guild head: Lady Fiora (also known as Lady Eilgri)
* Central - region guild head: Lady Racaire
* Insulae Draconis - region guild head: Lady Jahanarabanu Vivana
* Nordmark - region guild head: Fru Renika Rikardsdottir
* South - region guild head: - (Lady Racaire)

Guild meetings / displays:
November University 2010 - assembling of the first guild project started

Planed projects / projects in progress:
* 01.2010 - 10.2010 - first Guild project for 2010 "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald"
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/search/label/Coat%20of%20Arms%20Wallhanging%20for%20Drachenwald
* 01.2011 - 10.2011 - second Guild project for 2011 ~to be announced soon~

...other interesting projects:
* support of the A&S50 challenge in Drachenwald with the blog: http://drachenwald-as50.blogspot.com/ - SCA-wide challenge - finish date: celebration of the 50th year (in 2015) of the Society for Creative Anachronism
* please support the Token Challenge:
"Token challange! If every single recipient of a Drachenwald award made just 2 tokens to be forwarded to future recipients – we would NEVER run out of tokens! However – this is not possible because not everyone has the means to make them. But hands on your hearts – it IS a lot more fun to get the award with the token to proof you have excelled!
So please take part in the token challange and make your friends, families and even perfect strangers really happy the deay they get recognized for all or their skills and hard work! I have myslef promised to make 3 tokens and as soon as my crazy schedule calms down a bit I will get started! That doesn't mean that you can' start NOW!
If you have any questions or want to send ready made tokens – please contact me so I can give you an address or just some advise along the road!
In service
Meisterinne Katheryn "
* please support the Pennsic Giftbasket:
"Pennsic giftbasket! Yes, Pennsic 39 has just ended – but next years Pennsic will be HUGE! And Drachenwald has already made itself known for giving the most period and most awesome giftbasket! So next year we should REALLY show them what we can do! As usual, the items can't be to large since we have to transport them half way around the world.
But there are lots of small things that can be made:
* embroidered belt / * small pouches or bags / * garters / * embroidered patches to aplique on garb / * embroidered book cover / * needle case
The list can go longer and I bet you all can come up with at least 5 more things that you could make. At next years Double Wars we will also join forces and work on a project for the giftbasket together during the week! Please keep an eye on future posts regarding that!
In service
Meisterinne Katheryn"
...and I again promise to forward any email for the "Token Challenge" & the "Pennsic Giftbasket" to Meisterinne Katheryn.

Guild blog / homepage:
* Dragon's Embroidery Workshop blog: http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/ - a place for the embroiderers of Drachenwald to show their own work & projects, ask questions, get answers and enjoy each other's company - no finish date - possibility to display finished projects or projects in progress
* facebook fanpage: http://www.facebook.com/guild.head.Racaire - for anyone who is more comfortable with posting and following the guild news and postings at facebook. I try to repost all posts from the blog also at the fanpage and even a little bit more... :) The fanpage has already 142 members - SCA members & people interested into the SCA and our Guild who aren't members yet - please participate & contribute - let us show what beautiful things we can create and let us inspire each other! :)
* homepage: no homepage by now

...other interesting blogs / homepages:
* Aarnimetsä: Aarnimetsä Embroidery Basket ( http://kirjontakori.blogspot.com/ )
* Central: - (see Dragon's Embroidery Workshop http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/)
* Insulae Draconis Fibre Arts Interest Group: http://idfibreinterestgroup.blogspot.com/

Yours in Service
Racaire
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/
http://www.racaire.at/

More patches for the wallhanging :)

Petronilla made one more patch for the wallhanging :)

-> her patch for the barony of Knight's Crossing

lovely! :)

More patches for the wallhanging :)

Many thanks to Caterina de la Roverre for this photo of her patch for Griffins Tor :)

Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Newsletter October 2010 - Update Wallhanging Project! Token Challenge! Pennsic Giftbasket!

Dear honourable Lords and Ladies,
dear gentle members of the "Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild" and "-eMail Group"!

It's nearly November now and I know that many of you are already preparing to travel to University or send their patches for the "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald" to the Nordmark project-coordinator Fru Renika Rikardsdottir (if you need her address please contact me).

I am very happy that the Nordmark local guild volunteered to start the assembling of the wallhanging at University - unfortunately I am not able to travel to University but I am sure the local Guild head Fru Renika will do a great job and I wish anyone of you who attends University a great event and a lot of fun for the work at the wallhanging!

Once again many thanks to the local guild in Nordmark and Fru Renika Rikardsdottir!

...and also a big thank you to Lady Petronilla, the artisan who finished the most patches for the wallhanging project - I was very happy to see her here in Vienna at the start of October and that I was able to give her a small embroidered needle roll as a 'thank you' for all her lovely patches.
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2010/10/coat-of-arms-wallhanging-for.html

You can find photos of some of the finished patches at the Dragon's Embroidery Workshop blog ( http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/search/label/Coat%20of%20Arms%20Wallhanging%20for%20Drachenwald ) and I hope I will get more photos of the patches from the artisans to post them at the blog or maybe some artisans will post their patches themselves... :)

...and for anyone who would like to participate in another guild project - we are already working at a new guild project for next year - assembled by another local guild - and for the curious readers of my newsletter: it will include wool as material and dragons! ...and again a small embroidered gift for the artisan who creates the most patches... more about it as soon as we have worked out the details... :)

For anyone who is more comfortable with posting and following the guild news and postings at facebook - we also have a facebook fanpage now - http://www.facebook.com/guild.head.Racaire - and I try to repost all posts from the blog also at the fanpage and even a little bit more... :) The fanpage has already 132 members - SCA members & people interested into the SCA and our Guild who aren't members yet - please participate & contribute - let us show what beautiful things we can create and let us inspire each other! :)

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I think the "Token Challenge" and the "Pennsic Giftbasket" are also very important projects therefore I again forward the following text written by Meisterinne Katheryn to you:

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Token challange!

If every single recipient of a Drachenwald award made just 2 tokens to be forwarded to future recipients – we would NEVER run out of tokens! However – this is not possible because not everyone has the means to make them.

But hands on your hearts – it IS a lot more fun to get the award with the token to proof you have excelled!

So please take part in the token challange and make your friends, families and even perfect strangers really happy the deay they get recognized for all or their skills and hard work! I have myslef promised to make 3 tokens and as soon as my crazy schedule calms down a bit I will get started! That doesn't mean that you can' start NOW!

If you have any questions or want to send ready made tokens – please contact me so I can give you an address or just some advise along the road!

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Pennsic giftbasket

Yes, Pennsic 39 has just ended – but next years Pennsic will be HUGE! And Drachenwald has already made itself known for giving the most period and most awesome giftbasket! So next year we should REALLY show them what we can do!

As usual, the items can't be to large since we have to transport them half way around the world.
But there are lots of small things that can be made:

* embroidered belt
* small pouches or bags
* garters
* embroidered patches to aplique on garb
* embroidered book cover
* needle case

The list can go longer and I bet you all can come up with at least 5 more things that you could make.

At next years Double Wars we will also join forces and work on a project for the giftbasket together during the week!

Please keep an eye on future posts regarding that!

In service
Meisterinne Katheryn

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...and I again promise to forward any email for the "Token Challenge" & the "Pennsic Giftbasket" to Meisterinne Katheryn.

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Now back to the normal Guild business:

Guild Membership Roll:
I am very happy that again a lady decided to join our guild and welcome Ida Juhanantytär from Aarnimetsä as a new member to the Guild - now we have 57 members.
( http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/search/label/Guild%20Member-List )

Guild Blog - Dragon's Embroidery Workshop:
If you would like to join the Workshop, just write me an eMail! ( http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com )
...related blogs:
- Insulae Draconis Fibre Arts Interest Group ( http://idfibreinterestgroup.blogspot.com/ )
- Aarnimetsä Embroidery Basket ( http://kirjontakori.blogspot.com/ )

Guild Blog - Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Fanpage at facebook :)
Our Guild - Fanpage at facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/guild.head.Racaire ) has already 132 fans! :)
Posting there is quite easy therefore I try to repost the information of the Workshop blog at the fanpage and to add links and information to nice embroidery projects, ... every project can be an inspiration! :) Please don't hesitate to use the fanpage or the blog and to post your embroidery projects or links to your projects there :)

Guild Projects / Challenges:
- The 1st Guild Project 2010 - "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald"
Wallhanging which can be used as decoration for events :)
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/search/label/Coat%20of%20Arms%20Wallhanging%20for%20Drachenwald

Misc. Projects / Challenges:
- A&S 50 Challenge ( http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2008/03/50-challenge.html )
- A&S 50 Challenge Drachenwald Blog ( http://drachenwald-as50.blogspot.com/ )

Yours in Service
Racaire
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head

More patches for the wallhanging :)

Hilkkas lovely patch for Eplaheimr :)

Thank you very much for submitting the photo for the blog :)

Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald - the lady who made the most patches...

The lady/lord who made the most patches for the wallhanging is lady Petronilla!!!!!

Some time ago I decided to give a gift to the lord or lady who finishes the most patches for the wallhanging and Petronilla did an outstanding job by finishing patch after patch after patch ...

Thank you very much Petronilla!!!!

...such a talented embroiderer but she had no needleroll till now... now she is the owner of a small Klosterstich needle roll with a medieval rose :)

More patches for the wallhanging :)

...and finally Hedwigs patches for the wallhanging - one for Drachenwald and one for our shire (Ad Flumen Caerulum) :)

She made a small mistake concerning the size of the patch for our shire but I hope a lady assembling it at University can add two small laurel wreaths and make the whole patch a little bit smaller that it can be used - unfortunately I got the patch yesterday and couldn't change it myself because today during the morning I handed all patches to my friend Petronilla before we started our textile shopping and museum program for today - she is visiting Vienna this weekend and she will mail them with her patches from Germany to Sweden... :)

Many thanks to Petronilla for her help - for mailing them from Germany and all the beautiful patches she made! :)

...and here some photos of Hedwigs patches - first the Drachenwald patch:

...and the AFC patch:

Thank you Hedwig! :)

More patches for the wallhanging :)

...and Chrisis lovely patch - she used applique for her patch :)

More patches for the wallhanging :)

...my patch for Uma :)

(Klosterstich and stem stitch for the fish, chain stitch for the laurel wreath and to apply the blue fabric on the white - some buttonhole stitch)

More patches for the wallhanging :)

More lovely patches by Ida :)

Drachenheim and Infimus mons Aureus

(please sroll down a little bit for the patches)

and a lovely bling bling patch for:

Shire of The Emerald Glenn

lovely patches! Thank you very much Ida! :)

More patches for the wallhanging :)

This week I got the lovely patches made by Tamara!!! :)

Thank you very much for taking part in this project - I love your patches! :)