...another Guild badge finished :)

...another Guild badge finished - this time with another color combination :)

Guild Badge

...my first proposal for the guild badge - because it's a fieldless badge you can use every color you like for the background :)

I am very looking forward to see your guild badges!!! :)

Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Newsletter April - Happy Easter!!! :)

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

The weather is getting warm and the spring leaves us for the summer - I wish you all sunny holidays and 'Happy Easter'!
March was very quite and therefore this newsletter is rather short.

Guild Membership Roll:
No change - 42 members

Guild Badge:
You can find a picture of our registered guild badge >here<
Many thanks to Aryanhwy for this information.

Guild Charter:
In progress.

Guild Blog - Dragon's Embroidery Workshop:
If you would like to join the Workshop please don't hesitate to write me an eMail!

Guild Projects / Challenges:
- The challenge 2009 'Something to keep you warm II'
If you would like to participate please contact Mistress Anya, Lady Jahanara or me - there is more than enough time left to join, start and finish a project. :)

Misc. Projects / Challenges:
- A&S 50 Challenge
- A&S 50 Challenge Drachenwald Blog
- Pennsic Giftbasket

Please keep on sharing your wonderful work - regardless if embroidery, woven tapestry, illumination, wood-, leather- or metal-work,.. every project is a great inspiration for other people!

Yours in Service
Racaire
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head

Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Newsletter March - Embroidery Guild Badge

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

Another month passed by and besides the fact that spring is approaching, I have a great information I would like to point out: the Dragon Needle Embroidery Guild finally has a registered Guild Badge due to the gentle help of Mistress Jaelle.

Guild Membership Roll:
I am very happy to announce that we have 2 new members - Lady Ameline de Leeuw and Elisande - now we have 42 members and with Lady Ameline de Leeuw we are also able to welcome the very first member from the South on the new Guild Membership Roll. :)

Guild Badge:
Our guild badge went out on a kingdom internal letter of intent in July 2008 and was registered by the Laurel Sovereign of Arms at the December, 2008 meeting: "Drachenwald, Kingdom of. Badge for the Kingdom Embroidery Guild. (Fieldless) On a dragon passant coward sable a needle palewise Or."
I want to thank Mistress Jaelle heartily for her great help concerning the registration of the Guild Badge and also for her gentle offer to provide a picture of our Guild Badge. :)

Guild Charter:
Sorry, still in progress - I hope I will be able to finish my first draft soon.

Guild Blog - Dragon's Embroidery Workshop:
Please keep on sharing your great work!
...and if you would like to join the Workshop and share your work, please don't hesitate to write me an eMail!

Guild Projects / Challenges:
- The challenge 2009 'Something to keep you warm II' ( http://keep-you-warm-2.blogspot.com/ )
If you would like to participate please contact Mistress Anya, Lady Jahanara or me. :)

Misc. Projects / Challenges:
- A&S 50 Challenge
- A&S 50 Challenge Drachenwald Blog - ...a blog where the participants of the A&S 50 Challenge living in Drachenwald may share their works, ask questions, encourage each other and generally support one another along the way.
- Pennsic Giftbasket - you can find basic information about the Pennsic Giftbasket in the January Newsletter (scroll down, it's the blue text) and also in the February Newsletter concerning the display of the gifts at Double Wars. Please join me and other members from the Guild and make something for the 'Pennsic giftbasket' and don't forget to show your lovely gifts at our Dragon's Embroidery Workshop blog :)

Please keep on sharing your wonderful work - regardless if embroidery, woven tapestry, illumination, wood-, leather- or metal-work,.. every project is a great inspiration for other people!

Yours in Service
Racaire
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head

result of the guild badge poll

...and the winner is:

1) on a dragon sable (-> black) a needle or (=gold -> yellow)

with 11 votes / 61% (18 persons voted)

2) on a dragon sable (-> black) a needle argent (=silver -> white)
-> 4 votes / 22%

3) on a hurst of three pine trees eradicated gules (-> red), a needle or (=gold -> yellow)
-> 2 votes / 11%

4) on a hurst of three pine trees eradicated gules (-> red), a needle argent (=silver -> white)
-> 3 votes / 16%

Guild Badge Poll

First many thanks to Mistress Jaelle for her help & Anna de Byxe for the images :)

This are the best possibilities for our guild badge:

1. on a dragon sable (-> black) a needle or (=gold -> yellow)
2. on a dragon sable (-> black) a needle argent (=silver -> white)
3. on a hurst of three pine trees eradicated gules (-> red), a needle or (=gold -> yellow)
4. on a hurst of three pine trees eradicated gules (-> red), a needle argent (=silver -> white)

...you can submit your vote via the poll in the nav. bar on the left side.

When the poll is over (14.12.2007) Mistress Jaelle offered to check if the chosen badge is clear of conflict and than we will try to register it.

Yis
Racaire

more information provided by Mistress Jaelle:

No color would be behind the dragon (or the trees). This is what we call a fieldless badge.  A fieldless badge can be on any background where there is contrast - so in this case, of either black or red you could put it on a white or yellow background - eg sew it on your white dress and then on your yellow cloak, This is because the badge is a - thing - it can go on either.

this may help- an explanation about fieldless badges from the 0fficial SCA heraldic website:

"In period mundane practice, fieldless badges are almost always a single charge, possibly charged with a cadency mark, such as a crescent or a mullet. Most of the rest were charges conjoined, such as a crescent with an estoile resting in the "cup", or the bear and ragged staff of Neville.
In the SCA, the fieldless badges must form a connected design. One way to think about it is that you should be able to cast the design in a mold without it falling apart."