Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Members

If you do not want your SCA name and/or group to be listed here,
please contact the guild head

New members of the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - March:

~ added 22.03.2011: ~
61) Anastasia (Kingdom of Ealdormere)
(relationship to Drachenwald accepted)

-> Guild Member-List <-

additional information:
Guild Head: Lady Racaire
Aarnimetsä - region guild head: Lady Fiora
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)

Yis Racaire
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head

Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Newsletter March 2011 - featuring Rakonczays "Mars and Silvia" tapestry

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

February passed by and again I am very glad that I may feature another lovely project of a Guild member to you - Rakonczays "Mars and Silvia" tapestry.
The project is still in progress and will take about two more years until it will be finished - Rakonczays progress documentation at his website is very interesting and maybe some of you would like to follow the project till it's finished. Please also visit Rakonczays website http://www.elisanet.fi/huikari/Rakonczay.htm and take a look his lovely tapestry and embroidery projects (and many more other A&S projects).
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/03/featuring-another-great-project.html

Amal binti Hamid Al-Chania also provided some very nice embroidery pictures as inspiration for other embroiderers :)
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/03/and-some-new-embroidery-done-by-amal.html

Please don't forget - inspiration is important!
...and your project could be an inspiration for someone else! :)

Therefore please share your projects / embroidery / weaving!!!

Guild Project 2010 - "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald":
Concerning last years guild project I may forward some words from the local guild head Renika (Nordmark) to you:

"Greetings! For those of you that started or planned a patch (or more) for the Coat of Arms challenge - You now have the chance to contribute to part two! I have three patches so far, but know for sure that many more exists in the kingdom. Please send them to me before the end of May or bring them to Double Wars, where I hope to start assembling them.
YIS Renika

Yes, we enlarged the deadline for the first guild project until end of May and Renika will assemble a second wallhanging with all "latecomers" and maybe some new patches (for the people who miss the coa or their group at the first wallhanging). If you want to send one (or more) finished patch(es) to Fru Renika and need her address, just contact me and I'll send you her snail mail address asap.
You can find the project details here:
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/01/1st-guild-project-2010-coat-of-arms.html
...and a picture of the first "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald" here: http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/01/coat-of-arms-wallhanging-for_16.html

Guild Project 2011 - "We have Dragons":
Great news!!! I am very glad to point you to the first lovely patches for the "We have Dragons" guild project done by Ida Juhanantytär. Inspired by the "Opus Anglicanum" class of Lady Petronilla at the Aarnimetsä Academy Ida started to try out the "Split Stitch" technique and as you can see at the pictures of the posting, she is doing very well... and it seems that she found a new favourite embroidery technique. :)
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/03/more-pictures-of-ida-juhanantytar.html
...and once again the project details:

________________ ~*~ ________________ 

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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The "We have Dragons" project is a great chance to get rid of wool leftovers or to swap wool leftovers with friends :)

...btw. please also don't forget the very important "Token Challenge" and the "Pennsic Giftbasket"!
You can find more information about the giftbaskets here: FAQ - Giftbasket confusion: http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/01/faq-giftbasket-confusion.html

...or "Duarte's Raglan challenge!"
http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/01/for-your-information-duartes-raglan.html

Now back to the normal Guild business:

Guild Membership Roll:
I am very happy to tell that Felicitas Schwartzenbergin, Baroness of Gotvik joined the Guild - we have 60 members now.
( 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 172 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/

more pictures of Ida Juhanantytär lovely embroidery - patches for the "We have Dragons" guild project :)

Ida Juhanantytär was very kind and sent me some nice photos of her embroidery progress for the "We have Dragons" project - I am very glad that I may share them with you :)
...btw. you can find photos with more progress at the "Aarnimetsän kirjontakor", the blog of the local guild in Aarnimetsä (Finnland) -> posting "Ida Juhantytär ja hänen lohikäärmeens" ...and Ida also has an blog which can be found here: http://harharetket.blogspot.com :)





Ida was inspired by the "Opus Anglicanum" class of Lady Petronillas hold at the Aarnimetsä Academy event and her new favourite technique is "Split Stitch" - I think her embroidery shows how much she loves the new technique and it looks really great! :)

...and some new embroidery done by Amal binti Hamid Al-Chania

In need for some inspiration? Amal binti Hamid Al-Chania has recently done some lovely embroidery which she kindly shares at her blog - you can find her whole post and more pictures here:

AAAARGH!!! 

...why Aaaargh? *lol* not everyone is a fan of German Brick Stitch (which I can very good understand after struggling with this technique for some times now) but you should read more about it yourself... ;)

...but German Brick stitch is just one technique out of many others - I like her embroidered letters - yeah, you should definitely check out the other pics ;)

Featuring another great project: Rakonczays "Mars and Silvia" tapestry in progress

Last month I was very glad to be able to present Honors outstanding project "Honors Bayeux style tapestry" and this month I am also very happy to feature another very interesting and great project:

Rakonczays "Mars and Silvia" tapestry in progress

Rakonczay is like Honor also a member of the "Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild", which is a guild of the Kingdom of Drachenwald within the SCA and he is a member of the Barony of Aarnimetsä (in Europe/Finland). :)

Please visit Rakonczays website and the page about his project - "Mars and Silvia" - for further information and great progress pics :)
This project will take ca. 2 more years till it will be finished - if you would like to see some of his finished tapestry projects please visit: Tapestry Projects ...and btw. he also embroiders -> Embroidery Projects ...I think it would be better if you check out his "Arts and Science" section yourself :)

Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Members

If you do not want your SCA name and/or group to be listed here,
please contact the guild head

New members of the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - February:

~ added 17.02.2011: ~
60) Felicitas Schwartzenbergin, Baroness of Gotvik (Nordmark)

-> Guild Member-List <-

additional information:
Guild Head: Lady Racaire
Aarnimetsä - region guild head: Lady Fiora
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)

Yis Racaire
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head

Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Newsletter Feb. 2011 - featuring Honor of Restormels Bayeux style wallhanging & Duarte's Raglan challenge

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

Spring is near, but winter still covers many landscapes of our wonderful kingdom with snow and ice. Therefore I am very happy that I may present a lovely and colorful wallhanging project of a Guild member to you - even if the nature refuses to show its beautiful colors, Honor of Restormels beautiful wallhanging in Bayeux style brings the colors back to us, including also many lovely memories concerning the reign of Honor and John Peregrine of Restormel. Please take a look at her beautiful Bayeux style wallhanging here: http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/02/honor-of-restormels-lovely-bayeux-style.html

Another very nice project is Jahanaras contrinbution to the Estrella Gift Basket - she wrote a very nice posting about her "Handwoven Fabrics and Anglo-Saxon Bags" project including some photos at the Workshop Blog - you can find her posting about her weaving project here: http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/02/handwoven-fabrics-and-anglo-saxon-bags.html

The artisans here in Drachenwald and especially the guild members of the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild are working at home at several beautiful and gorgeous projects - I think it would be great if we could read more about all this great projects - regardless if finished or still in progress. Therefore I ask you to post about your projects at the Workshop Blog or if you don't like to post about it yourself, please send me your project details and photos and I will post about it for you. ...or post a link to your current project at the Guild Workshop Blog or Guild fanpage at facebook (http://www.facebook.com/guild.head.Racaire).

Please share your projects / embroidery / weaving!!!
Inspiration is important! ...and your project could be an inspiration for someone else! :)

I would also like to point you to "Duarte's Raglan challenge!" - http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/01/for-your-information-duartes-raglan.html

"So this year I have decided to launch Duarte's Raglan challenge. This year, which is also the first year to host a Coronet tourney at Raglan, it would bring such joy to my heart if there was plethora of banners fluttering in the breeze. To that end I would like to encourage as many personal banners, group banners, principality banners, kingdom and guild banners etc to be erected at this years Raglan. And for the one that brings the most joy to my heart a token will be given out to the person behind it."

I am planning to attend Raglan this year and I also think it would be great to see many banners at this event and also at other events - I will make a banner for the Guild with our Guild sign for Raglan and I hope some of you will join me in making banners - let's make this world a more colorful one. Like Duarte I am looking forward to a very colorful Raglan! :)

Furthermore I would like to remind you that Fru Renika started another "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald" with all "latecomers" - if you would like to contribute a patch for the second wallhanging (maybe if you miss your groups coa at the first wallhanging) - please contact me or Fru Renika.
You can find the project details here: http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/01/1st-guild-project-2010-coat-of-arms.html
...and a picture of the first "Coat of Arms Wallhanging for Drachenwald" here: http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/01/coat-of-arms-wallhanging-for_16.html
If you want to send one (or more) finished patch(es) to Fru Renika and need her address, just contact me and I'll send you her snail mail address asap - the new deadline for the second wallhanging is: end of April.

...and once again the details for the new Guild project - a great reason to get rid of wool leftovers or to swap wool leftovers with friends :)

________________ ~*~ ________________

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. :)

________________ ~*~ ________________

...btw. please also don't forget the very important "Token Challenge" and the "Pennsic Giftbasket"!
You can find more information about the giftbaskets here: FAQ - Giftbasket confusion: http://dragonsembroiderers.blogspot.com/2011/01/faq-giftbasket-confusion.html

Now back to the normal Guild business:

Guild Membership Roll:
I am very happy to tell that Yosephina von Schwarzmoor joined the Guild - we have 59 members now.
( 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 156 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/

Handwoven Fabrics and Anglo-Saxon Bags

Greetings to my illustrious fellow artisans,
In repsonse to Racaire's request for more project postings, I'm sharing my contrinbution to the Estrella Gift Basket.
This project was an excellent experience in being able to change my plan midstream and serendipity.
I woven a turned herringbone fabric in Harrisville Shetland wool, Purple and Gold as I started my project after we knew who we were exchanging with. My original plan was to weave fabric to use to make one large Legionnare's bag. However once I had woven the fabric and done rigid heddle straps, I began to mock the bag up. I did not like the way that the reinforcement straps cut up to weave of the fabric, so I went to plan B. I had previosly asked Lady Siubhan, formerly of the Dragon's Embroidery Guild now back in Lochac, to send me a page from Anglo-Saxon Dress in England. The page I requested showed a satchel found with female remains. That page also showed a belt pouch found with some male remains. As luck would have it I had just enough fabric to make similar bags in my handwoven cloth, approximately 8" x 11 " each.


I lined the bags with linen to prevent undue stretching of the wool over time.




Finally, I used the rigid heddle straps to make the belt loops on the bag and had enough leftover to send as a complimentary belt for the women's satchel.






I am now working on a set of 15th C garb for Coronet and embroidering a 7th C Persian hat and headband. I will post pictures once they are done and/or I return from Coronet.
Namaste,
Jahanara

Guild Member Projects: Honor of Restormels lovely Bayeux style tapestry

I proudly present a really awesome and outstanding project of a member of the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild to you:

~ Honor of Restormels lovely Bayeux style tapestry ~

Honors thoughts about the project:

The reason for the project was to make a tapestry in the style of the Bayeux for our home and we decided to chronicle our reign. The finished product is about 22 feet long and hangs in our den. :) It is DMC cotton on Linen – mostly because I am allergic to wool. I know there are a lot of colors and things which are out of place in a Bayeux style… like the pink bunny, but there are reasons for each thing there and much is to honour special people. I also wanted something more colorful for my home than the original Bayeux tapestry has to offer. :)

I hope you enjoy the following photos of her project as much as I do :)

...an awesome project :)

I just posted some photos about Honors great Bayeux Style tapestry:

...read more about Honor and her lovely project...

...btw. Honor is a member of the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild and lives in the kingdom of Atlantia now.

...want to support your kingdom? ...the Dragon's Den is now on-line!!! :)

...and by courtesy of Mistress Jaelle I may inform you about:

The Dragon's Den is now on-line!!

The Dragon's Den is now available on-line and has Drachenwald order regalia for sale, including Panache, Lindquist ring, and PCS patches, rings that are very close to what a Lindquist ring should look like, Drachenwald patches, and Drachenwald hoods for sale.

To see our merchandise, go to our website at

http://jaellesjewels.com/dragons-den/

Dragon's Den exists to raise money to help assorted Drachenwald projects. Since we opened we have paid for new coronets for the crown prince and princess, sent peers to South Africa to work with our shires there, gave money to ID to send marshals to Iceland, provided the royalty with order regalia to give out to recipients, supported the scribal office with money for supplies, etc.

If you wish to purchase anything, or if you have any questions, please write to us off list at jgerjuoy_@_yahoo_._com (without the "_"!!)

http://jaellesjewels.com/dragons-den/

Yours in service,

Honor and Jaelle,
Proprietors

for your information: "Duarte's Raglan challenge!"

By courtesy of Duarte I may forward his challenge text from the Drachenwald Mailing List to you:

"Greetings to the list

A new year is upon us, and on the horizon once again lies Raglan castle.
I realise that I am hugely biased but Ffair Rhaglen is one of my favourite events, but I have always felt that it was lacking in something. We have a fantastic site, which looks even better with an encampment surrounding it and people showing off the best of their garb. However there is very little in the display of personal heraldry in the form of banners.

So this year I have decided to launch Duarte's Raglan challenge. This year, which is also the first year to host a Coronet tourney at Raglan, it would bring such joy to my heart if there was plethora of banners fluttering in the breeze. To that end I would like to encourage as many personal banners, group banners, principality banners, kingdom and guild banners etc to be erected at this years Raglan. And for the one that brings the most joy to my heart a token will be given out to the person behind it.

Looking forward to a very colourful Raglan.

Duarte"

Such a nice idea and now I am thinking about making one banner for the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild :)

...btw. here an album with many lovely examples of silk banners - many thanks to Haldan from the Knights Crossing Mailinglist for sharing this link. :)

FAQ - Giftbasket confusion

Some members of the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild contribute or would like to contribute to the one or other "giftbasket" of our kingdom, therefore I thought it would be nice to forward this message of Mistress Katheryn Hebenstreitz to you for your information. :)

...btw. how such gifts for a "giftbasket" or the "queens basket" could look like -> a posting about the "Estrella Gift Basket" can be found at the new royal "Treasures of Drachenwald" blog.

__________..--~~<+>~~--..__________

"Greetings!

I have gotten a few questions about giftbaskets because there seems to be a lot of different names for them circulating which has caused some confusion.
People don't seem to know who to contact concerning items for giftbaskets and how many Kingdoms that will be recieveing the gifts.
So here goes:

Pennsic giftbasket - that is a giftbasket that is given away by the Royalty during the state dinner at Pennsic. Nowadays we get an assigned Kingdom to exchange gifts with hence we no longer need to produce big amounts of the same type of object, we do however need to get together a kick ass basket to show of the splendure of the artisans of the Kingdom! This giftbasket is my own pet project and if anyone wants to contribute to this you should contact me, Katheryn Hebenstreitz.

Estrella giftbasket - this is a giftbasket that is given away by our Royalty IF they decide to go to Estrella. This far it has only happened at rare occasions and our current King and Queen WILL go to Estrella! This giftbasket has also switched into being an exchange with only ONE Kingdom (lets hope it stays this way!), and it is Their Majesties chamberlain, Viscountess Whilja who is in charge of getting items for this years giftbasket. The Kingdom to recieve the Drachenwald giftbasket is Calontir.

The Queens Tea gifts - when it was decided that you would only swap gifts with one Kingdom at Pennsic, some Qeens felt that they wanted to give away something small to all other Queens during a Queens Tea. This has been different every year - one year there was an actual gift exchange (as far as I remember) and other years the Queen hosting the tea has been giving her guests some gifts. And each Queen can host her own Queens Tea during Pennsic so this one is a bit tricky to deal with. Previously Duchess Fiona has graciously taken on the task to get objects together for this new addition to the giftlist. I am however unsure who will be in charge this upcoming Pennsic. This is a rather straining task since you need to get basically 18 small gifts together - preferebly similar/the same items in each…

Queens basket - the only conclusion I can draw is that this has become a short name of the above described Queens Tea gifts. :D

Now, beyond all theese giftbaskets the Royalty is ALWAYS in need of largess! They need something to give all those who catch their attention and that perhaps can't recieve an award but who should get recognized by getting a gift from the Royalty.
And putting all theese things together it makes for a huge amount of items that the Royalt needs to a) look good b) make people happy c) make Drachenwald look as awesome as it is by giving the most fabulous gifts at events across the pond!

So please, anyone who has some time to spare - make something that can be included in any of the above baskets or the general largess!
Now I will go back to the embroidery I am making as a part of the Estrella giftbasket that King Vitus and Queen Eleonora will hand over at Estrella!

In service
Katheryn Hebenstreitz

PS: please feel free to spread the word to avoid any more confusion about all theese giftbaskets!"

Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - Members

If you do not want your SCA name and/or group to be listed here,
please contact the guild head

New members of the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild - January:

~ added 16.01.2011: ~
59) Yosephina von Schwarzmoor (Central)

-> Guild Member-List <-

additional information:
Guild Head: Lady Racaire
Aarnimetsä - region guild head: Lady Fiora
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)

Yis Racaire
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild Head

2nd Guild Project (2011) - "We have Dragons"

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
- Start date: 1st of January 2011
- 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. :)