-or- A Tale of Two Coats * with side-quests! by THL Rannveig Hrajshvelgsneys Alfvinsdottir of the Barony of Blackstone Mountain Born out of a desire for fancy garb that didn’t need a belt, this documentation is primarily a compare and contrast of the commonly called Turkish-Venetian coats seen in Italian Renaissance art throughout the late… Continue reading A 16th Century Turkish-Venetian Coat
Tag: Society for creative anachronism
Rome! Live and In Living Color!
This is the documentation for my 2023 7 Pearls Arts and Sciences competition entry. My intention is to come back and flesh this out more over time to create more of aa easy guide to roman costuming. However I've had several requests for this documentation recently in the run up to Pennsic so I figured… Continue reading Rome! Live and In Living Color!
Drafting a Custom Neck Hole Pattern
This is intended as a kind of add-on to my previous post on how to do a facing. When I've taught the facing class in person we've often done this in class when other people were available to help measure. For years I would search the house looking for random bowls, dishes, or other round-ish objects… Continue reading Drafting a Custom Neck Hole Pattern
Facings 101 ( Why facings really are fun & easy for everyone!)
This blog post is one of my oldest, having been originally part of a blog I had created as a college project. When I decided to start blogging more seriously, I looked into updating my old site, but eventually decided to go with a whole new blog on a different (easier to use) platform. For… Continue reading Facings 101 ( Why facings really are fun & easy for everyone!)
Flat caps, what all the cool kids are wearing!
"...he is no account or estimation amoungst men, if hee have not a velvet, or a taffetie Hatte, and that must be pincked and cunningly carved of the beste fashion..." (Phillip Stubbes, The Anatomie of Abuses, 1583) Having always considered flat-caps the coolest of hats, I finally decided to look into some of the ways… Continue reading Flat caps, what all the cool kids are wearing!
An Attempt at a 13th Cent. Rus Gown
Possibly the best photo ever taken of me, courtesy of the ever talented Katie Haught! This is the documentation for an outfit I entered into an Arts and Sciences competition in March of 2020. The event was The Tournament of the White Hart, and is one of my all time favorite events that I look… Continue reading An Attempt at a 13th Cent. Rus Gown
The 4000 Year Old T-Shirt
The following is the documentation for the Arts and Sciences Project I entered in the 2022 7 Pearls Championships. 7 Pearls is an event in the SCA Kingdom of Aethelmearc were the Champions of each of the Kingdom of Aethelmearcs seven Baronies compete against each other to see which Baronies gets bragging rights for the… Continue reading The 4000 Year Old T-Shirt
Historically inspired 13th Century Tunic and Coat
This is the documentation for a men's outfit loosely based on art from the 13th century . This outfit was originally made as part of a custom clothing order for an excellent young man I've had the pleasure of knowing for years and years. He did the best thing an artist can ask for, and… Continue reading Historically inspired 13th Century Tunic and Coat
A fun SCA interview I did awhile back!
Populace in Focus – Lady Rannveig Hraejshvelgsneys Alfvinsdottir (https://aethelmearcgazette.com/2022/01/30/populace-in-focus-lady-rannveig-hraejshvelgsneys-alfvinsdottir/) Real Name (optional): Renee Schmutz-Sowards SCA Name & title: Lady Rannveig “Hraejshvelgsneys” Alfvinsdottir Years in the SCA: Active since 1996/ Anno Societatis 30, so…wow…26 years now! But first, a Selfie! How did you find out about the SCA? When I was 13 I went for a… Continue reading A fun SCA interview I did awhile back!
Welcome to my blog! Let’s make stuff!
Who am I? Hello and welcome! I'm Renee, and I really really like to make stuff. Most the time the stuff I make revolves around garments sewing and costuming, but every now and then I'll branch out to other crafty and creative fun! What do I do? Most my sewing revolves around my *other* big… Continue reading Welcome to my blog! Let’s make stuff!
Anything I Can Make 