Mary Ostler

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Tir Righ Fall Coronet Tourney has come and gone. Overall I got to give the event two big thumbs up.  I talked to alot of people about possible machinations for future builds. I love my deviously  inventive and creative friends and acquaintances. <insert evil laugh here> Many pictures after the link

I am broke beyond all measure this month. I have had to use what I have inside the fabric stash to work on my Turkish garb. Hence the somewhat nasty green/gold sari material shalvar.  Since I will be making nicer ones once I am back in the black, I have used elastic in this pair. [...]

I am attempting to make myself some new garb. I have been wearing mens English late period since I started in the SCA. I started with mens clothing because of my extraordinary ability to trip on the hems of skirts even if the hem is well higher than my ankles. Time has come for a [...]

Thorgeir Ingvarsson makes these wonderful rawhide lanterns.  I didn’t see one aglow at night, but I am certain that the rawhide screen would give any candle a wonderful glow. Really makes me want to play with rawhide. Thorgeir Ingvarsson runs a merchants shop at events called Thor’s Gear. He goes that extra mile to make [...]

I had been playing around with making a bedouin tent, but even I am surprised at just how quickly the idea went from wishful thinking to completed prototype. If not for the sale on canvas painters tarps at a local hardware store, It would not have happened. In less than 4 days I went from [...]

The Norse Tent is done. Leland got to play in it briefly with his friend Nathan before the traditional onslaught destruction of 8 trees worth of gift wrap began. He seemed to like it. Happy Dance.

Since I found little to no usable information on Bedouin tents, I have decided to make a post on how I set up my tent.

Investiture has came and went yet again. I made the trip with my fellow Apprentices Alienor Sanz-Argent and Maeda no Kiku Mariko and much fun was had.

The deadline for the tent is drawing near. I still have a bunch of stuff to do, and only a couple of days to do it. I started in on the carving. Carving has never been my forte, but it is a fairly simple pattern… The carving is finished. I am not overly happy with [...]

Its my nephews 3rd birthday coming up in ~ 2 weeks time. I decided to make him a Norse tent to play in. Image heavy post follows