SCA Merchant's Row

The Historical Forthnightly Challenge:#3 Undergarments Our undergarment challenge: 18th Century Pocket Hoops The Challenge: Create an undergarment. Fabric: natural undyed cotton muslin with satin ribbon and poly boning. Pattern: none Year: Around the years 1750s-1780s. Notions: ribbon How historically accurate is it? 7 /10 as it is mostly machine sewn a more... - 2013/02/27

Challenge #1: Bi/Tri/Quadri/Quin/Sex/Septi/Octo/Nona/Centennia Challenge #1 has been officially completed and well before the deadline of the 14th but we have been a little late in posting our results. Since we decided Regency as the era, our dear friend Mari's request for an evening gown using some fabric she had found was the perfect candidate. Mat more... - 2013/01/17

The Historical Sew Challenge #0 project Well, since we just found out about this challenge today; it would have been a bit tricky to finish a project particularily for the challenge but we did finish quite a few pieces in the month of December including some Regency ball gowns, open robe, jewelry and a variety of custom requests. As the t more... - 2013/01/02

A Historic Challenge Today, we came across a delightful challenge just suited to our itching historical costuming fingers; a group of sewers ready to recreate historical pieces every fortnight of 2013! Such a charming idea! The name of this venture is called "The Historical Sew Fortnightly" hosted by The Drea more... - 2013/01/02

Christmas Caroling Vintage Style Last year, we had such fun dressing in Victorian/Edwardian attire and sharing Christmas carols around town. This year we will be doing the same thing, this time with a more World War II flair. more... - 2012/12/16

The 10 Hour Ruffled Veil For a long time now, I’ve been thinking that it would be wonderful to see more women in An Tir wearing frilled veils. People always comment about how much they like them, but no one thinks they have the time to make one. And in all honesty, I can understand why some are reluctant. I [...] more... - 2012/12/10