Byzantine has LOTS of bling. On one dalmatica I used over 300 potato pearls as well as untold numbers of fresh water pearls and lapis beads. There is also...
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Mackenzie Morgan
maco_nix
Nov 9, 2012 11:22 pm
If you did the beaded wire hair cages, you could also line the cage with black satin. It'd shine like hair does and disguise your hair color if you don't want...
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Natalie Foster
somethingtha...
Nov 9, 2012 11:22 pm
Exactly, why? My persona is Scottish, no particular era, and I have 'T' tunics (mostly), Italians, Houpeland (?spelling), and more, and am currently working...
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Deborah Hilton
ghita_amati
Nov 9, 2012 5:56 pm
My hair is pink/purple....I have never felt the need to cover it in the SCA. Whenever I am doing something that requires a more historically accurate look, I...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Nov 9, 2012 12:13 pm
1. All that SCA requires in the costume department is "an attempt at garb". 2. You do not have to shoehorn yourself into one period or country. (I don't) ...
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Charles
unclrashid
Nov 9, 2012 6:28 am
This is the SCA, not a group of 200% authentic museum interpreters... in other words, many people will have modern hairstyles and while multicolored hair may...
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Alditha de la Tye
tasuil
Nov 9, 2012 1:30 am
But, if the crispinette is bead your hair won't be as noticeable, anyway a number of Ladies at events have had wildly colored hair and all was fine... ... ...
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Ellyn
ellynoftanwa...
Nov 9, 2012 12:11 am
I need to be in that group! To me the14th century is the most medieval of medieval. On another note, I'm making a GFD and it fits beautifully - except for the...
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Hannah Hennen
lover_ofanime
Nov 9, 2012 12:10 am
Why "shoehorn";? I've been active for 7 years now and only this year decided to be Tudor era German. Doesn't keep me from having a diverse wardrobe (to include...
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moodymaggie
mvarszegi
Nov 9, 2012 12:09 am
Oh! Would you please, please send me a copy of your GFD instructions too? I've been trying to slowly build my 14th Century wardrobe and am having some...
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Sarah Curnutt
curnutt13
Nov 9, 2012 12:08 am
Thought about going outside of Europe and looking more Middle Eastern? There is a large group who play from that area as it attached to Europe through the silk...
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lili313
Nov 9, 2012 12:07 am
... <snip> ... <snip> Yeah of course my problem is if my hair is to show at all I have to get a wig. I have long hair dyed teal/blue/purple/violet. It's been...
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Vicky Eisenstadt
vicky_eisens...
Nov 8, 2012 1:38 pm
Elvonat! Your email address won't let me respond to your private message! Alysoun -- "Courage is the virtue of deeds... courtesy is the virtue of language." ...
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Vicky Eisenstadt
vicky_eisens...
Nov 8, 2012 11:33 am
silk velvets and shot silk are known in the 14th century and while most of the bling factor does come from the fabrics themselves in this century (rich...
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lili313
Nov 8, 2012 8:47 am
My best friend is getting into SCA lately. I used to dabble in college myself & I was thinking of joining her. My problem is shoehorning my very well developed...
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Joe Jj
ccjjoe1
Nov 5, 2012 10:04 pm
(Mod Note: Last post for the Off Topic weekend conversation. Back to our regularly scheduled SCA sewing topics please.) Thank you. I could dive into Scadian...
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Janis James
seja02@...
Nov 5, 2012 1:21 am
Very well written and an excellent comment. I've also known some wonderful people who are caught up this way. Sadly, you must watch (with kindness) to not get...
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friederike555
Nov 4, 2012 10:46 pm
I'm not in the SCA( at least not yet) but we part of a renfair and it affects us just as much.I wished I'd had more time for sewing right now and doing more of...
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Carol
were_koala
Nov 4, 2012 7:49 pm
A friend of mine refers to people who "live for" SCA or similar activities as "livers." It's not intended as a compliment. :-}...
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Jackie Frederick
elspeth205
Nov 4, 2012 7:49 pm
Beware! I have seen the things that this syndrome can cause. Large men in armour going through Pillaged Village picking out an arm load of trims and fearing...
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Charles
unclrashid
Nov 4, 2012 5:54 am
For a while there, my mother was bringing me anything she found in the thrift store that was made of "weird" fabric. Some of it was actually useful for garb. ...
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Joe Jj
ccjjoe1
Nov 4, 2012 2:30 am
Greetings,I'm so glad you love this great and wonderful game we play. For me it a source of constant new inspiration and frustration. I enjoy doing many of...
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Heather Law
lynnx00
Nov 4, 2012 2:27 am
so THAT’S what causes all this! Hello my name is Edwinna and I am a SCA Syndrome victim (and enjoying it :-) From: MITCHELL J BARTON <SNIPPED BY MOD.> Stuff...
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patty_gale199
Nov 3, 2012 9:39 pm
Thanks, all! It's good to know I'm not alone. I've enjoyed reading your responses. What a great group! -- Patty Gale...
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MITCHELL J BARTON
russianarabs
Nov 3, 2012 9:38 pm
Stuff in thrift and consignment stores, yard sales (and occasional dumpster diving), stuff from friends who know you belong to that "club" all begins to...
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Vicky Eisenstadt
vicky_eisens...
Nov 3, 2012 9:16 am
heh, I'm a *carrier* :) Alysoun ... -- "Courage is the virtue of deeds... courtesy is the virtue of language." Baron Giovanni di Fiamma [Non-text portions of...
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Laurel Holliday
giliana_rave...
Nov 3, 2012 4:40 am
I have that! SCAS.... There is probably a pill for that, but I would never want to take it. :-) Giliana Ravenild <SNIPPED BY MOD.> ... <SNIPPED BY MOD. TRIM...
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Lisha Haischer
ladyelizabet...
Nov 3, 2012 4:39 am
LOL! ya I had that thought too...hummm if anyone catches a deer and can skin it in one shot....I would have leather to be able to make for a book cover or...
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Kathy
depth_of_sha...
Nov 3, 2012 4:38 am
It all sounds okay to me except for the archery. I'm very fond of my Olympic class archery equipment. It isn't as easy to shoot with all this as it might...
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site2000builder
Nov 1, 2012 4:55 am
Thank you! This is fabulous!! I found 'The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789–1815.' Go to the search box on the left-hand side and...
