New dress fabric ordered

I finally ordered fabric for a new dress for me! Yeah!

I went kind of bold and purchased a burnt orange wool for the dress and olive green linen for the lining. I already have the black wool for the guards.

My goal is to recreate the look of these dresses (colorwise)...





Durer

I just hope I don't end up looking like a pumpkin. lol

Introducing Katherine Murrin

My eldest daughter choose her SCA name this morning... she will be Katherine Murrin.

We found "Katherine" listed on an online list of women's names from the 15th century cited in Arnsburger Personennamen by Roland Mulch.  The names are from Arnsburg, in Hessen, Germany.  Frankfurt an Main, where my persona is from is also in Hessen so there was good continuity there.  For simplicity sake she was OK with taking on my persona's last name of Murrin (since we still play mother-daughter in the SCA).

My First Atlantia University

My daughter, M, and I carpooled with a fellow Buckston Canton member to the Winter session of the Altantia University held in Mineral, VA.  It was the first time for me at university and, although it was a very long day, it was lots of fun too.  These are the classes I took:

• Making a Pilgrim's Bag - Cairistiona de Coueran
• Youth - Kumihimo - Elwynne Liers
• The Evolution of Blackletter in Germany - Livia Zanna
• Vinework 101 - Livia Zanna
• She's Got the (Hispano-Flemish) Look - Beatriz Aluares de la Oya
• Hands on Gilding - Gwerfyl verch Aneirin & Merwenna de Rannowe

M took the same classes as myself except she took Youth Dancing while I was in the German Blackletter class.  She had a good time but was exhausted by the time we left.