Barony of Stormhold

Nothing to wear?
Desperate to make the right impression?
With festival just around the corner, now it’s the time to hone your sewing skills and turn out a spiffy new frock.
Here’s an opportunity to learn to make the very functional and beautiful 16th century kirtle. The skills learned from this workshop are immediately transferable to a wide range of styles spanning the 15th and 16th centuries in Western Europe.

Spyder has kindly offered to run a kirtle-making class over March, on Tuesday Nights at Kensington. Here are the details:

A recent tradition in Stormhold, has been the giving of hoods to new members. It's a nice practical gift, and the May 2009 A&S competition is to make a 'hood of warmth' to donate to the Barony.

So, for people who are interested, here is a brief overview of hoods:

Regular, weekly meetings are held on Tuesday nights, at the South Kensington Craft Hall, and Thursday nights, at the Clifton Hill Hall.

On the first, third and fifth Thursdays of the month, dance class and practices are held at Clifton Hill, and the fourth Thursday of the month is an Arts and Sciences meeting.

Please e-mail me, Asfridhr [rebe.lucas at gmail dot com] if you have any concerns.

The overriding theme in Stormholds' A&S activities and competitions will be one of persona development. Inspired by other competitions around the known world, the aim is to explore what your persona may have known about, experienced, or done in your chosen time period.

A&S meetings will still be held once a month, and will act as an introduction to topics that can be further discussed or worked upon at Kensington Hall, and there is a chance to show your new skills with a competition held at Monthly Bash. A lot of these competitions are documentation-based, as they deal with persona development.

We have a selection of clothes available to be worn by visitors - contact the hospitaller

Otherwise, here are some links to good beginner clothing patterns.

Advice of fabric choice, measuring and making your first tunic.

simple tunic

By sara at 25 Nov 2006 - 10:56am | Clothing | read more

The Suth Gild Heall is for the guilds of the southern groups of continental Lochac. It is a place for information about meetings, events and resources.

The encompassing groups are The Barony of Stormhold, with its Canton of cairnfell and College of StBartholomews, the Shire of Arrowreach, and the Shire of Krae Glas and College of StMonica.

Location Suth Gild Heall and the calendar meeting this month