St. Luke's Artisan's Fair

Yesterday was St. Luke's Artisan's Fair. I had some amazing help from friends in the 24 hours before the event, without which I would not have made it to the event.

So much thanks goes to:
- stitchwhich for calling me up multiple times to make sure I was doing OK and not panicking.
- shilo_o for lending me her dress form and stand
- baronessadriana, apprentice sister and a quick hand with the duct tape!
- Lauren (sans LJ), for showing up at my house and making sure I made it out the door in a reasonable time frame with everything I might need.
- B, the fabulous neighbor girl, who was able to babysit Henry for the whole day!
-catalina_riquel and her awesome husband who got us directions to the event when the Acorn directions were wrong.
- And all the friends who stopped by to say hello.


I am profoundly grateful to Mistress Belphoebe who took these pictures of my display as I did my usual "bring the camera and not use it" routine.

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My booklet of recipes redacted out of Sabina Welserin's cookbook and a few dishes for sampling out of the cookbook. Dishes on display were (from left front and proceeding clockwise), #7 Sauce for Venison and a roast cooked in the manner of a head of pig, #132 Cinnamon Tart, #186 Herb Tart, #163 and #164 Lebkuchen,.
"Recipes from Sabina Welserin's 1553 Cookbook" booklet formatted for double-sided booklet printing (PDF)



A bookbinding sewing frame, made in the German style, based on a woodcut from Jost Amman's Book of Trades, 1568. Documentation (PDF)


An ensemble based on a woodcut out of Jost Amman's Frauen-trachtbuch from 1586.
Documentation (PDF)
The article I also had out on display, Deciphering Juan de Alcega's Tailor's Pattern book of 1589, gives a brief explanation into how I take Alcega's diagrams and create patterns from them, as well as measurements and fabric estimates in modern widths for all the patterns in the book.



Other articles I had out on display
Good Ale, Food, Friends..... And a chance to get out of Purgatory, Religious Guilds in Medieval England

Knitted Man’s Hat from the Ship "Gagiana" Lost at Sea, October 14th, 1583

Recreating the Gagiana Barett - Knitting Pattern For a Barrett or Flat Cap