by Jenevra | Sep 29, 2017 | Links, SCA
Erik Kwakkel blogging about medieval manuscripts Incredibly interesting blog from a rare books librarian. If it’s a neat discovery in the world of medieval books, there’s a good chance he’s made it! https://medievalbooks.nl/ Erik Kwakkel’s...
by Jenevra | Sep 27, 2017 | Handouts, SCA
Here it is folks, my class on how to bind a girdle book. This is aimed at beginners, so please do try it, and let me know how it goes for you! I’ve had great success teaching this at Pennsic, Artisan’s Village, privately and elsewhere for a few years now....
by Jenevra | Sep 19, 2017 | SCA
A good friend and member of my household was elevated to the Chivalry at Ducal Challenge in September 2017. He is a simple man and so I made a simple hardcover book. Vegetable dyed Hudson deer hide over oak boards with corners, linen thread binding 80# text weight...
by Jenevra | Sep 11, 2017 | SCA
Now that is has been gifted, I get to post about the vigil book I made for Katheryn Fontayne’s elevation to the Order of the Laurel. I knew right away that I wanted to use parchment over silk for the cover. I hemmed and hawed though at what to carve into it. In...
by Jenevra | Jul 22, 2017 | SCA
I’ve been making more and more mini book, and well it’s just SILLY to try and bind them on my big sewing frames and in my big press. Inspiration hit and I realized that I probably had everything I needed to put together a kit for binding mini books....
by Jenevra | Sep 29, 2016 | SCA
Simon Montgomery earned the honor of becoming a member of the Chivalry in the Autumn of 2016. I had the happy task of making his vigil book. I was asked to incorporate skulls somehow, and so I used them as decorative bosses! This book is bound with the Ethiopian...
