Friday, January 21, 2011

Heraldry

Researching heraldry symbols for Edward & Richard, including their: crests, shields, badges, coats of arms, flags, banners, standards, AND mottos. The last of which has little to do with heraldry except their motto is typically featured on their other stuff. Details to follow once research is cleaned up and organized.

Ditto with the precedence.

Oh! Finally got Mistress Shore's ring (finally) at a local antique shop, "Jewels, etc." on Monroe.

Also came to the conclusion I can't use most of the historical data for Shore's character, so I'll have to start her character work over almost from scratch.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

sewing & heraldry

Today I taught 4 people how to hand-sew a straight/running stitch, back stitch, vertical hem stitch and cross hem stitch, then used the regular & serger machine to learn how to finish an edge, make a seam, make a gather and make a corner (like for a pocket). Then I came home, heated up leftovers, did laundry and researched late 15th century heraldry for Edward IV & Richard III. This was a fun & productive day!!