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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Liz, welcome to our group and to the SCA
in general! Hope you make it to some of the local events and/or classes related
to fiber arts. Local people & groups are great resources to tap into. Have
fun!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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ansteorra-textiles-bounces@lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:ansteorra-textiles-bounces@lists.ansteorra.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Liz Wilson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:47
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
ansteorra-textiles@lists.ansteorra.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Ansteorra-Textiles] New
to the SCA and the Textiles List</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Greetings to the Textile List! I am new to the SCA and
the Textiles List. I do not even have a persona name yet.
My real name is Liz Wilson and I live with my family in Flower Mound, <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State>. My
husband Robert and I have 7 year old twin girls, Amelia and Miranda. I am
in the process of researching names and other information about medieval <st1:place
w:st="on">europe</st1:place>. Our ancestry is primarily Scottish (<st1:City
w:st="on">Ferguson</st1:City>, my maiden name) and English (<st1:City
w:st="on">Wilson</st1:City>, although it may also be from <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region> or even <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region>). I am a stay at home
mom and a substitute teacher, although before my children were born I was a
lawyer for approximately 14 years, both in law firms and at a
corporation. I am still licensed as a lawyer but on inactive status
(meaning I don't earn any money from law practice). </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Since I am just getting started in the SCA I am
investigating various areas, but I have always enjoyed weaving and
basketry. I haven't done much weaving since girl scouts as a child, and I
did take a basketry course at Arrowmont in the late 1980's in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:place></st1:State>, but it has been a
while. I would like to revisit these previous areas of interest. I
have never done the spinning at all but I saw a demo recently at girl
scouts (again) and I thought it looked like great fun. I am not
much of a seamstress but I have done some counted cross stitch and other
embroidery in the past as well--quit doing it because I didn't need any more
decor for my house or gifts for others, but still have the stuff. I
was partial to samplers, which may be a little late for the medieval
period. My mundane hobby is scrapbooking. I do a lot of volunteer
work relating to my children, including girl scout assistant leader and
destination imagination team assistant leader. Being an assistant
means I do all the grunt work that the leader doesn't want to do and while I
get very little glory for it, I also do not have the ultimate responsibility
for things if they go awry (I learned a few things from law practice!) </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am interested in acquiring an Inkle Loom (am I even
spelling that right?) and learning how to use it, although right now my main
textile project is finishing sewing the patches on the girls' Brownie
vests (but I'm almost done). Right now I have a bit of time on my hands
because I broke my ankle on our vacation on July 4th, so I am on crutches or
wheelchair and I am not going anywhere most of the time. My only
other major project this summer is teaching my girls to fix their own
lunches, etc. etc. so that I don't have to hop around on one leg.
Needless to say, right now I have plenty of time to read the internet
postings, wreite stuff, etc. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> I probably don't have much to add to textile
discussions right now given the level of my experience, so I'm mostly
hoping to learn about various options. I do have a sewing machine
although the threader is broken and I don't really care for using it much, but
maybe the SCA can help me turn that around.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We have been big Scarborough Renaissance Festival
attendees for several years now and do have garb that we have purchased
there, although it is more reaniassance than medieval in nature and is not
character or period specific. I do plan to make more garb, by hand or
sewing, at a later time. I know this is more clothier guild than textile
guild related, but I bring this up because it would certainly be useful to make
some trim or other items to either decorate our current garb with or to use on
new garb. Also, my husband desires a kilt, and while I have the pattern
I'm a little intimidated by all the pleats. Planning to make that out of
cotton flannel to keep the cost down unless someone convinces me otherwise.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We haven't done the camping out with the girls yet, and with
my ankle this will need to be postponed until it is better. We did
acquire a mundane tent and I am interested in making some things for the
campsite, such as a cooler cover, chair covers for the camping chairs,
etc. I did purchase a neat remnant of upholstery fabric for $10 that
would make a nice tablecloth or cooler cover, but I haven't decided
exactly what to do with it yet. I might just hem it or something simple
like that. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>OK, that's probably way more than you wanted to know, so
hopefully you have just skimmed through and said, "poor soul, she really
needs a hobby!!"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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