[Sca-cooks] heraldry on the feast table

[Olwen the Odd]

>well, after the past 'midwinter marzipan madness', i have agreed to do a 
>class at our 'heralds and >scribes symposium' on heraldry ON the feast 
>table.... from tablecloths to feast gear to food.

>if anyone has any war stories they would like to share, i am ready to sit 
>back and take notes.

>cailte

I am not a seamstress.  I just wanted to start with that to give you an idea 
of how my adventure went.

After the Bright Hills Cooks Guild submitted the name and a badge to the 
herald and it was accepted, I decided to make a banner, which I cut out of 
leather and glued all together and now hangs at each event adorned with 
awards and Crown favors.  That was easy.  I then decided to make a 
tablecloth.  Since our Baronial and guild devices are very similar (sable 
field with three peaks and in chief a crecent - barony, or three legged 
cauldron - guild, argent) I decided to make one side with the crecent and 
the other with the cauldron so it could be used more versitily.  Since I 
live in a warehouse, laying out a cloth for an six (eight?) foot table was 
easy, but that may be a problem for some.  I used a heavy weight cloth so it 
layed nicely, even outdoors.  Since that went so well, I decided to make 
some covers for the big orange drink despensers.  I measured around the 
despenser adding extra inches for the handles and sat the thing on the cloth 
and cut out the circle for the top, adding extra inches for the seam and 
handles.  I measured out the white cloth to the same width and cut out the 
hills and sewed those (for some reason I never did put the cauldron or 
crecent on) on, leaving a little "mouse door" for the spiggot, sewed up the 
side and attatched the top.  Then I learned that not all coolers are the 
same size, but fortunately I left enough room that they will squeeze onto 
the larger sizes.  There.  See.  If I can do it, anyone can.

I also do glass beads with the baronial device on them.

And don't start me about marzipan Arms...
Olwen




Cariad a heddwch (love and peace)

THLady Olwen the Odd
Clan of Odds
House Blackstar
Bright Hills Cooks Guild
Order of the Pearl
Barony of Bright Hills
Kingdom of Atlantia!

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