LJ Interests meme results

16th century:
As in 16th Century garb. How can you not like a blackworked smock or partlet? The big Spanish sleeves, the farthingale and all?
blackwork:
It's a form of embroidery that is regular, very structured, and basically, there's no way to mess it up. Plus it's meditative.
calligraphy and illumination:
This was actually what initially got me really interested in joining the local SCA Shire - there was a weekly scriptorium and I got to learn how to produce lovely illuminations such as you see in medieval codices. Awesome stuff.
cotehardie:
Or gothic fitted dress, this is just a French term the modern SCA has adopted to mean a fitted dress, usually four panels, from around 1350 to 1450. It's fantastic how good this type of dress looks on so many different body types.
embroidery:
I enjoy this in bursts and stutters, I'm very bad at keeping my stitch length even, which is why I appreciate cross-stitch and blackwork in particular.
historical costume:
Currently my number one ranking interest as far as living history and the SCA goes. I love being able to take fabric and craft a three dimensional garment out of it which will look flattering on me.
linen:
Linen - I love linen. There can not be enough linen in the world. Sewing with linen is just delightful.
nordmark:
The Principality where you will find me.
patterns of fashion:
Janet Arnold, the goddess of anyone wanting to do late period Elizabethan garb. She's got the books out and we all read them as the period sewing bibles.
sewing:
When combined with the right periods and produces the lovely dresses I'm all over this.