Rosalie Gilbert

I'm extremely excited to finally have these cloak brooches on a cloak which suits them. The brooches were made by Armour and Castings, craftsmen in Ukraine who are doing it tough right now. They're still working when they can and many of our re-enactment family are supporting them with orders and gift certificates.

I've chosen to join them with a silk tablet-woven band made by Mervi Pasanen from Swan River Crafts. I'm not sure whether I will swap it out for one a bit thinner or not. I may just need to find a better way to attach it.

In this photo you can see the roses coronet, which shall be used in the Opening Ceremony of the Abbey Medieval Festival this year along with the cloak I'm wearing. I am pretty excited that I managed to make such a great coronet out of such interesting pieces and for such little cost.

But that's another post!