Helene's Stuff

Another great photo of the Bryn Gwlad crew in the procession at Gulf Wars.  Picture is from Ursus in his Gulf War Mon+Tues Gallery ( ht...

Here is Giant Sparkly Banner in the Opening Processional at Gulf Wars this year.  Incidentally, I am on the left holding the banner and...

I've posted a new PDF in the handout section: "Care and Feeding of War Company Surcoats."  If you are War Company member and ...

The pre-Gulf Wars surcoat assembly crunch is finished!  Sunday night we finished 9 more surcoats and then 2 more on Monday.  Last night ...

I've posted a new PDF on my Handout's page!  Check out "Sewing a Perfect Rider's Split for a Surcoat."  With the surco...

After numerous repairs and lots of cleaning, the prodigal surcoat is looking mighty fine!  I returned it this Tuesday to our War Company c...

 My first task was applique repair. Here is a good example of a stripe that needed help. The linen has disintegrated in bits and the appl...

On the morning of the first great sewing day, I was starting to get a little nervous.  We were making a lot of surcoats for a lot of people ...

Sometimes projects take on a life of their own in crazy ways. A number of years back, I ran a sewing day to assembly line surcoats for the ...