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 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:53 am
I need to make a favour for Lilies, and I'm a bit unsure of what to make.
Suggestions?
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:04 pm
To represent what? the event itself? a household? a kingdom? yourself?
Usually when I make a favor, I use fabrics in the colors of whatever I'm representing to make a long rectangle, stitch or paint the symbol of the group at the bottom, and tack the top end to the middle of the back to make a belt loop. I've also woven tastles in the colors of a group to make quick little favors that just tie onto clothes or belts or whatever. I've also seen favors made out of leather with symbols stamped into them.
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:11 pm
LittleGreenGirl To represent what? the event itself? a household? a kingdom? yourself?
Usually when I make a favor, I use fabrics in the colors of whatever I'm representing to make a long rectangle, stitch or paint the symbol of the group at the bottom, and tack the top end to the middle of the back to make a belt loop. I've also woven tastles in the colors of a group to make quick little favors that just tie onto clothes or belts or whatever. I've also seen favors made out of leather with symbols stamped into them. Household, and then one for me. biggrin
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:56 am
sweatdrop newbish question, but .....
what exactly is a favour?
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:23 am
Koosei sweatdrop newbish question, but ..... what exactly is a favour? It's basically just something that represents a person or group that you wear on yourself. It can be made out of whatever's handy, or be planned out in nice materials. I think originally they were scarves, fabric, hair, etc. from a lady that a man would wear into battle or competition to show that she "favored" him. The one that I wear is similar to this:  Now a days I use different stitches and embroider directly on to the fabric, and it has a few more buttons and beads attached, but you get the drift.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:25 am
so just something to wear that represents you or your group? ok ....
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:39 pm
Are you any good at sewing or embroidery? You could make your household badge into a little cloth thingy to wear on a belt. If not embroidery, you could always paint it with acrylics.
Otherwise, if it's for someone more martially oriented, you could always do something else. I just recently made my own household's badge into a buckler to use on the rapier field. It's a small enough buckler that I'll probably wear it on my belt from time to time as well.
Sarah T. Foole.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:32 pm
Koosei so just something to wear that represents you or your group? ok .... Not so much something you wear that represents you, but something someone else wears that represents you, showing your support for them. Hence "favor". Ugh, I should make some for the new members of my household... the dear little army.
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:40 am
I had a friend use beads and wire.
She took one long piece of beading wire, used seed beads, crimped it in the middle (so that there was a loop for the belt to go through).
Then on the two hanging pieces, she had similar patterns, but different. She did one side to represent her, and one to represent the gentleman she was giving it to.
Two large circular beads at each end , and crimped off.
It looked beautiful - especially on the gentleman's belt. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:52 pm
I know a guy who's a chainmailler.
(these days he mostly does decorative pieces for selling at renfairs & the like, but that's another story...)
He made a favour for his Lady out of chainmail - mostly steel links, with brass links for the design.
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