The workroom has been a sloppy mess for the past few weeks because, well, I’d set things down and then not put them back were they belong. I have no less than eight pair of scissors in here and I can never find one. And so now I am cleaning and organizing and making life easier on myself. Now I have piles of things, nicely grouped and ready to put away. I have a full box of silk thread and a nice pile of silk fabric, and separate boxes of charms, wires, vellum, and tools.

I think I would like to prepare a class for this – a straight up history class or a symbolism breakdown class. I’m pretty sure a how-to and hands-on class would be rather long but I think it could be done in a two-hour time slot. I don’t think it’s easy enough to slide into an hour long class even if I limited it to one flower type.

I’d also like to put together all of my landsknecht photos and see if I can find something that my hubby likes so I can make him something to wear. He needs nice garb. And I have collected enough photos at this point to teach a garb class but I need to organize those as well.

And of course I need to make many more flowers for in the shrine so it doesn’t look so barren. I love how the lilies turned out and how that section looks full but even there I could use more leaves. And I could use all sorts of spiky bits for ground cover.

Speaking of ground cover – my fibers experiment produced interesting results. I think rosemary won for ease and ability to plant in it. Corn silk worked well too but would have been better if it had been packed tighter. Goldenrod and lavender also worked well but I didn’t plant in either of them. Rose was a total failure because I couldn’t pack it tight enough to allow it to support anything.