Brick Stitch Pouch for Marian

 This project is a gift for a dear friend in the SCA, Mistress Marian of Rokesburg, who was recently elevated to the Order of the Mark in Ealdormere. I wanted to make her something special and settled on something in German brick stitch. I checked out her heraldry.

The deer would have been very difficult to do in brick stitch, but the dragonflies had promise. So I started playing around, sketching things on graph paper and in excel. I first tried a pattern in which all of the brick stitches are the same length.

It turned out fine, but I wanted something more. Marian and her husband Kolbjorn have been so supportive of me with my A&S journey, I wanted something special. So I came up with this.

I was really happy with how this turned out, so I went forward with it. As the time for her elevation got closer and closer, I knew I wasn't going to get it done. I considered just do the embroidery for one side, but when it became clear that I wouldn't get that done either, I resolved to make sure both sides were embroidered. It will get done! But I was able to present her with a copy of the pattern and show her the work in progress.