At an event a few weeks ago one of my dear friends was elevated to the Order of the Laurel.
Within a group of friends we now have a tradition of making some small piece of outer garment with embroidered patches made by each one of us.
Mistress Helena who is a 14:th century costuming laurel got the first hood of love. I was second and they made me a gollar of love to go with my German 16:th century clothing.
Mistress Uta is also a 14:th century costuming laurel so she too got a hood of love.
We try to make them all a little bit different so Mistress Utas has laurel wreaths and the waterlilly from her arms.
This is the patch that I embroidered for her hood:

And here is Mistress Uta – just minutes after her elevation ceremony – trying on her hood of love for the first time! She gets help from Mistress Helena.

It is really nice to see how all three of us cherish the hoods and gollar of love as much as we do.
So many costuming laurels aren’t fond of wearing things not made by themselves.
I find the gollar of love to be the most fantatsic piece in my medieval warderobe. That was I always have my friends with me – and on top of that I have a fantastic display of artisan skill from Drachenwald right around my shoulders!