Previous competitions, winners and Champions are listed here. Details of our current and future competitions are listed on the main Competitions page.

AS LVII (2022-2023)

	Event	Competition	Winners
	Autumn Crown 19-20 March 2022	Headwear	Mistress Fionn O’Mara –  Elizabethan coif
	Autumn Coronation 7-8 May 2022	Plaited and Braided stitches
	Spring Crown Sept 2022	From the Garden – design inspiration
	Summer Coronation Nov 2022	The Silk Road – embroideries from any related cultures

AS LVI (2021-2022)

	Event	Competition	Winners
	Autumn Crown 13-14 March 2021	Purses and pouches	Baroness Miriam bat Shimeon – 12thc Seljuk LOG pouch
	Autumn Coronation 1-2 May 2021	Woolwork (any style)	Baroness Miriam bat Shimeon – Anglo-Saxon hood
	Spring Crown 11-12 Sept 2021	Birds and bees – any technique	Baroness Miriam bat Shimeon – Mamluk tunic
	Summer Coronation 13-14 Nov 2021	Canvaswork	Mistress Murghein ni Grainne – Slip for cushion

AS LV (2020 – 2021)

Champion: To be announced

	Event	Competition	Winners
	Autumn Crown – 22-24 May 2020	Household item (any technique)	Master John of the Hills – Embroidered Pot cover
	Midwinter – 10-12 July 2020	Blackwork (any type, can document alternate colour)	Mistress Aliena de Savigny – Blackwork shirt
	Spring Crown – 14-15 Nov 2020	Cats great and small (any technique)	Lady Frances Affrica Ray – Cat hood
	12th Night – Jan 2021	Whitework (including drawn thread)	No entries

AS XLXIII (2019 – 2020)

Champion: To be announced

	Event	Competition	Winners
	May Crown 2019	Birth, death & marriage	Tie: Mistress Marienna Jensdatter – intarsia coverlet & Mistress Ceara Shionnach – faux Perugian towel
	Midwinter 2019	Smocking	Mistress Rowan Perigrynne – German apron
–	November Crown 2019	Fruit	No entries
–	Twelfth Night 2020	Embroidered Book cover	No entries

AS XLXII (2018 – 2019)

Champion: Mistress Rowan Perigrynne

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2018	Decorative Seam Finishes	Lady Elisabet Volckamer – Skjoldenhamm hood
	Midwinter 2018	Long-armed cross stitch	Winner: Mistress Rowan Perigrynne – Steuchlein Place: Lady Mathilda de Villiers – Mamluk needlecase
	November Crown 2018	Hunting	Winner: Mistress Aveline Goupil – 14th c French alms purse Place: Lady Elisabet Volckamer – Viking inspired pouch
–	Twelfth Night 2019	Embroidered Book cover	No entries

AS XLXI (2017 – 2018)

Champion: Miriam bat Shimeon

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2017	Flowers	Baroness Fionnabhair ingean ui Mheadhra – blackwork coif
	Midwinter 2017	Metalwork	Baroness Miriam bat Shimeon – gold and silk lion
	November Crown 2017	Period Sewing Kit	Mistress Alienya de Sauvigny – Viking era workbasket
	Twelfth Night 2018	Working sampler	Baroness Miriam bat Shimeon – Mamluk sampler

AS XLX (2016 – 2017)

Champion: Miriam bat Shimeon

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2016	Bayeux work	Winner: Lady Miriam bat Shimeon Place: Lord Edgard Kala
	Midwinter 2016	Beadwork	Winner: Baroness Ceara Shionnach – Estonian headdress Place: Mistress Kiriel du Papillion
	November Crown 2016	Heraldic	Lord Edgard Kala – embroidered favour
	Twelfth Night 2017	Splitstitch	Winner: Lady Miriam bat Shimeon – Splitstitch tunic Place: Serena

AS XLX (2015 – 2016)

Champion: Mistress Keridwen the Mouse

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2015	Voided work	Mistress Keridwen the Mouse – Voided dragon
	Midwinter 2015	Pattern darning	Mistress Keridwen the Mouse – Pattern darned sampler
	November Crown 2015	Applique	Mistress Keridwen the Mouse – Applique pouch
	Twelfth Night 2016	Drawn thread	Mistress Keridwen the Mouse – Drawn thread towel

AS XLIX (2014 – 2015)

Champion: Lady Caera O’Shionnach

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2014	Recently Completed	Baroness Ceara Shionnach – blackwork collar
	Midwinter 2014	Couched and laid work	Mistress Keridwen the Mouse
	November Crown 2014	Blackwork (any style)	Winner: Mistress Hunydd verch Maddyn Duy – blackwork coif Places: Mistress Aliena de Savigny, Mistress Keridwen the Mouse
	Twelfth Night 2015	Birds (any technique)	Winner: Baroness Ceara Shionnach – goldwork ‘lute shaped’ pouch Place: Mistress Keridwen the Mouse – Mamluk towel

AS XLVIII (2013 – 2014)

Although competitions were set for the year (Goldwork, Plain sewing, German pictorial woolwork and Assisi work), no competitions were held.
There was no champion this year.

AS XLVII (2012 – 2013)

Champion: Rowan Perigrynne

	Event	Competition	Winner
–	May Crown 2012	No competition	No entries
	Midwinter 2012	Design: Laurel Cloak	Mistress Rowan Perigrynne – cloak based on the Star Mantle of Heinrich II
–	November Crown 2012	Applique	No entries
	Twelfth Night 2013	Embroidered Aprons	Mistress Rowan Perigrynne – smocked German apron

AS XLVI (2011 – 2012)

Champion: Mistress Hunydd verch Madyn Duy

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2011	Household items – towels, aprons, pillows…	Mistress Hunydd verch Madyn Duy – long-armed cross-stitch towel
–	Midwinter 2011	UnFinished Objects	No entries
–	November Crown 2011	Pearled and beaded	No entries
–	Twelfth Night 2012	Or Nue	No entries

AS XLV (2010 – 2011)

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2010	LoG pouches – Original or WCoB designs	Baroness Ceara Sionnach – applied goldwork pouch
–	Midwinter 2010	Decorated underwear – shirts, ruffs, hose, drawers…	No entries
	November Crown 2010	Couched and Laid work	Lady Leoba of Lecelade – Ottoman work
	Twelfth Night 2011	Whitework	Lady Catalina de Gata – Lefkara handkerchie

AS XLIV (2009 – 2010)

	Event	Competition	Winner
–	May Crown	Unfinished objects	No entries
	Midwinter 2009	Headwear	Lady Fionnabhair ingean ui Mheadhra – Elizabethan blackwork hood
–	November Crown 2009	Canvas work	No entries
	Twelfth Night 2010	3 dimensional embroidery	Lady Alliette Delacourt – Elizabethan mitten

AS XLIII (2008 – 2009)

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2008	Elizabethan polychrome	Mistress Rowan Perigrynne – Elizabethan glove
–	Midwinter 2008	Extremities – embroidery on hands and feet	No entries
	November Crown 2008	Applique or intarsia
	Twelfth Night 2009	Pictorial theme – Hunting

AS XLII (2007 – 2008)

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2007	Heraldic Embroidery	Lady Contarina la Bianca – goldwork
	Midwinter 2007	Wool (on or with)	Lady Jane Stockton – Anglo Saxon tunic
–	November Crown 2007	Slips (including LoG design)	No entries
	Twelfth Night 2008	Book accessories	Lady Leoba of Lecelade – Elizabethan book cover

AS XLI (2006 – 2007)

Champion: Lady Constance de Coligny

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2006	Seams and handsewing	Mistress Marienna Jensdattir
	Midwinter 2006	Klosterstitch (Convent stitch)	Lady Constance de Coligny
–	November Crown 2006	Research paper	Mistress Marit the Wanderer
	Twelfth Night 2007	Beading	Mistress Rowan Perigrynne – pearled German renaissance dress Mistress Hunydd ferch Madyn Duy – pearled German cuff and coif

AS XL (2005 – 2006)

Champion: Lady Hunydd verch Madyn Duy

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2005	Something new UnFinished Objects	Winner: Lady Hunydd verch Madyn Duy – Elizabethan Sweetbag Place: Lady Teffania Tuckerton – Laid gold Cingular
	Midwinter 2005	German counted work	Lady Hunydd verch Madyn Duy – Brickstich cushion
	November Crown 2005	Embroidery for abuse	Lady Contarina la Bianca – Heraldic surcoat
	Twelfth Night 2006	‘Broidered bunnies (based on period sources)	Lady Zanobia Adimari

AS XXXIX (2004 – 2005)

Although competitions were set for the year (Something New, Embroidery on Outer Garment, Interpretation of a Specific pattern* and Assisi work), no competitions were held and there was no champion this year.

AS XXXVIII (2003 – 2004)

Champion: Lady Jane Stockton

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Crown 2003	Something new	Winner: Lady Jane Stockton – Brickwork sweetbag Places: Gwir Verch Madog – blackwork coif, Contarina La Bianca – padded goldwork
	Midwinter 2003	LoG Pouch (original design or Rowan’s designs)	Winner: Lady Contarina la Bianca – Applique pouch Place: Veronique of the Valley – Viking style pouch
	November Crown 2003	Voided work	Winner: Lady Jane Stockton – Small Assisi Towel Place: Sabine d’Ricold da Forli – Band for a Tranzado
	Twelfth Night 2004	Scandinavian embroidery – any style	Lady Jane Stockton – Icelandic Cushion

AS XXXVII (2002 – 2003)

Champion: Mistress Selivia de l’Estoile

	Event	Competition	Winner
	First Crown – Rowany Festival 2002	Something new	Lady Mariana Jensdattir – Or nue panel
	Midwinter 2002	Islamic/Middle Eastern embroidery	Mistress Rowan Perigrynne – Mamluk girdle
	November Crown 2002	The human figure	Mistress Selivia de l’Estoile – split stitch Fulda fragment
–	Twelfth Night 2003	German Whitework(opus teutonicum)	No entries

AS XXXVI (2001 – 2002)

Champion: Mistress Rowan Perigrynne

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Coronet 2001	Something new	Lady Leonie de Grey – Filet lace
–	Midwinter 2001	Underwear	No entries
	November Coronet 2001	Headwear	Mistress Keridwen the Mouse – beaded German coif
	Twelfth Night 2002	Metal thread work	Mistress Rowan Perigrynne – Elizabethan bookcover

AS XXXV (2000-2001)

Champion: Mistress Alarice Beatrice von Thal

	Event	Competition	Winner
–	May Coronet 2000	Research Article	No entries
	Midwinter 2000	Elizabethan embroidery	Mistress Alarice Beatrix von Thal – Blackwork nightcap
	November Coronet 2000	Table linen and towels	Mistress Alarice Beatrix von Thal – Assisi work handtowel
–	Twelfth Night 2001	Pre-1000 CE embroidery	No entries

AS XXXIV (1999 – 2000)

Champion: Mistress Alarice Beatrice von Thal

	Event	Competition	Winner
	May Coronet 1999	Pouches	Mistress Alarice Beatrix von Thal – German brickstich pouch
	Midwinter 1999	Couching	Lord Bartolomeo Aggazzi – Elizabethan doublet
	November Coronet 1999	Embroidery from a given design	Mistress Alarice Beatrix von Thal – Cross stitch pillow
	Twelfth Night 2000	Needlelace	Winner: Mistress Keridwen the Mouse – Reticello handtowel Place: Mistress Keridwen the Mouse – Burrato griffons

AS XXXIII (1998 – 1999)

Champion not selected this first year, with only two competitions

	Event	Competition	Winner
	Spring Coronet 1998	Decorated shirt or chemise	Mistress Keredwin the Mouse – Blackwork shirt
	Twelfth Night 1999	Beadwork on material	Lady Contarina la Bianca – Byzantine tunic Lady Aeron Lassair – German Renaissance dress