Previous competitions, winners and Champions are listed here. Details of our current and future competitions are listed on the main Competitions page.
AS LX (2025)
Champion – To be determined
| Photo of winning piece | Event | Competition | Winners |
 | Autumn Crown March 2025 | Wildcard | Quintillia Tullia, two heraldic badges rendered in long arm cross stitch, with laid work embellishment and beads. |
| Autumn Coronation May 2025 | Any plaited stitch | ||
| Spring Crown September 2025 | Weird and wonderful (grotesques) | ||
| Spring Coronation November 2025 | Knots |
AS LIX (2024)
Champion – To be determined
| Photo of winning piece | Event | Competition | Winners |
| No entries | Autumn Crown March 2024 | Below the Waist (hose, garters, aprons, shoes….) | No entries |
 | Autumn Coronation May 2024 | Splitstitch & Stemstitch (either or both) | Mistress Muirghein Ni Ghrainne, 14th century garters for Duke Rowland |
 | Spring Crown September 2024 | From the Sea | Mistress Fionn O’Mara, mermaid blackwork embroidery for front of undershirt |
 | Spring Coronation November 2024 | Pattern darning | Katerina Cuylter of Lancastre, pattern darned hand towel |
AS LVIII (2023)
Champion – Mistress Fionn O’Mara
| Event | Competition | Winners | |
 | Autumn Crown March 2023 | Around the Neck | Mistress Antonio – Italian partlet in counted work |
 | Autumn Coronation May 2023 | Rainbows (real or interpreted) | Mistress Fionn O’Mara – Rainbow coif (unfinished) |
 | Spring Crown Sept 2023 | UnFinished Object (UFO) | Mistress Fionn O’Mara – Italian embroidered pocket |
| Spring Coronation Nov 2023 | Brickstitch – any form | No entries |
AS LVII (2022)
Champion – Mistress Fionn O’Mara
| Event | Competition | Winners | |
 | Autumn Crown March 2022 | Headwear | Mistress Fionn O’Mara – Elizabethan Coif |
 | Autumn Coronation May 2022 | Plaited and Braided | Mistress Aliena de Savigny – 6-7th century Frisian woman’s headdress |
 | Spring Crown Sept 2022 | From the Garden | Mistress Fionn O’Mara – Elizabethan coif with leaves |
 | Spring Coronation Nov 2022 | Brickstitch | Mistress Fionn O’Mara – sample rondel for a Coptic tunic |
AS LVI (2021)
Champion – Baroness Miriam bat Shimeon
| 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 |
 | Spring Coronation 13-14 Nov 2021 | Canvaswork | Mistress Murghein ni Grainne – Slip for cushion |
AS LV (2020)
Champion: To be announced
| Event | Competition | Winners | |
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Autumn Crown – 22-24 May 2020 | Household item (any technique) | Master John of the Hills – Embroidered Pot cover |
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Midwinter – 10-12 July 2020 | Blackwork (any type, can document alternate colour) | Mistress Aliena de Savigny – Blackwork shirt |
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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 |