I am Mistress Micheila MacCallum, OP. I have been a very active member of the SCA since 1985.

I started in Southern Shores in the Mists and now live and play in Danegeld Tor in Cynagua.

I dabble in a couple of different art forms, but my passion is hand embroidery. I started out teaching myself the basic stitches and then received wonderful guidance and support from a few amazing needle workers along the way.

Most of my art has been done in service, so I don't have it anymore. I have been working on retraining my brain to process the concept of art for art and not just service. There has always been a Zen to it for me. It is, to me, coloring inside the lines with thread. I have so, so much more to say on this, but we can talk about that another time.

Below you will seen some of what I have done over the years. I have 2 projects going on right now with a third one in the planning stages. The research and application one is based on Chinese Hair Embroidery. (see not all filled in yet garden rose. the dark red in the fill is my hair.) We can talk more about this later too.

Otherwise I am just working on consistency of my stitches.

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to reading your comments, feedback and answering your questions.