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What Are Favors *
Making Favors *
Make a Simple Belt Favor:
What Are Favors:
Favors are a token given from one person to another to signify support or a relationship, or made by an individual
or group to be worn to denote an office or group membership.
In the SCA we use favors for a multitude of reasons:
- Favors given by groups or royals:
- Champions of group (Shire, Baronial, Principality, Kingdom, etc.) competitions
- Group Officers (Seneschal, Exchequer, Marshal, etc.)
- Court and Guard members
- Group members (SCA landed group, guild, household, etc.)
- Favors given by individuals:
- Indication of Fealty (Peer to student)
- Support of friends, fighters, and consorts
How long are favors bestowed for?
Depending on the type of favor, they are given for a pre-determined amount of time, or as a permanent token
- Officer favors are given for the length of service in that office
- Court, guard, and championship favors usually include an indication of when the favor was
bestowed and so are kept by the recipient as a memento after the term of service
- Household, group, and personal favors are determined by the people involved in the
bestowing and wearing of the favor
Support favors are given from one person to another as a token of the giver's support,
friendship, love, or other personal reason. They are most often seen as fighter favors, but they can be given by
anyone to anyone. These favors can be:
- Day favors: Given to be worn for the length of an event or activity
- Given because you want to show support for a person when they compete in a tournament, contest,
or other activity
- Given when a person requests to compete for you in a tournament, contest, or other activity
- Consort favors: Given by a consort to the person fighting for them at one or more tournament.
The favor is kept for as long as the fighter will be fighting for you
- Relationship favors: Given to anyone you are in a relationship with: family members, significant
others, BFFs, etc.
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Making Favors:
How to Make a Simple Belt Favor:
A short tutorial on making a basic belt favor
Favor Styles -- While we most often see fabric belt favors (also known as finger towel favors, for their size and shape).
Favors can be large or small, and they can be made to be displayed in many ways:
- Accessories (bags, pouches, hats, belts, etc.)
- Arm bands
- Belt favors
- Bracelets
- Garb items
- Necklaces
- ???
Materials -- Favors can be made in any type of material:
- Cord
- Fabric
- Felt
- Leather
- Ribbon
- Tassels
- ???
Decoration -- Favors can have any style of decoration, or no decoration:
- Appliqued
- Beaded
- Braided
- Embroidered (hand or machine)
- Painted
- Printed
- Tatted
- Woven
- ???
Favor Formats
Champion Favors will include the colors of your group, and usually the year (in AS followed by Roman Numerals),
and text or a design that indicates what the receiver won (A&S, Rapier, Bardic, etc.)
Officer Favors will include the device of that office, and can also include the colors or populace badge of your group.
Court and Guard Favors will include symbols and colors of the group and/or the royal(s) that they are in service to.
Group Favors will include the group's badge, or some meaningful design. It can also include something symbolizing the
group member it is given to.
Fealty Favors will include the colors and/or device of the person the receiver is in fealty to, and possibly the device
and/or colors of the person in fealty .
Support Favors will probably include the colors and/or symbol of the giver and possibly the receiver. It can
include a symbol that is meaningful to both parties, in addition or instead of, the other items.
Day Favors will likely be in your colors, or your group's colors if you're a royal, perhaps with a charm or token
that is meaningful to you. It can be simple or complex. Some simple ideas include:
- A tassel
- A ribbon braid
- A handkerchief (with or without decoration)
Additional Points
- Make sure the favor will stand up to whatever wear it will see -- an officer favor will probably not get as much
stress as a fighter favor
- Make sure it can be secured in such a way that it would not be easily lost
- Make it something that is convenient for the receiver to wear
- Feel free to include useful additions, such as: pockets for authorization cards or cell phones, buttons or pins to help
secure the favor, etc.
- The favor should be meaningful to you and the receiver
- Before you make a complex favor for someone, make sure that they are willing/able to wear it, and make sure it is a format
and materials that they can wear.
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