MAKING A COMBAT QUIVER
by Lady Rowan Wolfsbane

Disclaimer: This is not a historical reproduction!!! This combat quiver is a 'crafty' solution to the problem of how to carry SCA combat arrows into battle.

Acknowledgements: I did not come up with this idea, the credit belongs to Lady Yasmin Al Yashin of House Highpoint, mka Jodie Patrick of Sheffield, AL.

MATERIALS LIST:

• 1 piece of plastic canvas 28 X 22 inches in size
• 1 welded metal ring 9 inches in diameter 
• 1 yard of sturdy fabric (no stretch allowed)
• heavy yarn - small amount
• thread to match fabric

To make to bottom of the quiver, you can use one of the following or both. If you decide to use both, follow the directions in the order given. Another welded metal ring 9 inches in diameter and/or a round circle of wood (plywood is OK) approximately 9 inches in diameter. This is for the bottom of your quiver. This allow you to sit the quiver on the ground and it will remain upright instead of falling over and spilling your arrows all over the ground.

ASSEMBLING THE QUIVER:

Using the yarn, sew the two 22-inch sides of the plastic canvas together as shown. This should give you a tube 22 inches long and 28 inches in circumference. This plastic canvas tube will form the inside of the quiver and define its shape.

Now for the outside cover of the quiver. Fold the fabric with the right sides together.

selvage (woven edges)
cut edges		stitching line cut edges
fold

Measure a line 14 inches from the fold and sew a seam through both thicknesses of fabric along this line, forming a tube 28 inches in circumference. Trim excess fabric to within 1 inch of this seam. Turn the tube right-side out so that the seam is inside; this is your quiver cover.

Using the excess fabric that you trimmed, sew a tube at least 14 inches long and at least 2 inches wide. This will be your belt or baldric loop, so you can make it to suit yourself. Turn this tube right side out so that the seam is inside, fold it into a loop and sew it over the seam to the outside of your quiver cover. Now, back to the quiver cover itself. Fold one end down inside the tube about 4 inches and place a 9-inch ring up into the fold so that it rests at the top of the tube, holding it open. Stitch the fabric together directly below the ring to hold it in place.

Metal Ring

Slide the tube of plastic canvas into the quiver metal ring cover (easier than it sounds). Stitch the plastic canvas to the quiver directly below the metal ring. Turn the quiver upside down and stitch the other end of the plastic canvas tube to the quiver cover If you are using the second metal ring, position the second metal ring at the end of the plastic canvas tube opposite the first metal ring. Stitch it in place. Now you have a metal ring at the -top of the quiver and the bottom of the quiver. If you are using the circle of wood, position it at the end of the plastic canvas tube opposite the first ring. Closing the bottom of the quiver is an art not a science-- fold and tuck the material to form a flat bottom for the quiver and stitch in place.

Congratulations, you have a combat quiver!