Author Archive: needleworkes
“An Unstitched Coif…” getting ready!
So this week I have been busily getting everything ready for the “An Unstitched Coif…” project. The introductory Zoom meeting is on the 26th April, so I need to have everything ready to begin stitching by then. We have about six months before the exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum (not that mine will …
“An Unstitched Coif…”
I was recently reading the Historic Embroidery Group in Facebook, and came across a link to this post by Kim Salazar: “An Unstitched Coif…” I was immediately fascinated and wanted to be a part of this exciting project. At the beginning of March 2023, Toni Buckby put out a call on her Facebook page: “Artist …
My Heraldic Purse
While browsing the Victoria and Albert Museum website last year, I came across this little beauty… The Calthorpe Purse. It inspired me to try to make something similar, but featuring my family heraldry on one side, and the other 3 sides featuring the heraldry of those within the SCA who have inspired me. The purse …
Long Armed Cross Stitch Cloth
I recently completed a voided-work cloth, worked in long armed cross stitch. Voided work means that the background is embroidered and the unworked areas form the design. Often called Assisi work, the stitches used can include basic cross stitch, Italian cross stitch and long armed cross stitch. In many cases the design was outlined in …
Lochac Arts & Sciences Champion Pouch
In AS49 (2014) Lady Ydeneye de Baillencourt (now THL Violetta Vasari) became the Lochac Arts & Sciences Champion. It is traditional for the A&S champion to be given an embroidered pouch to mark their achievement. Azure, a candle enflamed within an arch stooped surrounded by 4 mullets of six points argent (3 gold hawk bells …
Blackwork Collar & Cuffs
In 2016 (AS XLX) I offered to make a set of blackwork collar and cuffs on behalf of the WCoB for King Steffan I . I based my design on King Steffan’s personal heraldry: Quarterly azure and Or, a griffin passant sable between three crosses fleury counterchanged. I used a navy blue Madeira silk thread …
#55, 56: Aprons Galore!
It seems that people like my aprons. 🙂 I had several enquiries about them at the Autumn Gathering on the weekend, so it looks like there’ll be even more to follow. I have just finished another two – one worked with black silk (right), and another whitework one (pic to follow). And… I have a …
#54: Viking Coat
This is not completed yet, but I thought I’d show a “sneak peek” of my current work. I am making a Viking Coat using the pattern from Viking by Nille Glasel. I decided to work the Acanthus design from Embroidery from the Tenth Century Viking Grave at Mammen Denmark around the hem, neck and sleeve …
#53: And Another Hemstitched Apron…
But wait… there’s another apron! This pic shows the lovely Lady Vienna Maria de la Rosa wearing one of my aprons – this one was worked with purple threads as a special request. 🙂 I used Madeira silk for the hemstitching, and DMC Perle 8 for the coral knot cluster rows.
#51, 52: Hem Stitched Aprons
But wait… here’s more aprons! I seem to be in an apron-making phase at the moment… or maybe it’s because they seem to be an ideal contribution for a couple of worthy causes. Either way, I am really enjoying making them as they are reasonably fast to make, and they are not only beautiful, but …
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