Category Archives: Reverse Chain Stitch
#16: Forepart and Sleeves
My first Elizabethan garb – including corset, bum roll, partlet, farthingale, ruffs and hat. Annoyingly, I made the sleeves too short – fixing them is somewhere on my “to do” list. The forepart and sleeves were of delustered satin. The gown, blue veveteen. The golden “petal” shapes on the forepart and sleeves were embroidered using …
#1: Viking Woolwork Cushion
This embroidery was closely worked with rows of fine chain stitch using one thread of Appleton’s wool on a beautiful red woollen ground. It was to be one of a pair of cushions given by the Worshipful Company of Broderers (WCOB) of Lochac as a Royal Presentation gift to Alfar and Gudrun The design was …
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