Tag Archives: Blackwork
“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 …
#40: Blackwork Embroidery for Collar and Cuffs
This time I have worked a blackwork collar and cuffs set for the Kingdom of Lochac Royal Largesse box. The blackwork was worked with two strands of Cascade House silk on 36 count antique white Edinburgh linen, and the design was adapted from a pattern in the Jane Bostocke sampler, 1598. This is the first …
#38,39: Two Tasselled Danglies
These were made using a Silkstone Design kit, “Tasselled Trimmers”, that I found when cleaning my craft room last week. They could be used as scissors fobs or pincushions. I thought they’d make nice a nice little addition to our Baroness’s gift box. They are worked in DMC cotton in black and maroon on antique …
#3: Blackworked Chatelaine
Gold spangled, blackworked needlework set comprising a needlebook, scissors keep and fob, and pin keep, given to Baroness Jane Grenville (the Barony of Aneala). They were worked with one strand of Madeira silk on linen, with real gold spangles. I made the tassels in Madeira silk thead and added faux ‘gold’ beads to the tassels. …
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