They are medieval-ish bookmarks made from lucet braided #10 cotton crochet thread, ended with tassels hand made from perle cotton.
Read MoreThe needle book is hand sewn and embroidered with two Viking-style great wyrm designs, lucet braid ties, and wool felt pages.
Read MoreThis is the last WIP update on the needle book.  As of the writing of this post it is actually finished, and I hope to get the final photos up in the next couple days. Each side of the needle book is embroidered with a great wyrm, the first in green and outlined in burgundy, and
Read MoreImmediately after finishing the open hood, I started work on another small embroidery project.  This one is a needle book, an addition to my sewing kit so I don’t have to lug jarringly modern looking accessories to events with me. The design is my own, modeled after Viking age great wyrm designs.  Each side of the
Read MoreThis is the finished embroidered scissor case, so I will have something pretty to hold my embroidery snips when I’m at events. It is embroidered with perle cotton and six-strand DMC cotton floss, on a cotton canvas base.  Embroidery stitches used are stem stitch, wrapped stem stitch, chain stitch, Bayous Tapestry style couching, and padded satin
Read MoreEmbroidered scissor case WIP, fully hand embroidered, leather lining, and lucet braid stitched over the seams.
Read MoreI by no means did all of these in one day. Â They were all painted over the course of a week (February 4 through February 10, 2015), which I shared on my FaceBook page as I was painting them. Â I’m just now getting around to posting them here. Â Some finished photos are included here, but
Read MoreI finished the embroidery on the scissor case during the winter holidays. The stitching is entirely done in DMC cotton floss and pearl cotton, on cotton canvas.
Read MoreThe blue pilgrim bag is entirely hand stitched and hand embroidered, for use at Medieval reenactment events.
Read MoreThe borders of the embroidered scissor case are all Bayou style couching, bordered with stem stitched. All cotton embroidery on cotton duck canvas. WIP.
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