The last few days I have been working on my hybrid style fully corded corset. Â The first step is to fully cord all the panels and gores. Â The strength layer is coutil, with thin cotton rope for cording, and black linen for the cover material. Â I couldn’t find yellow buttonhole thread, so I am using
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In part 3 of my Opus Anglicanum Stitch-Along, we will be filling in the forehead and nose, creating the round of the cheek, and filling in the eyes. At this time we are almost exclusively using split stitch, and using flat silk embroidery floss.
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The needle book is hand sewn and embroidered with two Viking-style great wyrm designs, lucet braid ties, and wool felt pages.
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This 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
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I wore the open red hood I hand stitched and embroidered to Collegium Caidis, and before we left on the second day I took some photos of myself wearing it. They have been added to my portfolio, and are also posted here for your convenience if you were wondering exactly how it looked on an actual human being.
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The red linen open hood is made from 100% linen fabric, with a linen embroidered scrolling vine pattern, mostly in chain stitch, and it is entirely hand stitched with linen thread. The main seam down the center of the hood is embroidered with fishbone stitch, also using linen thread.
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Immediately 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
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My linen open hood is nearly finished. It is hand sewn and embroidered with linen thread in an acanthus design.
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This is the project I started over the weekend of Pentathlon. I like to always have some sort of portable project going, so I have something to work on when I would otherwise be sitting around, as I like to keep my hands busy. The driving force behind making it is to help avoid sunburn.
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The forehead cloth is almost done. Â Using linen thread I hand stitched a narrow whip stitch hem around all the edges of the cloth, and then am sewing the straps using a whip stitch over the folded edge. Â Once they are both done I will sew them to the forehead cloth and it will be
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