I’m very sorry for the radio silence in recent months. As any long-term followers of my work are aware, my health can make my pace of work rather slow, and sometimes unpredictable. I did a lot of things in the early part of 2016, enough so that I severely burnt myself out and set back
Read MoreAt mid-October, it is significantly later than the mid-August restart date I had originally hoped for, so I wanted to let everyone know that I have not forgotten, and I am still intending to restart the opus anglicanum stitch-along. The biggest reason for the delay is that I have been doing significantly worse health-wise in
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Sooo… I have decided to abort the Opus Anglicanum stitch-along. I’ll start it over again later, probably in the middle of August. I’ve made a lot of mistakes since the start, but I was trying to see it through. However, at this point the mistakes are too glaring and grievous, and I hate how it’s turning
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In part 4 of the Opus Anglicanum stitch along, we will be stitching in the spirals of the right cheek and chin, outline most of the face, and fill in around one eye.
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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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Here is the queen opus anglicanum pattern I am using for my stitch-along, now available as a pdf for easier printing.
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In part two of my opus anglicanum stitch-along, we will embroider the black outlines around the face, and fill in the barbette and neck.
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Part1 of the opus anglicanum stitch along goes over needed materials and preparing your fabric for embroidery.
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I have posted a new tutorial, Basics of Opus Anglicanum Embroidery. It outlines the stylistic details that make opus anglicanum embroidery unique, and provides instructions in the basics of how to emulate the style in your own embroidery. It’s an online version of a handout I have created for an opus anglicanum workshop I will be
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