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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Further progress on the hand embroidered needle book, which will be another addition to my period sewing kit to take with me to events.
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This 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
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I 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.
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The 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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Progress on the blackwork embroidered forehead cloth. I have now done approximately one-and-one-half repetitions of the pattern, out of roughly eight total.
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This is a large scalloped veil that I embroidered for a friend. It has metal and cotton floss in a floral and insect motif.
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