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Embroidery Needle Painting20 August 201720 August 2017

Wrens in the making

I started stitching Trish Burr’s ‘For the Love of Wrens’ design nearly two weeks ago and so far I have stitched the branch, the tails and the eyes and I can truly say it is the most challenging kit I have stitched so far. As I mentioned in my post about starting this kit, I…

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I had wanted a copy of this book for ages, but it is out of print and all second hand copies cost a small fortune. Now I finally own a copy as @living_an_embroidered_life send me a link to the Bard Graduate Centre in New York where you can ‘purchase’ a free download! How happy was I! Of course I had to get it printed at my local copyshop but still much cheaper than a real version of the book. This book will be so usual for my RSN diploma stumpwork module I am doing, as it has many stumpwork examples! #rsndiploma
Shops have reopened in the Netherlands so couldn’t resist to do a bit of ‘real’ rather than online shopping this week. As there are no embroidery shops a vintage shop it had to be. I visited my, relatively local, vintage shop @vintage_brabant, which is housed in a huge building so all very covid-safe. Found these lovely goodies, a footstool and 2 musical vinyl records. I know what I will be doing this weekend...feet up and listening to music! #vintageshopping
Did find the gold trim I had stitched on Sir Guy’s trousers a bit to much bling and because they were so thin, they didn’t look as neat as I wanted. Then I remembered some vintage goldwork threads I had bought from @antiekcentrumamsterdam and I feel they blend in so much better with the look and feel of the design and are also a better match for Sir Guy’s actual trousers from the TV show. #rsndiploma
Sir Guy is finally decent with a proper pair of trousers (although with his black felt chest doesn’t look as good bare chested as the real thing 😉). I have made a start on his jacket (see my stories), but because I am using stranded silk for this one it is much less forgiving so might take a few goes to get it right. #rsndiploma
Finally I decided how I would do Sir Guy’s trousers and I put his left trouser leg on. Next I finished the padding for his body. I did leave the felt open at the top should I need to take some out if I feel he is too fat rather than muscly when I have put his jacket on. I have just popped his arm in to show his stance.
Attempt number four...I think this must be it by now...getting it as close as possible to the original....the next challenge though is already around the corner....a hood....#rsndiploma
No I haven’t reposted my picture from Sunday...Robin’s arm kept annoying me...and redid it twice. I think I am happy now. I made the arm shorter as the shoulder was far too high, I changed his shirt to reduce bulk and give him less bodybuilder-type arms, and my tutor also suggested to colour his arms a bit more to make them a bit more manly. Let’s what I think of this in a few days time....#rsndiploma
Clothing on a very different scale today. Made a new needlelace sleeve for Robin’s tunic which resembles the much looser fit of the original outfit. I have attached the main body of the tunic, the arm and the tunic sleeve. Will need to add some more stitches to pull the arm back a bit more as I feel it stands out a bit much but that might be because he is missing his head and therefore the body proportions seem a bit off. I will wait and see what looks best when I have made that. #rsndiploma
My embroidery endeavours really have opened my eyes for the quality of other crafts and the skills required. This is also made me look for and appreciate beautiful hand-made clothes from sustainable materials.

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