Angel Playing a Rebec - continuing

 

                 Another fiercely hot day right from the crack of dawn !

I spent the morning sitting in the summerhouse continuing with my embroidery .

It is a very interesting instrument , the rebec . A little bit lute ,a little bit mandolin , a little bit violin . Pear shaped , rounded back .....only three strings !  Can be played with the bow , up on the shoulder under the chin or resting on the lap  . 

In the stained glass window fragment , it appears to have two rosettes , the openings over the sound box part of the instrument . I am sure that it would probably only have one rosette and the one at the bottom would be where the strings were attached . The three strings are shown but no nuts at the top and they just disappear at the bottom . I am wondering how well the artist actually knew the instrument or maybe they didn't want to put too much detail into the picture .

Maybe back in the fifteenth century there was such a thing as a rebec with two rosettes . Anyway I am embroidering it as it is on the stained glass window ....with two rosettes . 

The Angel appears to be left handed ......or maybe the glass is back to front .

I had hoped to start putting in some colour , but I still have more of it to prepare first .

   And for all those who for some strange reason always ask to see the back .....

                       There you go !

   Is it untidy enough for you ?    It's going to get a whole lot worse ! 

                            

                              You're gonna love it !

         No ...I don't use a hoop .... 

                                         .......but I do use a gold needle !

                              That's all fer today folks 🪡

                                          🌿🕊️🌿

                                          

Angel playing a Rebec

I didn't sleep well last night and apart from washing sheets , watering the vegetable garden and checking everything in the greenhouse was o.k. 

 I gave myself a more restful day with more time for myself . 

     Still thinking about which threads to use . 

 A part of me wants to stitch it in crewel wool ... hmmm... but I have decided ,  I'm going to use silk  .

It's just a matter of deciding which....anyway , I still have plenty of time to decide .

To begin with  , I am just going to go over all my sketching lines with some plain black ordinary sewing cotton .

              Sitting on the lawn in the shade , a pleasant afternoon .

Once I have done that , I will be able to roll it up and take it out on our travels .

Pop it into my bag  and I can just do a little now and then , here and there .

             The evening too , was spent stitching away in the summerhouse . 

  I can't wait to throw in some colour !  Maybe tomorrow  💛   

                                              🌿☀️🌿

Angel Playing a Rebec Embroidery ,

 

Presently, I am simply embroidering over the preliminary sketch and deciding which silk threads to use . Mostly shades of ivory and yellow and black .

I have some antique silk threads tucked away which I might use . 

                            Angel playing a Rebec  

So I found out that this is a fragment of a stained glass window , made during the first half of the fifteenth century . It was sold to the V&A Museum from a gentleman by the name of George Oakes of Stamford Lincolnshire . It seems they don't know which church or chapel it comes from .

 I agreed to not use it for any commercial reason and I have named the source etc.       The Ceramics collection in the V&A Museum . 

This item is part of the museum's ""Order an Object Service"  you make a list of items you wish to see , then book an appointment to go and view . 

 I've been so busy in my vegetable garden , so please forgive that I have not done much more . 

I will try and find more time to sit and stitch now that most of the work has been done in the garden .

      Did I just say that most of the work has been done in the garden ? !!!

                                 Peace and Love 🕊️

                                             Debbie  💐x

Another Angel embroidery 🌿

 I'm back !  I have been really busy in my vegetable garden . So busy that I have had no time to myself to sit and do my embroidery .

However , I have made a jolly good start out there , everything planted out and now the sun has returned after weeks of mizzle and fog .

There is nothing more to be done except the watering of everything early in the morning ...and hopefully soon be harvesting some lovely fresh produce .

Happy Summer Solstice to you ...or Happy Winter Solstice if you happen to live "down under " .

Here on the Lizard Cornwall it is hot hot hot ! Too hot for me ! 

So now I plan to put my feet up , sit in the shade and pick up my embroidery once again .

I have put aside the Pocket Prayer Oratory for a little while , because I have been feeling inspired to embroider another Angel .  It is from a medieval stained glass window .

I came across it on Pinterest . It didn't say which church it is from . I am on a mission to find out .

 Anyway I love it and am going to embroider it .

I love embroidering Angels .  I feel their presence , their invisible influence when I'm stitching them .

 Been sorting out all my needles , linen and silk threads .

 I made a simple sketch of the Angel onto my linen with a pencil taping the linen and the picture onto a window .

 I'm just using plain ordinary sewing cotton to go over the outline before I begin to embroider with my lovely silk thread .

                       I always start with the face .

 I will continue to stitch over these lines and eventually I'll be able to roll it up and take it out with me on our travels . 

                                     Peace and Love 🕊️

                                            Debbie x

Sacred Heart of Jesus ❤️‍🔥miniature embroidery finished

 

I added a little touch of gold on the Crucifix and I think I will leave it there now .

                                                              🌿🕊️🌿 

Sunday Evening Stitching ❤️‍🔥Sacred Heart Embroidery Progress

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Sacred Heart of Jesus - Little Pocket Prayer Oratory continued ❤️‍🔥

I have almost finished this little piece ,which will become the front flap of my little pocket prayer oratory .

I'm not totally happy with the halo where it meets the doves wings , it doesn't come in enough . I will come back to that and sort it out !

I gave myself until Pentecost to finish this Holy Spirit piece .

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Meanwhile .....

This will be the inside . 

I'm working the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the centre .

I have sketched it , ever so lightly with a pencil .

Then stitched the outline with red DeVere Yarns silk thread .

Then it was very late , so I didn't do very much .

☀️Today the sun is shining . I took my embroidery things out side and I thought I could do a bit more  , but as it turned out it was a tad too breezy and my things kept blowing off my lap ! 

I only managed to do a little bit more . 

Now I'm thinking that I need to go over the Crown of Thorns . 

It would have been better if I had embroidered the heart first then worked the Crown of Thorns over the top of it .

It's a very small piece , so I really mustn't try to make it too detailed . 

That said , I am pleased with how it's coming along . I do know where I'm going with this !

Silk thread is very slippery ,  I'm not sure where I put my Thread Heaven (thread conditioner ) .

                               I'll do some more after lunch .

                                          love Debbie 🐝

                                             🌿🕊️🌿

 

🌿Olive branch 🕊️🌿

                         I found a little time to put in an Olive branch .

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Come Holy Spirit - Little White Dove Embroidery 🌿🕊️🌿

 

I am so busy in the vegetable garden at the moment , I have had hardly any time for my embroidery . Here's a very quick update .  🕊️

I'm still working on it . I've started the "tongues of fire " that descended upon the Apostle's heads enabling them to understand and speak in different languages to take the word of God out into the world and the birth of the Christian church . I need to throw in some fiery orange and gold .

A white dove in the Christian church symbolises the Holy Spirit .....it is of course globally known as a symbol of peace , purity and hope . I am going to combine the two and give him an Olive branch . 🌿

I'm still using silk thread but have changed over to DeVere Yarns .

I'm just grabbing a few minutes here and there to do a little more and I'm making it up as I go . Drawing my design with a very fine chalk pencil , you might have seen it in an earlier post . Works well for me on this dark linen . It's very faint and brushes away easily .

              All fer now !  🤍🪷🕊️ Love Debbie x

Little White Dove Embroidery 🕊️

 

  I'm using lovely silk thread from The Silk Mill 🤍 Hands sore and chapped from gardening  🌿🌱🐝🐞Silk threads catching on chapped  hands sets my teeth on edge ! Need to moisturise .  Probably would have been easier to stitch with DMC cotton threads .  

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Little Pocket Prayer Oratory - Come Holy Spirit 🕊️

 

                  

                           Needlework had been put on hold for the time being .

I'm still here though ! Been busy sowing seeds and getting the vegetable garden up and running .

All is going well and today we had our first salad with home grown lettuce and baby kale .Tomatoes and Cucumbers are coming along , soon to be put into the greenhouse .

With fruit and vegetables in the shops becoming so expensive I'm trying to grow as much as I can .

    I'm growing lots of salad leaves to pick in the shed ....safe from snails  🐌

As well as all the garden duties  , we've had several trips to the dentist to contend with and whenever I have had some time to sit down and relax ....it's been too noisy again .

I am doing a small project . One that I can bring with me in my bag , for whenever I might find the odd five minutes to stitch .

           It will eventually be a little pocket prayer oratory .

                         I'm doing a tiny and very simple dove on the front .  

                        Hoping I can get him finished in time for Pentecost .

                    Anyway , here are a few pics of my progress 🕊️

   I hope you all had a very Happy Easter .  love Debbie 💐x 

                                                      🌿🕊️🙏🏻🤍🌿