Angel Playing a Rebec Embroidery - Wings 🤍🌿

                  So time to pause and have a little recap  .

 

            I worked some fairly loose stitching over most of the white areas .

I'm not sure yet whether to stitch the folds of the Angel's robes vertically or horizontally .  I had originally thought to embroider them vertically but now I have done the under layer , I'm thinking that I quite like it that way ....hmmm.....I'm reviewing the situation 🎵🎶🎶I think I'd better think it out again !

But for now , I'm stitching those beautiful wings . Did you think I was going to leave them like that ?! 

I suppose I could have done them like that ....over and over satin stitch ....would have been a quicker way of doing it . 

           But nope I decided to make them more feather-like .....

                                One feather at a time .

               The back 😊

The wings of this Angel are fantastic ; going from the left side , sweeping down above the Angel's head , around to the right side , behind and below the rebec .

I have almost finished the Angel's wings and am thinking where to go next ?

                           Peace and Love  🕊️

                                Debbie 🕊️🌿x

Midnight Stitching 🌒✨

 

                                    Midnight stitching  

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Angel Playing a Rebec - Wing Feathers

 

  I started out with one thread in the needle but then decided to use two threads .

Hard to photograph because of the camera flash and the silk being so shiny .

                         Of course , I'm doing proper Angel feathers !  🕊️

    It is still very hot here and I have just today started suffering with hay fever .

 No idea what triggered it ...... so ...sniff.....

                   I am a bit snuffly and have a runny nose  .... 

                  I wish you all a happy weekend . 

                              Yes go and make it a great weekend !

                                 Love and Peace 🕊️

                                       Debbie 💐x

Japanese Silk 🤍

 

It is absolutely beautiful and I sat just looking at it for a very long time .

Hard not to be intimidated by it ....but I took the plunge and decided to pull it gently apart into six bundles and loosely tie it in the middle of each bundle .

               Only when I had tied the bundles did I then cut it .

             I plaited each bundle and tied the ends .

                            I am not going to be intimidated !   😱

   I cut each bundle the length of ....from my hand to just about my elbow .

So the threads would each be a nice shorter length than I usually use with cotton embroidery threads or my crewel wool . So , from my fingers holding my needle to my elbow . Perfect for me and so that the threads don't get roughed up as it is being pulled through the linen .

So I made up six bundles . One I left unplaited to use straight away . 

                         Making a start on the Angel's wings . 

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Angel Playing a Rebec Embroidery 🕊️🎶🌿

 I have also decided to use black DMC 310 cotton embroidery thread for the black lead caming and framing lines of the stained glass window .

It should work as it will be slightly duller than the shine of the surrounding silk . 

Having said that DMC embroidery cotton threads do have a slight sheen to them .

                 O.k.  the thinking has been done . Time to get stitching !

                                       Peace and Love 🕊️🌿

                                                Debbie x

Still Deciding 💛🌿

                        Antique , vintage or new ?   

                                  I can't make up my mind . 

   I really wanted to use these beautiful antique silk threads on something special . 

All wound with such care on to these old calling cards and party invitations .  

         

Pearsall's  .....just so gorgeous and was once considered the best !  I don't think they  make embroidery thread anymore . Maybe just silk thread for chaps who do fly fishing .....not sure  ? I don't have much of Pearsall's silk threads .

Beautiful DevereYarns and gorgeous Piper's Silk ...not sure if I have the right shade of yellow/gold .

Au ver a soie Paris .. I like .....but only have red at the moment ....don't want to buy any more .

So far I have used Silkmill ..... I love it ! Love Love Love it ! 

 If I were to use it , would I have enough ?

 I'm not sure and if I were to run out , the shop has been temporarily closed , so I would not be able to get any more of the same 😔

    Could I mix them all up ?  You wouldn't ...  but I might ... maybe . . . . . 

               Angel wings ......  

                        Angel wings it is !  Lovely Japanese silk thread !

                    I think I'm pretty much settled on my choices now .

                  Now all I need is peace and quiet and lots of time  . 

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Sorting and Choosing Silk Threads 🌿🦋

 

Deciding which silk thread to use . New . Vintage . Antique .

I'd really like to use the antique threads , but I'm not sure if I have enough  .

                                               Just thinking about it  ........   🤔

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🌘 Late Night Stitching 🐻🧸

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Angel Playing a Rebec Embroidery - Hands 🕊️🌿

 

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Angel Playing a Rebec Embroidery - face

 I did a bit of research and it seems that there is actually another instrument that is more like the one in the stained glass window fragment and that is a "Rebab ".

The fourteenth century Rebab has two rosettes and is more like this shape . It also has three strings and played with a bow .

The Rebec also has three strings but is smaller and more pear shaped and only one rosette .

A Rebab is fourteenth century , so possibly making the stained glass window fragment even earlier  .

However !    There are hundreds of stringed instruments across the middle east and well ...everywhere really !

Anyway ....

 I have almost finished embroidering the Angel's face . 

 It is very hot here today , they say it will be the hottest day of this heatwave . It will still be hot over the weekend  and maybe thunderstorms next week .

I am finding it very uncomfortable , especially at night trying to sleep in this heat .

                      Love and Peace  🕊️

                                Debbie 💐x

Angel Playing a Rebec - completed stage one

 

                  

 Yes , I think I am ready to start now ........ 

                                                               ..... well ....... tomorrow !

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