Angel Playing a Rebec Embroidery - finger surgery

                  My black DMC embroidery cotton arrived !  

       So this morning we were over in Falmouth , needed to go to B&Q , but we stopped off at Pendennis Point for a little while .  I took my embroidery. I didn't do very much , mainly sat looking at it , thinking which bit to do next  .

    A bit later on , when we were then home again , I got myself all organised in the summerhouse ......but then it was just too hot ....so I packed it all up again .

I took myself upstairs , flopped onto my bed , windows open with a nice cooling  fan on !

       I finally removed that extra finger and it looks so much better now !

                                   Not me silly !! 🤣

For those who don't know what I'm on about , I had stitched an extra finger by mistake .... the Angel's thumb is of course hidden behind the handle of the bow .

                Next I will do the rosettes on the Rebec instrument .

              Is it hot where you are ?  We're praying for rain here !

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Angel Playing a Rebec - completed stage one

 

                  

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

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

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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

A Puritan Maid 1645 - part three

 

Filling in the brim of her large black hat . Thinking to myself this is going to take forever !

I ran out of black silk thread . Found some bargain price skeins on Ebay . Ordered two skeins ....and now I realize that they are not real silk but horrible rayon !

Anyway , searching through my small collection of The Silk Mill embroidery threads , I find a skein labelled as "Boot Black " which I think actually is perfect . 

                                                 I couched a cord of green .

 .....and continue embroidering the crown of the hat . 

 I am still going back and forth to add more character  to her face . 

I don't usually like hard black lines around features but in this case it gives the look of a 17th century woodcut , which I think is perfect .

O.k. my lovelies ...I have to go and put another log on the fire and prepare some lunch .

Cheerio for now !   Debbie x

A Puritan Maid 1645

                             I'm presently working on a little project for my brother . 

It is his design and I am embroidering it for him .He has kindly allowed me to post some of my progress here for you to see .

 I am using lovely silk threads which are mostly from The Silk Mill in France ,with some beautiful antique silk threads all of which I have had squirreled away for far too long . 

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