Angel Playing a Rebec Embroidery - Chemise 🕊️

                               Almost finished that fiddle .

I'll come back to work on it little more later on .

The rosettes, the bow and the strings   .

Sorry that pic's a bit blurred  .        

             I embroidered the fold shadows of the Angel's chemise .

         .....and now I'm doing the chemise itself .... might take me a while !

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Angel wings 🌿🕊️🌿

 Making good progress , but I need to sharpen up one or two areas .

I'll do the vielle next .🎻🎼🎶🎶

I love how the angel's face appears to change expression as the light falls on it .

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Sunday Stitching - Angel Robes

 

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Angel Robes 🌿🕊️🌿

 Well here I am still dithering over which shade to embroider the Angel's robes .

The perfect shade would be the DMC cotton 976  but I want to do this in silk threads and I don't have a match with The Silk Mill skeins and unfortunately they are temporarily closed ....so next best are the two silks on spools , no idea what make they are nor how much is on them and the lightest skein is a lovely Silk Mill "golden maize".

I wasn't going to blend them being only a small piece , but now I'm thinking maybe I will after all . By "blend" I mean shade stitch . If I do that then I might have enough thread .

but then .... I might change my mind  ! 😊🌿🕊️ x

Angel Feet

                                         I embroidered those Angelic toes last evening  .

                        Now trying to find the right shades of silk thread for the Angel's robes .

                                             This might take me a bit longer to stitch ! 

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Angel with Vielle

 

O.K. So now you can see it's an Angel playing a vielle (medieval violin ) .

It comes from a medieval book of hours that I found on Pinterest  -The British Library MS Viewer -1320 Maastrichter Stundenbuch f187v 

The silk is so beautiful and shiny it is difficult to photograph , but I will do my best .

 The silk thread I have used thus far is from The Silk Mill in France.

 Gorgeous silk embroidery threads, so beautifully tightly twisted and labelled  ...I have been to afraid to open them up for fear of them becoming a totally tangled mess . But as it turns out they are with care , easy to use and to also twist up tidily again .

Carefully Stitching that Little Face 🌿

 

                                         I started to stitch that little face . 

Taking my time with this fine silk thread . Also taking lots of breaks to rest my eyes .

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🕊️🌿Getting the face right 🌿🕊️

 

 

                Started another medieval piece . If I don't get the face right , then I just can't proceed  .

                                        I think I'm happy with this little face 🌿🕊️

Medieval Stars and Flags , Crewel wool , Gold threads or Beads .

Making good progress with my medieval cog ship , but have some decisions to make .

         I will come back to the waves , as I have been moved to embroider the stars .

 The stars on the seal look like little flowers , so to make them a little bit more star like , I was thinking of putting french knots in the centre .

                                           Maybe heraldic gold crewel wool ...

                                Maybe gold thread .....to give a little sparkle ?

Maybe silver thread would be better ?..maybe a little bit of silver glinting in the waves ?

                                             .... and what about the flags ?
                                      Should I do the flag on the Seal of Stralsund ?
                              Should I just keep it a neutral and just pick a colour ?

                                    ...  or do the Cornish Flag of St Piran ?
                                                   That would be fun !
                                                            BUT
         It didn't come into use until 1838..so that wouldn't be quite right ....sadly .

                                      The flag of St George would be o.k .
                   That was in use on ships at this time in medieval history , around 1340.

 Shall I stitch on tiny pearls or little shells ? Ho... hmmm ...that would make it begin to look too Elizabethan maybe ?

                            I spent a very relaxing hour playing with my beads ....

                              ....and looking through my box of goldwork threads .
                                                   I just cant decide !

Medieval Cog Ship Crewel

 

 New lovable  Kelmscott scissors ! Tied with colourful cheerfulness from Yarn Yarn .
A scrap of linen from my hoard  .
A Chenille needle with a golden eye  .  
Appleton's beautiful Crewel Wool.... the colours chosen as I progress .

           I'm still back in medieval times .  This time sailing on a medieval Cog ship .

  

                 The design is from the Seal of Stralsund and the date is 1329 .
                I want to bring it to life with lots of medieval colour .

                    I embroidered his little face first , to bring him to life .
              He can keep me company and tell me his tales of the sea whilst I stitch .

Medieval Prince

 This is a piece I,ve been working on over quite a long period of time, little by little, whenever I have had a few spare minutes .
I still have quite a bit to do on this before it is finished . I have made a cord for his belt , the horse will have pendants and  tassels..I might put some stars in the sky and there will be more flowers in the grass .

   With a goodly selection of shades in my bag  at all times , I moved about the linen , as my mood took me ....drawing on the animals in pencil as they came into my mind ...or were suggested to me by friends and even interested passers by .The Prince on his  horse with his crossbow , was from the cover of an old book , it was just an outline ,there was no colour picture of it so I was free to choose the colours . The inspiration for the animals came from 13th century illuminations .

                              Here are a few photos that I took along the way .

                                                    Lots of hiding creatures .

                        A Jay up in the tree..I think I later stitched a nest for her to sit in .

                                           Trout in the pool amongst the tree roots .

                I have made a cord for his belt ...to sew on ..coming soon .

                       The trees  , I wanted to be similar to those in the Bayeux Tapestry .

At this stage I had no idea that I would eventually fill the whole of the linen cloth .

                                                           The startled Raven .

                                   Soft comforting crewel wool and beautiful colours .

   

 I didn't use a frame , I rarely do ..I don't mean ..never..just , only occasionally ..but not for this piece .

                                               My trusty chenille needle .

                                                       A dragon appears !

                             So many shades of green ...my favourite colour !

                                        That Dragon again coming to life !

                I will return to this and I have plans for it ,  but now it is time to start something else ........