I rediscovered my sketchbook from when I went to Bath..starting to develop the initial drawings into stitch designs..#bathmuseumofcostume
This Blog is about 2 friends that love embroidery, have stitch offs, enjoy visiting exhibitions, love contemporary stitch and artisan embellishment. Simple really......... Lindsey and Marge
Tuesday 1 November 2016
Tuesday 25 October 2016
Comission for Channel 5
So.. Its been a while!!! New job has got in the way!!.. Ive just finished a small job for Ancient mysteries ...a shroud for Petra buriel scene..I really enjoyed doing it.
Friday 26 August 2016
The double knot stitch off
So Marge has been quiet due to gadding about on holidays...but she's done some samples. Which gave me the kick up the backside to do mine!!!...inspired by the white on white embellishment dress from the Bath Costume Museum...the double knot stitch is holding strips of irish lace together. The thread is a chunky twisted silk.
Monday 22 August 2016
Applique Heron
Its always worth revisiting old work..I never really liked this old fella when I first did him, he's grown on me with age...I want to do a Heron in flight at some point.
Thursday 18 August 2016
Elie Saab 16/17 A/W Inspiration
Beads to feel a little bling
Wednesday 17 August 2016
Bath Museum of Costume inspiration
www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/
The double knot stitch
www.stef-francis.co.uk/
Tuesday 16 August 2016
vintage birdie
Monday 15 August 2016
The first challenge...double knot stitch
So, Margery and I have chosen our first stitch, the double knot stitch. We both buy old stitch or embroidery technique books. I got this stitch from The Batsford encyclopedia of Embroidery Stitches by Anne Butler..its a recent purchase and has a few stitches in there I havent seen before. We are going to see if we do a modern take on it.
Tapestry embellishment
Ive just started to embellish a old tapestry I bought a while ago, I've shredded a vintage scarf and started to do seed stitches over the flowers...its a work in progress, I'm probably going to bead and tuft into it as well! It feels quite daring stitching into something already beautiful that you could spoil. Hopefully not.