It's gorgeous, and it feels so silky and soft. It's linen, the design painted originally, and printed on the bolt. The pattern, as it turns out, is also quite a bit larger than I'd anticipated...again, because I read the website wrong. Those were inches, not centimeters. Far too large a print to use for sleeves, and have them make sense once they were all made up.
Oops.
However, I've carefully extracted a small sample from the main piece, and am making myself a new purse. The giant pattern lends itself really well (I think) to a very small piece like this, since it highlights some of the fine details that may be lost on a larger project, when looking at the entire design as a whole.
vaguely purse-shaped (this is the back) |
highlighting the major lines |
This embroidery is relevant to Sweet Pea's interests. |
Some of the interior portions will be gold, and green. |
And beaded, too, although I haven't decided exactly how and where just yet. |
The best thing about period embroidery stitches, I've learned, is that they're all very easy and simple...which are the only kind I can actually *do*. Heh.
More news as the situation develops.
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