I am supposed to be finishing the blackwork because my deadline is this week but I so very much wanted to see how this would turn out that I went ahead and finished it. My front garden is looking really lovely right now and the weather is so beautiful so I posed the needlebook outside. I took a picture of the inside so it is possible to look at how I make the inside. It is lined with wool and has two wool pages which are one long piece sewn down in the middle. There is a pocket on one side with the opening towards the center so things don't fall out. I like to store a threader in there; it is so handy to have one right with the needles.
So, now that I've had my bit of fun it is back to work and the next post will be the completed blackwork shirt.
Materials:
24 count linen congress cloth
DMC cotton embroidery floss, four strands for embroidery and six strands per bobbin for edging and ties
wool scraps from my garb material box for lining
kumihimo - four bobbin cord used to cover edge seams and for ties
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2 comments:
How lovely! I always enjoy seeing things all stitched up :) I really like the modifications to the pattern - and I'm pretty sure that they are period.
Okay. I seriously need to make some of these now, and it's all your fault! ;-)
This is beautiful!
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