and some may have wondered if any more would have been done
- would it be added to the W.I.P. pile?
The answer to that is no, I have continued to cover the padding and so far the "flowers" and "leaves" look like this...
and this...
and this...
and this...
making the whole sampler look like this...
Still plenty to do so I'll post more photos when there is more progress!
After a wonderful week at the Royal School of Needlework I was back down to earth with washing and packing for our annual holiday.
This year was Longleat Center Parcs, the one I usually go to for my girlie weekend in Oct/Nov.
We had a lovely villa with a great view from the patio
We awoke on the first morning to find this deer outside of our window
Rain didn't stop play here but added a serious hazard that even Rory McIlroy would have trouble with and as for retrieving the ball from the hole - when we finally found it - was a very wet experience indeed.
On the last morning we had a "good bye" from the duckings and their mother.
They had visited daily to check we were enjoying ourselves
The rest of our holiday time has been spent visiting the Parents up in the North West.
We are blessed to still have a full set each living in the same village.
and spent a lovely evening playing dominoes.
Keeping it traditional
It's always good to spend time with Mum and Dad especially after the last two years of the medical upheaval of breast cancer - both of them! - and the subsequent difficulties of the chemo and radiotherapy that my Dad endured. All now is well and we hope they will be taking up the invitation of sharing Christmas with us.
Embroidery silks with Pearl Purl
As time was against me so I did as much as I could to remind me how to finish each piece
Cut Work added to the main stem
Silk Shading, Crewel Work and more Gold Work yet to be added
So this is where I have been all week, on the upper floors above the Royal Apartments
It is close to where the imfamous fire started all those years ago and it has been restored as close to how it would have originally looked. It is wonderful to be in such a historic building and when I arrive, before the tourists, I am able to walk through the Tudor area and soak in the atmosphere, half expecting hoards of servants to be rushing around getting breakfast ready for the King!
All areas padded and colour added to the Pearl Purl stems
The flower on the top left hand side will have Silk Shading
Completed Chips! At Last!
I finally got to move onto something new.
Couching Down Twist and Passing Threads,
using a purple stranded thread for decoration
Continuing Crouching
For some reason after uploading, deleting and uploading again Blogger insists on putting the last two photos upside down!
Completed crouched leaf section
Carpet Felt Padding today!
Felt Padding Three Areas on One Leaf
Soft String Padding
Adding the Stems
Today - Gold Fever!
Design Source
My Design
My Design Transfered to Linen
Linen to Paper
- should have placed this in the opposite direction,but you can see the progression.
The linen was put now on the frame - that was a fun thing to learn properly!
End of Day One
This morning I begin to build up the design using felt padding and soft string.
I may even add gold today!
