Embroidery natterings
(For, Kass, Bob and RH)
As mentioned in a previous post, I've been working more on my coif than the nightcap lately.
The coif uses Extreme Patterns Genevieve Coif Pattern (https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/genevieve-coif-embroidery-pattern.php?s=&c=22&d=185&q=1&p=466&w=21) and I'm doing it in pink. Really, I didn't think there was another option. ;) It has been nice and relaxing, very simple double running stitch for the most part, with a bit of buttonhole stitch thrown in for the lattice. There are 20 full Fluer de Lys, which seem to take an hour and ten minutes each, so 23 hours and 20 minutes will be spent on them alone. I've already done 6 of them, so I have at least 16 hours left just for the Fluers. I think the main motifs will take between 3.5 to 4 hours each, there are 19 full ones of them on the coif, and some partials. Of those 19, I've done 5, so 14 more of them to go as well. Each lattice line takes about 25 minutes, there are roughly 42 on the coif, and I've done 6 of them. Wow, okay, best not to think of the calculations, and just get on with it, right?
I've stalled a bit on the nightcap, using Extreme Patterns Alan Nightcap Pattern (https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/alan-nightcap-embroidery-pattern.php?s=&c=22&d=185&q=1&p=505&w=21) because I'm at a more awkward place in the frame for working on it. I think I need to try turning it around and doing things upside down to get back in the swing of things. The main reason there haven't been any updates on it is that I haven't done anything on it update worthy. I do hope to get back into it, especially now that my lower back is being less of a pain. Ultimately when it is done, I have some of the gold Cluny Lace (https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/half-inch-wide-silver-or-gold-cluny-lace.php?s=&c=188&q=1&p=520&w=21) from Reconstructing History to trim the brim with.
I also purchased the Alice Coif Pattern (https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/alice-coif-embroidery-pattern.php?s=&c=22&d=185&q=2&p=476&w=21) back at Holiday Faire to make a small panel for my Mom, because she is awesome. I like the daffodil, pictured at the link, that I want to pull out and add a butterfly to. I was thinking of the Dolly Parton song, Love is Like a Butterfly, with the lyric, Daffodils and Butterflies when I picked out the design. Now I just need to make it work, but I haven't even started on it.
But, back to my coif, I had originally thought about doing the centers of the flowers in gold stitches and adding some gold oes, but I think I also got some silver Cluny Lace from RH, in which case I should use (and would need to acquire) the silver paillettes (https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/1-gram-12-paillettes.php?s=&c=111&d=158&q=1&p=343&w=21) from RH. Then again I might just leave it all plain pink silk and do some speckle stitch fill in the areas I was thinking of using gold. I was also going to use a casing at the base of the neck, but then do I get some pretty silk ribbon from RH, or do I braid my own cord from the pink and yellow silk I have in stash. My Stash Busting plan would lead to braiding from stuff in stock, so I guess that is the wise path to take, even if it means missing out on pretty silk ribbon...
As mentioned in a previous post, I've been working more on my coif than the nightcap lately.
The coif uses Extreme Patterns Genevieve Coif Pattern (https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/genevieve-coif-embroidery-pattern.php?s=&c=22&d=185&q=1&p=466&w=21) and I'm doing it in pink. Really, I didn't think there was another option. ;) It has been nice and relaxing, very simple double running stitch for the most part, with a bit of buttonhole stitch thrown in for the lattice. There are 20 full Fluer de Lys, which seem to take an hour and ten minutes each, so 23 hours and 20 minutes will be spent on them alone. I've already done 6 of them, so I have at least 16 hours left just for the Fluers. I think the main motifs will take between 3.5 to 4 hours each, there are 19 full ones of them on the coif, and some partials. Of those 19, I've done 5, so 14 more of them to go as well. Each lattice line takes about 25 minutes, there are roughly 42 on the coif, and I've done 6 of them. Wow, okay, best not to think of the calculations, and just get on with it, right?
I've stalled a bit on the nightcap, using Extreme Patterns Alan Nightcap Pattern (https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/alan-nightcap-embroidery-pattern.php?s=&c=22&d=185&q=1&p=505&w=21) because I'm at a more awkward place in the frame for working on it. I think I need to try turning it around and doing things upside down to get back in the swing of things. The main reason there haven't been any updates on it is that I haven't done anything on it update worthy. I do hope to get back into it, especially now that my lower back is being less of a pain. Ultimately when it is done, I have some of the gold Cluny Lace (https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/half-inch-wide-silver-or-gold-cluny-lace.php?s=&c=188&q=1&p=520&w=21) from Reconstructing History to trim the brim with.
I also purchased the Alice Coif Pattern (https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/alice-coif-embroidery-pattern.php?s=&c=22&d=185&q=2&p=476&w=21) back at Holiday Faire to make a small panel for my Mom, because she is awesome. I like the daffodil, pictured at the link, that I want to pull out and add a butterfly to. I was thinking of the Dolly Parton song, Love is Like a Butterfly, with the lyric, Daffodils and Butterflies when I picked out the design. Now I just need to make it work, but I haven't even started on it.
But, back to my coif, I had originally thought about doing the centers of the flowers in gold stitches and adding some gold oes, but I think I also got some silver Cluny Lace from RH, in which case I should use (and would need to acquire) the silver paillettes (https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/1-gram-12-paillettes.php?s=&c=111&d=158&q=1&p=343&w=21) from RH. Then again I might just leave it all plain pink silk and do some speckle stitch fill in the areas I was thinking of using gold. I was also going to use a casing at the base of the neck, but then do I get some pretty silk ribbon from RH, or do I braid my own cord from the pink and yellow silk I have in stash. My Stash Busting plan would lead to braiding from stuff in stock, so I guess that is the wise path to take, even if it means missing out on pretty silk ribbon...