More practice pieces
Remember this?
The Elizabethan braided stitch was da bomb in the late 16th and early 17th centuries in England. I'm not so up on it though. So a second practice piece found its way onto my embroidery hoop.
As you can see the stem needs something. The question is what? Taking some inspiration from early 17th c, I added speckling to the stem, motif-appropriate twisted chain stitch to the carnation, and some modern trellis stitch to the buds.
It looks better. Not sure if this is the final choice.
The Elizabethan braided stitch was da bomb in the late 16th and early 17th centuries in England. I'm not so up on it though. So a second practice piece found its way onto my embroidery hoop.
As you can see the stem needs something. The question is what? Taking some inspiration from early 17th c, I added speckling to the stem, motif-appropriate twisted chain stitch to the carnation, and some modern trellis stitch to the buds.
It looks better. Not sure if this is the final choice.