Thank you. Sometimes I didn't have the patience, and I didn't know how fast or slowly it would get done. But sometimes I just needed to stitch something, and it was handy for that.
Re: Gorgeous!kimikosewsJanuary 24 2011, 05:38:01 UTC
Thank you.
There is a repeating set of flowers to the pattern. It was a 6x6 repeat on each motif, so 36 different flowers (if I am counting them right). I cannot figure what all of them are. The design is from Ianthé d'Averoigne, the editor/author of The New Carolingian Modelbook (plate 59 - The Buttery, iirc). It is her design, based on period designs.
I originally planned to do a period design from a period pattern book, but realized from what few images I knew of this style of blackwork when I started, that most design patterns of the period are striped in design. And most designs of the period are very very repetitive and simple. This was before Arnold's PoF4 came out and changed my perspective on a few things.
I know it isn't completely period in pattern design, but I wanted an all over design to cover the whole thing, and I didn't want to get mind-numblingly bored doing the same small simple motifs over and over again. This had just enough differences between each flower type to continue to be interesting.
AMAZING! You do wonderful work. I can't wait to see pictures of you wearing it! Please make sure you take pictures of how it went from this to a full partlet. The transition from 2d to 3d is sometimes a little hard to visualize... What are you going to wear it with?
I hope to take photos of the process to a partlet, although handsewing things is rather boring to photograph. But I will show the final pattern, whatever it ends up.
I hope to wear it with both my Tudor and Elizabethan outfits. Unfortunately, I think my late Elizabethan outfit will have much of the front hidden, underneath the Ruff of Doom I have. But I might be able to rework the pleats to have an open front or something.
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There is a repeating set of flowers to the pattern. It was a 6x6 repeat on each motif, so 36 different flowers (if I am counting them right). I cannot figure what all of them are. The design is from Ianthé d'Averoigne, the editor/author of The New Carolingian Modelbook (plate 59 - The Buttery, iirc). It is her design, based on period designs.
I originally planned to do a period design from a period pattern book, but realized from what few images I knew of this style of blackwork when I started, that most design patterns of the period are striped in design. And most designs of the period are very very repetitive and simple. This was before Arnold's PoF4 came out and changed my perspective on a few things.
I know it isn't completely period in pattern design, but I wanted an all over design to cover the whole thing, and I didn't want to get mind-numblingly bored doing the same small simple motifs over and over again. This had just enough differences between each flower type to continue to be interesting.
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Please make sure you take pictures of how it went from this to a full partlet. The transition from 2d to 3d is sometimes a little hard to visualize...
What are you going to wear it with?
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I hope to take photos of the process to a partlet, although handsewing things is rather boring to photograph. But I will show the final pattern, whatever it ends up.
I hope to wear it with both my Tudor and Elizabethan outfits. Unfortunately, I think my late Elizabethan outfit will have much of the front hidden, underneath the Ruff of Doom I have. But I might be able to rework the pleats to have an open front or something.
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