Since joining the SCA I have been exploring historical needlework. These are some of my major historical embroidery projects.
The Crown of Love
14th Century Wall Hanging
This brick stitch embroidery is a secular interpretation of the embroidered wall hanging in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Brick Stitch bag
14th Century Reliquary Bag
This is a reproduction of a 14th Century Brick Stitch bag now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. It employs techniques including embroidery, tubular tablet weaving, tablet woven seams and fingerloop braiding.
Needle Looping
14th Century China
This small project examined the connections between a particular style of needlework called needlelooping in China and Detached Buttonhole in Europe.
Mary of Hapsberg Chemise
1490-1515 Germany
A chemise employing techniques of embroidery over pleats and insertion seams.
11 Little Needle Cases
Various Time periods and geographic locations
This was my major project of 2021, wherein I designed and stitched a needle case each month examining 11 different historical needlework techniques based on extant examples.
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