Saturday, December 13, 2008

"early period" embroidery: two projects

Project: Embroidered EK Award of Arms for Lady Arnleif the Red.
The design was inspired by the words written by Maestra Dresden Pennello di Quadro Voce.
The red and yallow design is copied from a 12th century silver pendant unearthed in Kiev in 1906 (in the book: The Vikings Life, Myth, and Art by Tony Allan ISBN 0-7607-5369-5)
Materials: White linen fabric appliqued onto black blanket-weight wool using blanket stitch. Stem stitch with Paternaya wool thread. Blue and green (runes and spiral lines) done with silk thread in stem stitch. Amber glass seed beads and matte red glass beads, silver beads and freshwater pearls were sewn for accents.
Project: Blue twilled linen fight tunic, in the anglo-saxon style constuction.
Materials: White wool blanket-weight fabric appliqued and embroidered with Paternaya wool thread in the stem and back stitches. Rolled hems at neck, sleeves and bottom.

Close up of each sleeve design. The hind leg of the dog is now completed. My device is the bunny and his is the hound.


Documentation:
~Anglo-Saxon tunic Dark Age archeological evidence and construction by Historical Enterprises
~Viking Tunic Construction Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1997 Carolyn Priest-Dorman
~Viking embroidery Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1997 Carolyn Priest-Dorman
~AngloSaxon and Viking works Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1997 Carolyn Priest-Dorman
~Five Period embroidery stitches by Jane Stockton, Barony of Mordenvale, Kingdom of Lochac
~early period needlework online "EARLY PERIOD is published quarterly for the personal amusement of Fuiltigherne ni Ruadh O'Finn and for the advancement of early period arts, crafts, sciences and research. EARLY PERIOD deals in the pre-1066 A.D. topics of interest to persons with early period personae in the SCA or similar organizations."

Post edited 12/14/08.

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