Craft Finds
I just wanted to post my little A.C. Moore find: linen embroidery floss. Well, the black ones are linen, at any rate. I didn't know A.C. Moore carried that. When I found the linen, I was hoping they'd have silk, too, but no such luck.
But, well...linen...I can live with that! The gold one is hard to see here, but its the first metallic one that hasn't jarred my senses. Its kinda muted metallic, halfway between gold and silver. I like it. I figure I'll be able to pull off some sort of design with a color scheme like this one. (Image from V&A. Its a 1600's caul blackworked/embroidered with black silk and silver gilt thread.) I've actually seen stunning recreations of this particular caul, and am not doing this one. But a similar embroidery/motif/colorscheme would be nice....
floss
But, well...linen...I can live with that! The gold one is hard to see here, but its the first metallic one that hasn't jarred my senses. Its kinda muted metallic, halfway between gold and silver. I like it. I figure I'll be able to pull off some sort of design with a color scheme like this one. (Image from V&A. Its a 1600's caul blackworked/embroidered with black silk and silver gilt thread.) I've actually seen stunning recreations of this particular caul, and am not doing this one. But a similar embroidery/motif/colorscheme would be nice....
floss
posted by Julebug | 10:10 AM
4 Comments:
Ambitious little thing aren't you? I'll be watching eagerly!
Yup, that's me. Always biting off far more than I can chew. But it'll be a good tv-watching project, and I'm in sore need of one of those...
Ha! I have a whole set of those, and have been trying to decide what to do with them....
Well, I wholeheartedly endorse embroidered/blackworked coifs, cauls and sweetbags! If you have the set i'm thinking about, the colors are nice and muted and could make some really pretty subtle designs.
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