Sorry I haven't posted in a bit. I've been embroidering til the cow come home. Darn cow, always wandering off. I had originally wanted to make this for
Historical Sew Fortnightly #14 Fairy Tale challenge. My inspiration was some beautiful fairy tale illustrations I found on
Pinterest. Like this one:
I wanted to make it in the style of a 1660's gown. Something like this portrait.
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Hortense Mancini Duchess of Mazarin (1646-1699) favourite niece of Cardinal Mazarin and a mistress of Charles II, |
I found these curtains at the thrift store. They are cotton, and these dresses would normally be silk, but I really like the exaggerated pattern and the colors go well with my Autumn Queen idea
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Original fabric |
I wanted it to look more like an illustration, so I made it impossible to finish the challenge on time, by hand embroidering an outline on all the motifs.
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For the outline, I just used DMC pearl thread in black and used a backstitch |
It really makes the motifs pop.
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I will also add some beading and gold cord |
Here's all the pieces, not put together yet.
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Here are all the outer pieces, not yet sewn together |
Good Lord! What an ambitious project! I bow to your greatness!
ReplyDeleteI really just want to work on it all the time, but other things keep interupting me!
ReplyDeleteHoly Hera! Wow, when you dodge a deadline you dodge it in style! Absolutely lovely!
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