The inspiration for this little cushion came after seeing a wonderful panel embroidered in queen and tent stitch at the Metropolitan Museum you can see here:
then I decided to reproduce a fragment, the little butterfly located in the lower left part near the deer.
Here is the final result: it's stitched on 35ct Northern Cross linen using Piper's silks in historical colours. The interlaced metal stitches where made using an extra fine gilt passing on silk (7S by Leoni-Felisi ) and the cushion is backed with a dark green silk velvet handyed by me surrounded by a 5 finger loop braid. The little tassels are made covering a 6mm wooden round beads with Turk's head knot then attached to a little piece of braid.
I have learned a lot from this little project, size is only 8,5X8,5 cm,specially about how finish it and the tassels have been a real trouble and needed a lot of patience but I think it worth every minute I spent on it !
Today is an happy day because I was so long without a finish and I hope you will like it too !
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| In the sun light ! |
A special thanks goes to my dear friend and great embroiderer Claudia Brilli Cattarini-CBC Needlepoint - for her suggestions and encouragement.
