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Mr Fishie Himself
The top of my stumpwork trinket box isn’t to the (Thistle Thread stumpwork class) design – it’s my own. I’ve designed it to tie in with the front of the box, a grotto, which I was posted about at...
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Mr Fishie Finished
Here is Mr Fishie, finished! I added the zig zag plate – this is an unusual plate available from the Thistle Thread website. It’s much finer than the ‘usual’ flat plate. I don’t have any flat plate...
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Silk Wrapped Purl Motif for Trinket Box Side
For my next Trinket Box panel, I’m doing a motif based on Even tho I saved down the image from the Met Museum, I think that the photo above is about as clear as mud. You can see it much better if you...
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Butterfly
My work order for the trinket box side is the butterfly (silk thread) the flower stem (silver passing) outlining the motif (gold twist) silk wrapped purl Silk thread always goes down before the metal...
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Silvering the Stem
After doing the butterfly, doing the stem in silver metal thread was next. First, the padding. I had done the attachment stitches at about 1/2 cm apart. (er, 0.2 of an inch). When I showed this to...
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Silver Thread and Silk Wrapped Purl
Having covered the stem in silver passing, I found out that there was a problem, pointed out by friends. The passing was too thick. The loops formed on the side of the stem sat out such that the gold...
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Topsell
An image I’ve been familiar with and wanting to do for awhile (given my adoration of cats) is from Edward Topsell’s “History of Four Legged Beasts and Serpents and Insects” (1657). Multiple eyebrows,...
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Topsell, a stylish Gentleman
Topsell the 17th c Cat I’ve very pleased with my interpretation of the original woodprint : I didn’t get his eyes right….I’m beginning to think that, never mind all the various techniques in...
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Topsell, finished
As you can see, I’ve finished Topsell as a slip (on padded card), attached the slip to a green background, added some long stitches under his feet as in the original etching and then attached that to...
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