Thursday, September 6, 2012

Restore your own Ecce Homo in cross stitch!

Instruction:

Pick an antique or heirloom cross stitch work or other textile (the valuable the better, preferably religious.) Follow the pattern and cover it with cross stitch embroidery.


 There you go!


Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Chiné à la branche


V&A Museum, Sack back gown c. 1760


Kyoto Costume Institute, Sack back gown c. 1765



Trousers, modern, second hand. 60% polyester and 40% silk. The picture is sharp, the pattern is not.



Monday, September 3, 2012

1810 - The Original - The Photoshopped


The final picture is somewhat missing.

1778 - The Oringinal - The Photoshopped - The Real


Hel 1300-2012-1927



You see a story in there?


At least there's 12 layers of linen and some design fails.

First tablet woven belt since 2006


I bought cool new horn tablets from Grunwald and got inspiration to weave for the first time in years.

Weird German intruction (http://www.b-oberholz.de/editor/druckansicht.php?id=841) of Birka pattern and great brief advice from M and there we go.

Lautanauhassa tällä kertaa mukana myös lauta.

Rings and brooches

British 12th century

 

Russian 21th century, Grunwald 2012


Estonian 13th - 15th century


Polish 21th century, Grunwald 2012

British 13th - 15th century


Polish 21th century, Grunwald 2012


Estonian, 10th - 13th century


 Right: Latvian 21th century, Cecis 2011