the embroidered smock

[frualeydis]

I tidied up the page on the embroidered smock a little, linked to it from my web page and put a new picture there, showing how it looks now that I have embroidered some more.

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[(Anonymous)]

I found your page some time back via your costume page, and have been following your adventures in baby making.

The embroidery is quite stunning and I wondered if you'd share some information. I was wondering about the dimensions of one motif, and the stitch you're using. It looks like you're using Holbein stitch, but my monitor could be deceiving me.

I was also wondering if you could share any info you had on dimensions regarding blackwork as seen in the Pelican Portrait.

Melanie

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Yes, I'm using double running stitch (Holbein stitch) even though this is free embroidery and not counted thread embroidery which I think is the most common use for Holbein stitch.
I absolutely love the blackwork on the Pelican portrait. If I remember it correctly it was common to make the outlines of the flowers and other shapes with stem stitch and then fill them with different patterns in Holbein stitch.The elizabethan costuming page (http://costume.dm.net) has several links with useful information on blackwork and you can also find more information in the book Queen Elizabeth's wardrobe unlock'd by Janet Arnold.

Eva