It’s been a while since I wrote a blog post last. I’ve been working on many projects, but I’m not very good at writing about them.
In response to my friends’ request, here are some photos of my practice piece of Royal Coat of Arms. I chose to practice this one as I often get asked to embroider a coat of arms. For my continuing professional development, I strongly believe that it is crucial to challenge myself to keep on learning and practising. So the aim here is to maintain and enhance my stitching skills.
Techniques: Tapestry Shading, Goldwork and Applique
Medium: Cotton, silk, metal thread on Duchess satin silk
I’d like to thank my mentor Jenny Adin-Christie for her thorough guidance and encouragement. Without her support, I couldn’t have completed this piece.
Some close-up photos. Super pearl purl and very fine pearl purl look huge in these photos, but hey. Here we go.
Crown
Shield
Supporters
Motto
This is when I started… Yes it’s ‘prick & pounce’ method. I pricked only the outlines of the shield and banner to start with. I didn’t prick the detailed design inside the Shield and the motto on the banner until the later stage.
I took so many work-in-progress photos! I will post them next time.
Absolutely magnificent! Please can you you tell us about how you drew the design?
Thank you for your comment. I just used a light box and tracing paper. I traced the design with very fine propelling pencil (0.30 mm). Oh do you mean how to transfer the design onto the fabric? Your fabric should be framed up first so that it is taut. After pricking the tracing paper, lay it on the fabric. Then pounce (very fine powder) is pushed through the holes in the design made by a pricker (i just use a fine needle No.10/No.12 depending on how intricate the design is). After that you carefully join the dots with a very fine paint brush (size 000) and water colour paint. Hope this helps!