Bluebell Wood

Mainly exploring Corded Detached Buttonhole in Elizabethan Embroidery - as well as general art history research into this decorative style (especially Celtic, Saxon & Viking influences). Oh, and the odd piece of knitting, crochet, sewing or tatting...

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Elizabethan 3-d hand embroidered Acorn

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Finally, (after much panicking) I am very pleased to say: here is the 3-d non-wired & non-stuffed, self-supporting gold Acorn - worked ...
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Sunday, 29 August 2010

Update & idea for an embroidered ring

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(This is an especially long post – I wish I could cut it down, but such is life …) Here’s a quick sketch I made with Conte pencils of w...
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Saturday, 24 July 2010

Detached Buttonhole Faces

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A final word on my (long) post about DBH circle shaping I hope like me, you derived some useful insight from that jumbo 2-part post and al...
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Kentwell Hall, Suffolk & Fingerloop Braiding

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Oh Gosh it’s so hot and I’m terribly behind with everything…  Between the day job, La Familia, La Casa y El Jardin my head is spinning…. T...
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Friday, 25 June 2010

Detached Buttonhole Circles Part II and shaping generally

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(This post continues on from the last where I discuss my investigations into shaping etc…should mention its also pretty lengthy!!) Before ...
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010

Detached Buttonhole Circles

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Although the construction of this next flower looks simple, on a closer inspection I found it to be deceptively so.  (See previous post for ...
Saturday, 12 June 2010

Colour Drawing of Second flower

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Watercolour pencils, Metallic gel Ink & Graphite The last time I did a colour drawing I was aiming at a kind of stitch diagram, whilst...
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