Sunday 4 May 2008

Sahra´s new hood





Sahra is a member of Aarnimetsä Embroidery Guild, and she has made a marvellous hood. I only helped with posting ;) - Eilgri

Sahra:

I had a small piece of nicecoloured wool, so I made a hood embroidered with few decorations.
Two horses are originally from a piece of whalebone that was used to iron seems, the original piece is in National Museum in London (I think).
I drew the model on silkpaper and sow it on fabric using thin white thread. Then I did the embroidering and took the white thread away.
ALL the thread in decorations is thin wool, dyed with plants from Finnish nature! No, not me, I know an old lady who was a biology teacher and has a private arboretum... she makes wonderful colours!
In horses I tried the Bayeux tapestry´s stich for the first time, as you can see...
Still, I´m pleased to present this work to you, the hood looks actually very nice : )
And of course the hood is all handmade.

Yours
Sahra, Aarnimetsä

2 comments:

Jahanarabanu said...

This is beautiful! The color palette you use works really well together. The embroidery is well done, as is your hand stitching.
Vivat!
Jahanara

Racaire said...

:D
Yeah! Very lovely and beautiful!!! I love it too :)
Bussi
Raca