Embroidered Heraldic Patch for the Archery Championship Cloak

Recently I finished an embroidered heraldic badge for a friend.

Last year I made a woolen cloak as the regalia for my Barony's archery champion.

A friend of mine won the Championship and I offered to embroider his device for the cloak, as he doesn't embroider. The patch is just a small version of his heraldry, embroidered as a slip on a calico base and then added to the cloak.

I actually had two attempts at this because I was really unhappy with the first one.
I traced the design onto the calico with pencil and then I used a small piece of iron-on interfacing on the back as a stabiliser. I have found that this helps to stop the base fabric warping and puckering. I used a small hoop for this project.

This is the second attempt. I did something a little different, and used some small chain stitches as well as the split stitch that I usually use for these badges.

The flosses are cotton and also cashmere. The cashmere is the central stitching behind the tree. It is fairly delicate floss compared to the cotton, so we will see how it stands up to wear and tear.

Dragon Device for Championship Cloak

This week I finished a small embroidered device for a friend. It will be sewn onto a Champions Cloak to signify service as Champion in heavy fighting. It was a fairly simple piece, except for the dragon. I had to embroider the little dragon by eye because I couldn't trace the design onto such a small area and the satin ribbon wouldn't take the chalk. I am quite pleased with how it turned out.

The design was marked out on felt with Frixion marker and the satin ribbon sewn down.

The dragon was embroidered in split stitch with crewel wool.

The shamrocks were embroidered with chain stitch in crewel to give texture.

Silver thread was couched along the edge of the satin and black crewel was used to outline the shamrocks. Another piece of felt was sewn to the back to cover the stitching.