Birds and Flowers Green Embroidered Caul

I recently finished this long term project. I have worked on this and a couple of other pieces every year at one of our Medieval Faire demos. I was trying to work out how long I have been working on them - probably one day a year for ten years! It is nice to have it finally finished. It is a record of how my skills have developed over that time.

 

The embroidery is worked in DMC embroidery floss on linen ground fabric, and the spangles are metal.

The fabric circle is gathered into a band which is decorated with green ribbon, I have added a metal comb inside the band to help keep the caul in place, and a couple of little buttonhole rings to slide bobby pins through.

This link to a previous post gives more information on the construction process: http://broidermebethan.blogspot.com/2014/05/purple-velvet-caul.html

Embroidered Caul

Since the projects that I am working on are not finished or have not been presented yet, I thought I would post a picture of a project I worked on with a friend back in 2012.

This is a caul; a circle of fabric that is pleated or gathered into a band and worn to cover the hair. I drew up the design and embroidered it in Madeira silks. Viscountess Ingerith Ryzka sewed on all the spangles and made up the caul.

'Pea Thief' Caul - Stage 1

One of the items in my Unfinished Objects pile was a monochrome uncounted embroidery of birds and peas. The design is adapted from a silk embroidered jacket in the V&A Museum. I traced the design out in 2011, worked a couple of leaves and then never got back to it. Over the Christmas break I rushed through the embroidery (mainly chain and double running stitch, with a few stem stitch leaves.) The next step is to decide on which beads to use for the 'peas' and whether to spangle.

I will post a complete write-up at the end of the project.