Monday, March 30, 2015

Wool cloak embroidery


I recently have been involved in a project to decorate some wool cloaks for friends. Another friend made the cloaks up in this lovely brown wool, and I decorated them with simple geometric embroidery, with the designs based on the recipients' heraldic devices.




The left side shows the first stage of embroidery - mid-green crochet cotton. The right side shows the darker green bar being added in stem stitch.





Although it doesn't show up well in the photo, there is a small stitch in light green added to the points of the triangles.



This one has a simple geometric design worked in crochet cotton (stem stitch).





Because the cloaks were unlined, I used bias binding to cover the back of the embroidery.

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