A Gift of Beautiful Silks and Bobbins

I recently received this lovely gift from a friend. I love embroidering with silk and wool on linen, but I usually can't afford those materials, so this was a great surprise. I especially love the beautiful bobbins. They are from Elisabet's Handspun. I'm having a lot of fun deciding which projects to use them on.

Extant Redwork Unicorn Embroidery

I saw this piece posted on a Facebook embroidery group and just had to share. It is c.1588 and is embroidered in silk. I am going to make something using this as my inspiration.

Image source: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011023682952/orngott?aq=time%3A%22%2F327cd97d-7dd2-4ba0-9016-da73c8628a49%22+text%3A%22broderi%22&i=5

Silk!

I had a lovely suprise today; a friend bought me a present of silk. How kind and generous!

I would like to use them for these dresses- if I am game to cut them!