Project: Princess Bag for Maggie
For: Mists
Needleworkers’ Guild service project
Date: Spring 2019
Stitch(es): Brick and
Stem
Materials: Planet
Earth silk on cotton Hardanger cloth
Inspiration: Floral
side inspired by 14th century brick stitch book cushions at the V&A and the
Kunstgewerbemuseum.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O318615/book-cushion/
http://www.doctorbeer.com/joyce/emb/westcush/westcush.htm
Pattern charted by Master Richard Wymarc
Dragon side inspired by recipient’s heraldry and favorite
color. No chart was used for this
side. The wyvern is documentable to the
14th century as well, as seen in the Tristan hanging from approximately 1370.
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O86303/the-tristan-hanging-hanging-unknown/
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