Well, speaking as Sue the flower junkie, and not Susan the flower junkie <g>, no, not really. I've done collar and cuffs in an interlacing linear pattern of columbines (from a mid-16th century boy's shirt in the V&A), and will some day do columbine slips for a Helena Snackenburg (sp???) inspired outfit, but hadn't considered the style you mentioned below. If only because, in part, I find the flowers so interesting in profile....;o) The pattern from the boy's shirt is actually done in very tiny cross stitch. I believe mine worked out to about 30 stitches/inch, done using a single strand of royal blue Soie Cristale silk. I charted the design out for myself, using a delightful closeup of the collar that I just happened to find in a generalized overview-of-embroidery book from our local library. I have my theories about that design, which I hope to make into an article for competition at some point....(ah, the bliss of research ;o) --Sue in Montana, where columbines are more of an early-mid Summer flower
----- Original Message ----- From: "otsisto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:25 PM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Smock or Partlet was Tudor roses > This is the week for not finding things. I know I have seen a 1500s > blackwork pattern of columbines. AAAHHH! > Have you considered a full front view of the flower connected by lattice > vines? > De > > -----Original Message----- > Cool. The genus name is Aquilegia. It's in the buttercup family. > I've toyed with trying to transform one of the english columbines > Elizabethan patterns into the American columbine. Ours is not as "fat" > and the spurs are *much* longer. > > http://epee.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Wildflower/Images/columbine.jpg > > Susan, the (spring) wildflower junkie > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
