Susan Hottle wrote: Hello All! Hope you have been following Tricia Nguyen's blog on caskets. If not, here's a link: http://thistle-threads.blogspot.com/ Today's post caught my eye when she mentioned that the featured stitcher had embroidered on her needlelace to create a pattern. OMG!!
----------------------- What I noticed in the Shop section of this blog is that Tricia Nguyen is a supplier of Spangles, which is something people using Gil Dye's "Surface Decoration in Silk and Metallic Thread" book may like to know. You may have questions to ask, as I thought there was a little more I'd like to know before ordering. Sourcing Spangles seems to have been as a result of making the reproduction Margaret Layton jacket (original in Victoria & Albert Museum). Tricia Nguyen was one of the leaders of this project, and if you look around her blogspot you will see the jacket stitched by embroiderers in the U.S. Our Devon worked on the bobbin-made gold lace used on the jacket. I realize this is repetitive of much conversation here a few years ago, but have written this note for our Newbies. Stumpwork was most popular in 17th C. England. Distinctive, because many elements are needlelace, which are then sewn to ground fabric (and stuffed) to give high relief. There are numerous books on the subject, perhaps the best being by Jane Nicholas of Australia. You can do an internet search for this project and/or go to our archive and put Margaret Layton in the search box, if interested. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/index.html Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
