After my short tablet-weaving excursion on my new tablet-weaving loom I continued working on my current “12th century embroidery – Saint Michael and the Dragon” project.
I felt very inspired after my recent work at Saint Michaels face and head and therefore I started working at Saint Michaels tunic. 😀
It find it really amazing how every added stitch and every added section makes this project look more and more like an “proper” design from the 12th century to me.
As you can see at the picture above, I decided to work his tunic outlines in red and black. The rest of the tunic will be filled with white thread. Though the tunic and the face will have the same color – white – the addition of the red to the black makes a small but important difference to the eye and helps to keep this two parts divided visually.
…and again a close up picture of my Split Stitch embroider of this section for you:
The more I work at this project, the more I somehow fall in love with this embroidery… *lol* But there is still one important question on my mind concerning this project: What shall I do with it? *lol*
What do you think, shall I turn it into a pillow for my chair/tent or would you say that it would look better as a small decorative wallhanging which I could take with me to events? 😉
PS.: If you would like to read more about the period 12th century inspiration for the design, embroidery technique,… then please read my first posting about this project:
12th century embroidery – Saint Michael and the Dragon
PPS.: I recently added a new page concerning 12th century embroidery to the header menu (accessible under the menu point “Premium” for you) with a summery of all information concerning the inspiration,… for this project – enjoy! 😀
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