12th century embroidery – Saint Michael and the Dragon – sneak peek.22 – after more than 100 working hours…

After more than 100 working hours I finally managed to finish the first major part of my “12th century embroidery – Saint Michael and the Dragon” project. 😀

It took many hours and an endless amount of tiny stitches but I just finished the main green background section of my embroidery.

I am very pleased with the intermediate result of my embroidery project. Now I am very eager to finish my 12th century embroidery project. I really can’t wait to see the final result of my version of St. Michael and the Dragon. 🙂

…and here the picture of my new progress for you – enjoy! 😀

By the way – please take a look at the bottom of the cloak. You remember this tiny “back of the fabric” sections I was writing about lately? They are now filled with the same light blue colored thread which I used for the dragon. 🙂

…and here another progress picture I took for you. The picture underneath shows the progress before I finished the last green section of the background. It also shows the “back of the fabric” sections at the bottom of the cloak before I filled them. Next to the finished cloak you can still see my initial cloak outlines.

I was not really pleased with the look of the freehand drawn cloak outlines before I started working at the cloak. You maybe know this certain feeling – the feeling that something isn’t right or doesn’t look right. Therefore I decided to do something very period – to embroider the cloak my way and not  to follow the initial given outlines. *giggle*

Ok, I admit it, I first redrew the outlines before I started with my embroidery. The “new” cloak is shorter and not as wide as the initial outlines. I think it looks much better now and it also stays closer to the original inspiration.

*Wooohooo* Endspurt! I am pretty close to finishing my 12th century embroidery project!
…and now to the embroidery at the border… 😀

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