Embroidery is addictive. After finishing stomacher my hands felt a strong need to continue little needle dance. In fact, now I can't watch a movie or a series without some needlework in the hands :) So to take advantage of my enthusiasm I made a small embroidered pincushion. I also needed little brake from floral themes, so I get inspired by the achievements of the Aleksandra's blog, Atelier Polonaise, and tried something new - bargello stitch (you can also seek it under the names florentine, irish and flame stitch). With this graphic and extremely colourful embroidery I met some time ago while searching the network for 18th century bags and wallets.
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| Martha Edlin, 1670-1680, Victoria & Albert Museum |
At first glance, I didn'i like it, it seemed to be too "avant-garde" for those days and aesthetics. Now I know that this pincushion is not my last date with bargello stitch, furthermore, thit embroidery is really very simple and repetitive pattern quickly comes into your head.
- kanwa (prezent od Aleksandry :))
- kawałek kremowej bawełny
- mulina Ariadna w 6 kolorach (użyłam całej nici)
- taśma bawełniana
- wypełnienie zrobiłam z resztek muliny i pociętych materiałów :)
Pincushion is made of:
- canvas (gift from Aleksandra :))
- piece of cream cotton
- floss Ariadna, 6 colours (I used all threads)
- cotton ribbon
- for filling I used rest of floss and cutted fabrics
