Heraldic Designs

September entry for Travelling book (Leamington Spa and District Embroiderer's Guild). Inspired by the architectural designs on the porch entrance to Lord Leicester’s Gatehouse at Kenilworth Castle. The ermine cinquefoil and the Ragged staff represent the badge of Robert, Earl of Leicester.

The Gatehouse was built around 1571-2

 

I have used transfer paints onto cotton for the background, printing the cinquefoil design on using a handmade block and acrylic paint. The architectural features have then been created with hand and free-machining. To give depth to the design a ‘quilt’ effect was applied using wadding and free-machining.

Wired butterfly - Entry in Travelling book for August 2015

This month the travelling book I received the owner (Lucy) had requested a theme for all the entries if possible. I had been using Kenilworth Castle as my theme for each entry up till now, so instead I decided to stitch a butterfly. Inspired by the technique learnt on the Embroiderer’s Guild (Leamington Spa and District) Summer School August 2015 with Pauline Verrinder ‘Wired to Form’



Wired butterfly prior to beads being stitched on for the eyes

Using cotton covered wire to form the outline shape of the butterfly and dyed scrim. Free machine embroidery in zig zag is used to cover the wire and give detail to the butterfly. I have used a brightly coloured variegated silk thread to give the bright colours to the butterfly.

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Embroiderer's Guild Travelling Book

As a member of Leamington & District Embroiderer's Guild I'm taking part in the Travelling Book challenge. Basically we each (13 in my group) started off with a blank sketch book in March 2015. We each had to cover our book, have a signing in page and then make the first entry. There is only one rule..........the page must contain some stitching..........but you can hand or machine stitch, paint the page, use fabric, paper...........infact do anything! as long as it contains some stitch. The subject matter is your own choice. Then at the beginning of each month you pass the book onto the next member in the group to complete the next page. After the book has done the full circle of the group you get you own book back to keep complete with 13 different embroideries in it from each of the members.

  July entry for the Travelling book. This was inspired by the architectural design on the porch entrance to Lord Leicester's Gatehouse at Kenilworth Castle. The ermine cinquefoil represents the badge of the Robert, Earl of Leicester.
 

Layers of organza have been used over fabric dyed using transfer paints. The cinquefoil motif has been free machine stitched and then the surplus organza has been removed to reveal with orangey background fabric.

 

The ermine detail on the cinquefoil has been hand embroidered. The large cinquefoil has been formed with some wadding to give a raised effect and then has been hand stitched using stem stitch.

 

 

Leicester's Gatehouse, Kenilworth Castle built around 1571 - 2.

http://www.kenilworthweb.co.uk/what-to-see-do/kenilworth-castle/