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Scarletwork Forehead Cloth |
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Written by Alison Kannon
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 10:27 |
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 I completted this forehead cloth in August of 2009 to go with the scarletwork coif that I completted earlier this year. As with the coif it is worked in red silk and completely hand sewn. The design was created by Laura Mellin, owner of Extreme Costuming. In fact it is the same design that I used for my coif. I simply adapted it for use as a forehead cloth.
Because the cloth will be worn primarly under my coif I chose not to add the fill stitches to the leaves that I did in my coif. The ties are fingerloop braids made from the same red silk as the embroidery. I also have not yet added the edge stitches. I'm not complettely sure that I did them correctly when I made my coif and I want to talk to a few people and get their feedback before adding them to the forehead cloth. For more pictures of this item please see my gallery. Full documentation coming soon! |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 December 2009 13:25 )
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Written by Alison Kannon
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Thursday, 08 January 2009 18:03 |
 I finished this coif in January 2009 just in time for Atlantian 12th Night. It is worked in red silk and completely hand sewn. The design was created by Laura Mellin, owner of Extreme Costuming. As Laura is a very dear friend I would like to take a moment to plug her awesome embroidery patterns. All of her patterns are meticulously researched and based on historical embroidery designs. Her entire line of Extreme Patterns embroidery designs is available online through Reconstructing History. Reconstructing History also carries their own line of extremely well researched patterns covering a wide array historical periods as well as notions for embroidery and sewing. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 12 August 2009 13:16 )
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Written by Alison Kannon
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Sunday, 08 January 2006 18:01 |
 I finished this coif in the winter of 2006. It is completely hand sewn and the embroidery has been done with black silk. The outline was done in chain stitch and the fill stitches were done in double running stitch. The tie was fingerloop braided from cotton. I drew up the embroider pattern myself and based it on several examples of embroidery from the Elizabethan period. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 02 August 2009 17:48 )
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