Embroidery for Others.

Over the last several months members of the SCA have approached me and asked for help working on various embroidery projects. First I volunteered to embroider a stylized heart for a friend's elevation to the Order of the Laurel. The heart is worked in silk and sterling silver purl.
The fleur was filled with silver plated tube beads replicating bullion. The ground fabric of the design is on white linen. A band of hearts like these were appliqued along the hem of my friend's dress. Each heart was made by someone who touched her heart and assisted on the path she took in some way.

The next piece I worked on are for the Queen of Atenveldt's dress. I completed 4 1/2 suns in splendor used along the hem of her dress. This embroidery was done using DMC cotton floss on linen. Her Majesty wore this dress at grand court of Estrella War 2015 and at other important occasions. These suns were incorporated into a larger design by the Elizabethan Sweatshop in Phoenix, AZ.

The final piece completed this week was a roundel for my friend Rytchard's elevation to the Order of the Laurel. The design is of one of his service awards, the Gilded Heart of Ered Sul. I was asked to embroider this motif in particular because of the amount of time I spent serving and living with that group in college. I worked on silk using silk thread. The design was transferred to the ground fabric using water soluble transfer film. This motif, and others like it, will be appliqued onto a gold Turkish coat.

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