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Margarets commission finished – last embroidery added & prepared for shipping :)

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Progress-commission_40I already posted about the single steps of this commission:
1.) mounting my embroidery (rolling) frame
2.) my very first try of a padding for embroidery
3.) my very first try of embroidery on top of a padding
4.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “R” progress
5.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “J & R” finished
6.) felt padding for a “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery
7.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .1
8.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .2
9.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .3
10.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery finished
11.) Margarets commission – cut-out of the metal thread embroidery
12.) sewing the metal thread embroidery to the new fabric
13.) adding the blue outlines for the applied metal thread embroidery
14.) more embroidery underneath the metal thread embroidery

And now the last photos of the commission – the embroidery/commission is finished! wooohooo!!! :)

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time needed for the embroidery: 76 hours

I used following materials:

  • DMC Metallic thread Art. 280 Or/Gold mi-fin 28%cotton/ 71%copper/ 1% silver&gold – bought in Helsinki (Finland) some years ago
  • thin blue and yellow silk from the handweaver studio in London (England)
  • high quality cotton fabric for the metal thread embroidery
  • yellow felt for the padding for the metal thread embroidery
  • some of my small pearls
  • some bigger pearls provided by Margaret
  • blue (thick) silk thread provided by Margaret
  • a patch provided by Margaret

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…and I think something as beautiful as this embroidery – indeed I think this is the best embroidery I ever made – also needs a good cover for the shipping and this is how I packed the embroidery:

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…and to get sure that it arrives without any harm, I also wrapped it into a plastic bag (to prevent water damage *knock on wood*) and I also wrapped it into an additional thick soft plastic layer and a last layer of packing paper… :)
Today I got the message that the embroidery arrived – Margaret likes it very much and now it will travel to the US – a patch for a jewish wedding baldachin :)

Margarets commission – more embroidery underneath the metal thread embroidery :)

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Progress-commission_34I already posted about the previous steps:
1.) mounting my embroidery (rolling) frame
2.) my very first try of a padding for embroidery
3.) my very first try of embroidery on top of a padding
4.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “R” progress
5.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “J & R” finished
6.) felt padding for a “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery
7.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .1
8.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .2
9.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .3
10.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery finished
11.) Margarets commission – cut-out of the metal thread embroidery
12.) sewing the metal thread embroidery to the new fabric
13.) adding the blue outlines for the applied metal thread embroidery

In the last posting I showed you how I attached the new blue “outlines” round the borders of the metal thread embroidery and this time I provide photos of the embroidery which I added underneath the metal thread embroidery. I used nearly the same technique which I used for the outlines for applying the blue thread in the shape you can see at the photos – I just made smaller “sewing” stitches than I used for fixing the outline thread… – and I used the same threads which I used for the outlines.
I again tried to take photos of the embroidery in the sunlight from different angles to give you an idea of how the light reacts with the metal thread and also with the added pearls.

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…btw. next time I will post some photos of the complete embroidery because I also added some decoration above the metal thread embroidery.

Margarets commission – adding the blue outlines for the applied metal thread embroidery :)

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Progress-commission_25I already posted about the previous steps:
1.) mounting my embroidery (rolling) frame
2.) my very first try of a padding for embroidery
3.) my very first try of embroidery on top of a padding
4.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “R” progress
5.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “J & R” finished
6.) felt padding for a “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery
7.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .1
8.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .2
9.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .3
10.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery finished
11.) Margarets commission – cut-out of the metal thread embroidery
12.) sewing the metal thread embroidery to the new fabric

In the last posting I showed you how I applied the cut-out metal thread embroidery to the fabric which I got from Margaret – in this posting I have some photos for you concerning how I attached the new blue “outlines” round the borders of the metal thread embroidery :)

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The most difficult part was the work at the outlines of the ring – especially the part which lays on top of the embroidery – you can see this part very good at the following photo – for applying the outline thread on top of the embroidery I had to stitch through the metal thread embroidery which is very tight. Furthermore ‘just’ stitching through the embroidery would have – in the worst case – damaged the embroidery. To punch the metal thread is not really a good idea because it breaks the metal layer of the metal thread – if you want to try some split stitch, metal thread isn’t the best choice ;)
I tried my best not to punch the metal thread and to navigate the needle through the very small openings between the metal threads.

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…and here an example of how I applied the outline thread – as you can see here, I placed the needle with the very thin silk thread (the one which I already used for the surface couching of the metal thread) right underneath the outer ‘border’ of the thread for the outlines…

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…and I punctured the outline thread ca. in its middle – I tried always to puncture the outline thread in its “twist line” (I don’t know how it is called in English) – inbetween the twisted single parts of the thread…

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…and here the applied metal thread embroidery with its new outlines :)

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Next time I will provide more photos about the additional decoration I added (which also includes some pearls :) )

Margarets commission – sewing the metal thread embroidery to the new fabric :)

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Progress-commission_15I already posted about the previous steps:
1.) mounting my embroidery (rolling) frame
2.) my very first try of a padding for embroidery
3.) my very first try of embroidery on top of a padding
4.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “R” progress
5.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “J & R” finished
6.) felt padding for a “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery
7.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .1
8.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .2
9.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .3
10.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery finished
11.) Margarets commission – cut-out of the metal thread embroidery

After I cut out the metal thread embroidery, mounted the new fabric into my embroidery (rolling) frame… all the things which I showed you in my 11th posting, I had to apply the metal thread embroidery very carefully to the fabric which I got from Margaret – I used very fine yellow silk for this work :)

Maybe you can see the running stitch which I used at the fabric to mark the middle of height and width of Margarets fabric…

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First I just laid the cut out embroidery parts of the metal thread embroidery on the fabric to get an idea of the overall look and adjusted the position a little…

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…then I fixed the metal thread embroidery at their position by using pins and started to sew the embroidery parts very carefully with small sewing stitches  to the fabric – I used very thin yellow silk thread for this work…

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…and finally – the metal thread embroidery sewn to Margarets fabric, including the lovely medieval Jewish wedding ring :)

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Margarets commission – cut-out of the metal thread embroidery :)

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Progress-commission_02I already posted about the previous steps:
1.) mounting my embroidery (rolling) frame
2.) my very first try of a padding for embroidery
3.) my very first try of embroidery on top of a padding
4.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “R” progress
5.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “J & R” finished
6.) felt padding for a “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery
7.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .1
8.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .2
9.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .3
10.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery finished

The next step was to cut out the metal thread embroidery, to remove the old fabric from the embroidery frame and to mount the embroidery (rolling) frame by using new cotton fabric – basic cotton fabric to fix the fabric I got from Margarite on top of it :)

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Margarets commission – “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery finished :)

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Progress-ring_05I already posted about the previous steps:
1.) mounting my embroidery (rolling) frame
2.) my very first try of a padding for embroidery
3.) my very first try of embroidery on top of a padding
4.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “R” progress
5.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “J & R” finished
6.) felt padding for a “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery
7.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .1
8.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .2
9.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .3

The ring is finished!!!! Woooohoooo!!!! …and I think it looks great :D

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…and here 3 photos to give you an impression of how the metal thread embroidery reacts with light – I love this effect :)

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…and a glimpse at the back side :)

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Margarets commission – “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .3 :)

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Progress-ring_03I already posted about the previous steps:
1.) mounting my embroidery (rolling) frame
2.) my very first try of a padding for embroidery
3.) my very first try of embroidery on top of a padding
4.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “R” progress
5.) more embroidery on top of a padding – “J & R” finished
6.) felt padding for a “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery
7.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .1
8.) “medieval jewish wedding ring” metal thread embroidery progress .2

The embroidery of the ring is very fine and small therefore I have only “little” progress to share at the moment but I think some of you will appreciate some progress pics :)

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