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12th century grey light-wool tunic, 12th century projects, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, Needle Made Lace, Projects, Stem Stitch

12th century tunic for my husband – how I made the counterpart for the 12th century neckline fastening and some other details…

2016/07/05

Todays posting about “how I made the counterpart for the 12th century neckline fastening and some other details…” brings us finally to the last progress pictures of the 12th century grey light-wool tunic project for my husband. Though I already showed you my period inspiration for this quite special 12th century neckline shape and how my take on this special neckline form based on the 12th century neckline inspiration looks like, it seems like I neglected a quite important detail till now: the period inspired fastening and its counterpart…

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"Turks Head" embellishment, 12th century projects, 12th century white silk underdress, Decorated Silk Buttons, Embroidery, Hand-Sewing, Medieval Embroidery, Needle Made Lace, Projects

My 12th century white silk underdress .3 – revisited – more about my decorated silk buttons

2015/11/15

And after the last two postings about my 12th century white silk underdress, there is actually just one last major work step of this project left which I haven’t shown you yet. Yes, you are right, it is time to take a closer look at how I created the decorated silk buttons for the Trapunto style keyhole neckline of my 12th century white silk underdress. 🙂

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Embroidery, Needle Lace Rings, Needle Made Lace, Projects, Projects - Needle Lace

Needle made lace rings – my small flower garden is growing :D

2014/10/17

As you can see on the picture underneath, I made even more needle made lace rings. 😀 Once I found out that I also can work at them in the car while my sweetheart is driving without feeling sick, I somehow can’t stop and create more and more of this cute small needle made lace flowers. They are so easy and also so fun to make – I really enjoy working at them and see them growing. 😀

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Needle made lace rings – a new try after years – and what it has to do with the 13th century :D

2014/10/15

I really wasn’t sure if I am still able to create needle made lace rings after so many years. But during the last days I gave it a try and am very happy to report that I can still make them. My fingers are a little bit “rust in” when it comes to needle made lace, but I am happy that the knowledge is still there. And it is a great fun to create this rings… 😀 I haven’t thought about needle made lace for a long time now. This changed completely when my sister Noel visited me recently and we started talking about possible future projects. She saw the needle made lace…

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