Biblical Berlin Wool Work

I started this embroidery more than a year ago and finally finished it. It will hang in the top hallway of my Victorian dollhouse, well that floor hasn't been built yet, so it will take a while before it actually hangs on a wall. I stitched it with DMC on 48 count silk, the finished size is 5" by 4". It depicts the story of Jacob waiting for Esau and Jacob is not sure if Esau is coming in peace or not after all the years which explains the wary expressions on their faces. The chart is available from Roland Designs.

Elga

Off to Castine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are a few photos of all that is going with to Castine, I finished a tilt-top candlestand yesterday that I started a few weeks ago and I quickly built a roombox yesterday and this morning to display the furniture in.



Casey, this one is specially for you, the seats were needle pointed.



The fire screen is also finished.



The screen can slide up and down and stay in position.



The back of the screen.

I am off to the airport in 3 hours, I don't know when I will have internet access again, thanks everybody who send me good wishes for Castine, I appreciate that so much!!!!!!!!!!!

Elga

American Fire Screen: Almost Done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, my fire screen is almost finished, it just needs a final sanding, stain and a finish. Two of the corners of the frame will only be glued once the stain and finish has been put on if you are wondering about the gap.



I am quite pleased that the frame can slide up and down and stay in position, I was worried that it would want to fall down to the bottom.



Well, the drawers what can I say, except that it was quite a job, the drawes are only 3/32" (2,4mm) high. I am really happy at how it turned out. Only 4 days left till I leave for Castine!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS: I really need some photographing lessons!!!!

Elga

Guild School Auction

As I mentioned in my last post I am busy making a furniture piece for IGMA's Guild School auction. Well, I finished the stitching this morning, the chart comes from the book Berlin Work Samplers & Embroidery by Raffaella Serena. I stitched it on 60 count silk gauze with Pipers Silk using cross stitch. I had to finish the stitching first before I start with the woodwork as I needed to know the exact finished dimensions.



The embroidery was made for this fire screen, here is a photo of the original, it is from the 18th century. I am using a pattern from the book Construction of American Furniture Treasures by Lestor Margon, when the book was published in 1949 it was in the Metropolitan museum of art but my search of their data base was fruitless so I guess that after 60 years they might not have it anymore. Of course this is a late 18th century screen while the embroidery dates from a 100 years later, so the story is that the silk fabric disintegrated after a 100 years and that the new owner who loves embroidery replaced it with the newest craze in the Victorian era, who said miniatures can't have a history too!!!!!

Off to work now as I only have 15 days left before I fly out from here, I sure hope the vulcano in Iceland doesn't cause any air traffic disruptions like last year.

Elga

Night Table Finished!!! Yeah!!!

I finished the embroidery yesterday and put the whole thing together, I am so pleased at how it turned out, the embroidery is covered with 1/32" thick plastic (off-road biking goggles).



View from the side. I used 3/32" thick wood for the top and it was quite a challenge to fit everything in.



View of the top. The embroidery was done on 60 count silk gauze with Gutermann silk thread. The chart is from the book Berlin Work Samplers & Embroidery by Raffaella Serena.

Happy New Year to everyone.

Elga

Footstool Finished!!!!!

Well, my footstool is finally finished, hope you all like it.

Footstool Commission 4

I finally finished all the footstools, I placed a coin in one to give you an idea of scale, my coin is almost 7/8" in diameter, I am busy stitching a cover for one on 48 count silk gauze and should have that finished soon. The chart is available from Victorian Crossstitch.

Petit Point

I petit pointed this lion from a photo of  an original Victorian Berlin Woolwork chart from the book "Animal Embroideries and Patterns From 19th Century Vienna" on 58 count silk gauze.

At the moment I am busy petit pointing this original Victorian Biblical scene on 48 count silk gauze, it will become a wallhanging in my dollhouse. The chart is available from http://www.roland-designs.com/.