Brick Stitch
This embroidery is inspired by Mary Lou Legler. I absolutely love the style of the costume and it inspired me enough to give it a go. I have since discovered that the original embroidery is actually a printed canvas that has been embellished... Whoops! I think I took that to the next level!
My first challenge was printing out a nice copy and working out which types of stitches could be used. I doubled the size in my image editor and printed it in colour, which has given me a fairly good reference for stitching and was also traced on the back to give me a basic outline as a guide.
I chose white 100% linen as my ground and mounted it on my frame then transferred the outline onto my canvas using a light behind our large glass sliding doors and a lead pencil. I think next time I will try some carbon paper. It was going to be a stocking, but I changed my mind closer to the end as you will see.
And then the stitching began with the white... white thread on white canvas can be rather tedious, however as I progressed I realised that I was getting through the design a lot quicker than it felt.
I have mounted the fabric and prepared the design. I have finished most of the flat white areas.
Looking at the actual amount I have done I would say that it feels like a lot less than is actually complete and I am also realizing how ambitious I was, however I have now mastered brick stitch I think!
I bought myself a cheap book on needlework which has dozens of stitches and most importantly a great description of turkey work which I will need for the white puffy areas. I’m looking forward to adding some colour!
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