While M.I.A. from the SCA for three months due to postal job hell, I was not idle with projects. Aside from various pairs of socks I made, I took on a project of making baldrics for the Queen's Guard to wear at SCA functions. They had several baldrics but they didn't have enough for all the guards on staff and some had seen better days. So, I thought this would be something to keep me busy but still keep me involved behind the scenes.
I hand embroidered each rose and then appliqued them onto a purple baldric that I backed and trimmed in matching yellow fabric. In total there were 35 to start, but...there was a corgi puppy incident with one..so then there was 34. Materials used were a thick cotton for durability, cotton DMC thread, again for durability and cost factor. I am very pleased to have them completed and very happy with how they turned out.
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| Each rose was hand embroidered using satin stitch, split stitch and stem stitch. |
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| 34 Baldrics in total. |
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