30 July 2010

Orange Blossom with Strawberry Leaves

For the pattern that will be embroidered on the first dress, I want to combine orange blossoms with strawberry leaves. The coronets of English Dukes and Duchesses are a design composed of strawberry leaves. I am treating this embroidery as a sampler and executing each leaf and the blossom in different techniques. I chose to do the composition of this and the previous sample in a similar form to the 17th Century floral slips that women would embroider to both study flowers and practice embroidery.





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