#goldwork embroidery

[vrcrafts]

Finished the goldwork ghost cape!

Goldwork hand embroidery on wool, also sewn by me.

[mimistitchcraft]

been working on my morrigan costume again. this is a very long term project but I’m feeling motivated again! I adore how the pendant turned out and I’ll be wearing it with a placeholder purchased necklace this weekend while I continue to work on embroidering the whole thing

[drjohnweston]

Hand embroidered version of the illustration from the lyric video for Mermaids. 🧜🏼‍♀️🌊💧

[spaceselkie]

It's the new year and finally some tangible cosplay progress. The goldwork gryphon based off of the Kingdom of Faerghus' flag is done! I'm very proud of it. It was a monster of a project for my second goldwork piece ever, and it probably took over 100 hours. Here it is on top of the silk dupioni of the tabard - it will be hand stitched on the tabard at the very end of the construction for safety (of the goldwork and the silk).

I've finally started to work on the sewing for this cosplay! Because I like to suffer, I'm using a metallic silver thread for all of my satin stitching. The Singer actually did quite well - the thread only broke a few times. You can see it framing the gryphon above. (Also, this is silver, I promise. My apartment lighting makes it skew quite yellow).

Here's what worked for me with the satin stitching with metallic thread - reduced tension (about -2.5), a stick-nadel embroidery needle, and a bobbin wound with matching, normal polyester sewing thread. Also, remember to use stabilizer. My wife had sulky brand stabilizer leftover, so that's what I used. I also used sulky thread - you want to invest in good thread if you're using metallic.

I'm looking forward to making more progress on this soon.

[alexsrandomramblings]

Working with the foil-wrapped thread will take a bit of getting used to due to how stiff it is.

[so-i-did-this-thing]

I'm learning to work with gold wire and silk embroidery thread in the most deranged way possible, which is stitching directly onto 21oz cotton duck.

[ladycels]

I can proudly say I finished my tiny goldwork project!

I lost passion for the style when I did Princess Peach. Not because I didn't enjoy it, but because she required so so much of it, and I got burnt out.

This was a nice little project to design and try and feature most of the techniques in. And to get back to basics and just practice.

Also it has all these delicious textures 😋

I'll be looking to ease it back into costume work, but definitely gonna be more careful of the scale I do.

#goldwork #goldworkembroidery #embroidery #handmade #handsewing

[ofmiceandwomen]

I’m very bad at social media but on the other hand I keep complaining that nobody cares about my creations and it’s like a vicious circle and I don’t know what to do with it.

Also, I have been experiencing a kind of a Tolkien burnout recently, and I feel particularly bad about it.

So, anyway… have my latest passion project - Autumn court waistcoat inspired by ACOTAR series. Maybe it will be a full Eris Vanserra cosplay although I don’t particularly love the series.

I have copied the pattern from 1760s waistcoat and I got inspired in the Napoleonic uniforms for the embroidery.

The waistcoat is made from synthetic silk brocade, embroidered with metal (I love the gold work and the oak leaves make me feel very heroic and empowered, lol).

The shirt is a classical 1700s shirt and my first attempt at historical sewing.

Is anyone interested in these irregular screams into the void?

[lemerveille]

the bird or the egg [details]

metal threads, silk threads, metallic thread, metallic felt, beads, wire and fabric paint on cotton and wired organza ground.

[intermittentstitcher]

@subarux99

[la-solemulo]

Virgen de la Soledad - Mater Dolorosa de Santo Domingo (whole image)

Virgin of Solitude - Mater Dolorosa of Santo Domingo

Carved and polychromed ivory head and hands on a wooden body de-vestir; With embroidered fabric vestments, and accoutrements of precious stones and metal

Unknown sculptor, Hispano-Filipino Presumed early 17th Century

National Shrine of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary - Santo Domingo Church, Philippines

2020 photograph © Roger Caminoy Quirao

Virgen de la Soledad - Mater Dolorosa de Santo Domingo (detail)

Please donate if you can: https://donate.unicef.ph/campaign/gaza-crisis

[vrcrafts]

This is still technically a wip as it needs to be sewn into a cape still, but the embroidery is done!

[ghw-archive]

samantha pleet

[thetoymakers]

Quiet morning

[alexsrandomramblings]

It be here.

[so-i-did-this-thing]

I eventually want to weather this, but I wanted to share the 1:1 scale replica sledge harness I made for the 3rd Terror Stitching project!

This year, we chose Hickey's final monologue. I went with a sledge harness for this line, not just because of its relevance to both The Terror and the actual Franklin Expedition, but because it's also evocative of a beauty pageant sash, with the imperliastic "empire" imagined in silk satin stitch + gold work, a contrast to the reality of the natural empire that eventually consumes the crew.

On the technical side, I learned that goldwork, while fiddly, is not as intimidating as I had once thought! I used thin, very sharp needles, which slipped well through thr weave of the heavy canvas -- though it may look it, this did *not* tear up my fingers.

See the entire project here, everyone did an amazing job!