After finally handing in my RSN certificate goldwork piece, I can now move on to the Diploma and I have opted to start with…..goldwork! Of course I have, I just love this technique. I prepared my slate frame before my first lesson and mounted up a piece of dark blue, cotton velvet as I wanted to try a new background fabric. Needless to say it picked up lots of fluff before I even had the chance to get started. My design is based on the William de Morgan ‘Heron and Fish’ tile – however the large fish has been turned around and the Heron is now standing out of the water.
The next step was to get my design pricked and pounced before painting the outline. This was then left to dry and any pounce remaining was brushed off. Here is where I am up to now…..
Homework will be to stab stitch down the silk and start get the different layers of padding prepared – and boy there are a lot of layers to sort out! Wish me luck!
Happy stitching everyone.