Well it was a slow day at the RSN this week, although I finally finished my Jacobean Crewel work piece – yay! I spent the first hour or so on the bird’s beak and decided to stitch this in a medium brown using padded satin stitch. Once finished I looked at the whole picture and realised that, not only was the colour all wrong – but the stitch was far too bulky and as a result focussed all the attention on the beak, detracting from the rest of the piece. So after a quick word with the tutors – out it came.
I then tried again using a lighter brown and a closed herringbone stitch and it seems to have worked much better. The only other things that needed completing were the little eye in padded satin stitch and the top swirls above the large flower. Here is the finished piece…
The tutors seemed unconcerned about the bird’s foot, the orange herringbone or the need to add to the fern spirals at the bottom of the picture. This either means they are satisfied that I have finished – or they are just fed up with me!! I have been assured that I will be able to mount my piece ready for assessment on my next visit. So this now means that I can turn my attention to the canvas work module.
Happy stitching one and all…
sweetfallenangels 
Beautiful crewel work. An absolute fab project x
Thank you Lucie, it has taken a while!
I doubt they’re actually fed up with you ^^ Probably just relieved that you are finally happy with your embroidery ^^
Jack looks smashing and if I must say, intelligent too! I love how you finished his head…it’s perfect!! This piece has really come together now and as a whole looks fabulous! You deserve a huge pat on the back for your beautiful stitching and for all your perseverance…now just to get through the mounting and you can truly celebrate 🙂
Thanks Jen, it has not been my favourite technique – but I have learnt a lot of new stitches and the need to be more precise.
Well done on finishing, and it does look really good. I still love your colour combination.
Thank you Sally, the colour combination is limited to three colours in a variety of different shades.
Well done! It really does look fabulous, you should be pleased. And I’m pretty sure if the tutors thought something should be changed they would have told you.
It was lovely to meet you in person and I look forward to seeing your canvaswork
Thank you Catherine, I hope you managed to get your work mounted. I am sure the assessors will love your rose – it really was beautiful.
It’s just resting. Wish I had asked if I could start stitching it on as the weather is not looking promising for Friday! Good luck mounting yours ☺️ you should be proud of your work
Thank you Catherine, very kind of you to say so.
I am amazed, your work looks wonderful. 🙂
Thank you so much – very kind of you to say so.