Today I’d like to show you another treasure from November’s Show & Tell Day.

This belt or girdle was made by Allison. The green velvet piece was 60" long before finishing, and it only lost a few inches in the making up. The embroidery covers 55" of the girdle.

The embroidery consists of a double line of couched gold thread, which outlines large leaves and small buds or leaf buds. The small white buds are pieces of Allison’s wedding dress fabric.

The most special detail, though, is that Allison used one single length of gold thread for the whole 55" of repeating motifs. There are no joins. She’s justly proud of the skill and planning and patience required to carry out this work.

And I’m glad she’s willing to spend her skill and patience on the jacket embroidery.