Comments on: Selecting the Gold Thread http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/ The blog for Plimoth Plantation's 17 Century embroidered jacket project. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:54:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Nicole Roussos http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1795 Nicole Roussos Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:15:32 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1795 I'll be interested in seeing how this is done too. I learned one method from a Sharon Cohen class at Sampler Gathering a few years back, and I know how to do it, but I'm definitely not confident. I still have my sample to finish! UGH! I was glad to see more sessions posted, because I was sure it would be all done before I got my act together. I got intimidated by the idea of having my work judged. But I need to get over it, because I do want to come and work on the jacket. I’ll be interested in seeing how this is done too. I learned one method from a Sharon Cohen class at Sampler Gathering a few years back, and I know how to do it, but I’m definitely not confident.

I still have my sample to finish! UGH! I was glad to see more sessions posted, because I was sure it would be all done before I got my act together. I got intimidated by the idea of having my work judged. But I need to get over it, because I do want to come and work on the jacket.

]]> By: Mary Corbet http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1781 Mary Corbet Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:12:53 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1781 Actually, I just checked. I wrote down the time it took me on the plaited braid last time I was playing with it - it was 2.5 inches in 52 minutes. UGH. Actually, I just checked. I wrote down the time it took me on the plaited braid last time I was playing with it - it was 2.5 inches in 52 minutes. UGH.

]]> By: Mary Corbet http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1780 Mary Corbet Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:10:09 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1780 Oh, gosh - I too have been waiting for this news! I'm really excited that the gold thread has been settled on. I can't imagine how the jacket is going to look, with the gold filled in! I know we can look at jackets of yore to get an idea, but they don't have new gold. Imagine the brilliance! I'm so excited, and I haven't lifted a finger to do any work on this magnificent piece. The embroiderers must be thrilled. Robin's questions are pretty much what I would have asked. In addition, I know you've posted the instructions for the knot stitch (or the regular - as in non-plaited - braid stitch), but is there any chance you will post instructions for the plaited braid stitch? Will Tricia be writing up instruction on that? I'm always eager to see how other people execute this stitch. It's such a time consuming stitch, and I'd love to know if the pros have shortcuts they use on it, somehow. I've finally managed to get it right, but I'm lucky if I can work 2.5 inches in half an hour. I'm very interested to see Tricia's method for working the stitch. Does it follow the typical methods found in the older books, like Mary Thomas's dictionary? Leon Conrad wrote up an article in Fine Lines Magazine (of the Historic Needlework Guild, which apparently no longer exists). I was able to acquire a copy of the article, but it seems to me that the stitch, as he insists it was worked, is backwards. I couldn't see that it was any easier to work, but I may have gotten it wrong altogether, or misinterpreted the article. I'm eager as all get out to see how Tricia does it! I'd love to do a video on that stitch. It's one of the hardest stitches, I think, to get a regular "rhythm" on, and to make clipping progress. It'll be fascinating to see it develop on the jacket! Keep going, folks! We're out here cheering for you! Oh, gosh - I too have been waiting for this news! I’m really excited that the gold thread has been settled on. I can’t imagine how the jacket is going to look, with the gold filled in! I know we can look at jackets of yore to get an idea, but they don’t have new gold. Imagine the brilliance! I’m so excited, and I haven’t lifted a finger to do any work on this magnificent piece. The embroiderers must be thrilled.

Robin’s questions are pretty much what I would have asked. In addition, I know you’ve posted the instructions for the knot stitch (or the regular - as in non-plaited - braid stitch), but is there any chance you will post instructions for the plaited braid stitch? Will Tricia be writing up instruction on that? I’m always eager to see how other people execute this stitch. It’s such a time consuming stitch, and I’d love to know if the pros have shortcuts they use on it, somehow. I’ve finally managed to get it right, but I’m lucky if I can work 2.5 inches in half an hour.

I’m very interested to see Tricia’s method for working the stitch. Does it follow the typical methods found in the older books, like Mary Thomas’s dictionary? Leon Conrad wrote up an article in Fine Lines Magazine (of the Historic Needlework Guild, which apparently no longer exists). I was able to acquire a copy of the article, but it seems to me that the stitch, as he insists it was worked, is backwards. I couldn’t see that it was any easier to work, but I may have gotten it wrong altogether, or misinterpreted the article.

I’m eager as all get out to see how Tricia does it! I’d love to do a video on that stitch. It’s one of the hardest stitches, I think, to get a regular “rhythm” on, and to make clipping progress. It’ll be fascinating to see it develop on the jacket!

Keep going, folks! We’re out here cheering for you!

]]> By: Ina R. Mish http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1779 Ina R. Mish Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:15:26 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1779 What are the stitches used? One looks like detached buttnhole. Both articles in "Needlework" & "MQ" do not say anything about the stitches used. Also, I tried to contact you twice about possibly working on the jacket and received no reply What are the stitches used? One looks like detached buttnhole. Both articles in “Needlework” & “MQ” do not say anything about the stitches used.
Also, I tried to contact you twice about possibly working on the jacket and received no reply

]]> By: coral-seas http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1778 coral-seas Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:01:25 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1778 Like Robbin, I too have been looking forward to the new gold thread. The samples look great. All good questions, Robbin, I am hoping that the answer to #5 will be yes :-) I'm not the owner of the yellow jacket, but I have lost a rather nice embroiderered jacket (incomplete), have you seen it ;-) CA Like Robbin, I too have been looking forward to the new gold thread. The samples look great. All good questions, Robbin, I am hoping that the answer to #5 will be yes :-)

I’m not the owner of the yellow jacket, but I have lost a rather nice embroiderered jacket (incomplete), have you seen it ;-)

CA

]]> By: Robbin Douglas http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1776 Robbin Douglas Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:11:24 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/30/selecting-the-gold-thread/#comment-1776 Tricia, I've been waiting and waiting to hear the results of this test! One of the wonderful things about this blog is how much you learn. Another is how much you want to hear the next step in some process. I'm so very pleased to hear that you've managed to make a gold thread that will work for the project. Whenever you get a chance I'd be curious to know: 1: Will this thread work for all of the gold bits? 2: Will you work the tendrils first and then the braid over it or the other way or will both methods work? 3: How long will all of the goldwork take? 4: Have you managed to organize getting the goldwork done in a manner that will look consistent across the entire jacket? 5: If Access is working in this process, will this become another thread eventually available to teachers/stitchers for their own goldwork? Hey, I don't want to know much, do I? Robbin p.s. I loved the jacket comment, too. I could just imagine it asking the other clothes what they wore when it rained? Did they want an umbrella? Don't they think they'd like to be bright yellow too? p.p.s. Yes, I do think this project and this blog have taken over and possessed me. :) Tricia,

I’ve been waiting and waiting to hear the results of this test! One of the wonderful things about this blog is how much you learn. Another is how much you want to hear the next step in some process.

I’m so very pleased to hear that you’ve managed to make a gold thread that will work for the project. Whenever you get a chance I’d be curious to know: 1: Will this thread work for all of the gold bits? 2: Will you work the tendrils first and then the braid over it or the other way or will both methods work? 3: How long will all of the goldwork take? 4: Have you managed to organize getting the goldwork done in a manner that will look consistent across the entire jacket? 5: If Access is working in this process, will this become another thread eventually available to teachers/stitchers for their own goldwork?

Hey, I don’t want to know much, do I?

Robbin

p.s. I loved the jacket comment, too. I could just imagine it asking the other clothes what they wore when it rained? Did they want an umbrella? Don’t they think they’d like to be bright yellow too?

p.p.s. Yes, I do think this project and this blog have taken over and possessed me. :)

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