I stabbed the threaded needle through the layers of velvet and patterned fabric, hissing and thinking nasty words as my fingers holding the fabric felt hot, blinding pain. Dropping the fabric and pricking the needle on top, I inspected the finger, glad to see that there was no blood despite the remaining throb of pain. I removed the needle and picked up the fabric, resuming my sewing. This time, I made sure that my fingers weren’t on the receiving side of the needle’s wickedly sharp tip.
My experience with sewing is at the beginner’s level. Previous times I’ve sewn was during home ec back in middle school, but that was on a sewing machine. My hand sewing experience is far less, i only remember bringing up the hem of a t-shirt, and just recently, following a sewing guide’s instructions stitch by stitch, with only a few creative variations. So sewing Elizabeth the First was a challenge. …show more content…
My embroidery of facial features still had a way to go, for the eyebrows weren’t perfectly symmetric and the french knots for the pupils were irritatingly larger than I wanted. The yarn hair was surprisingly simple, but it took hours to loop and stitch the yarn. The result was lovely, with the yarn pulled into a coronet of braided, soft, red hair. The only thing left was the dress.
Elizabethan era clothing was opulent. The puffed sleeves, lacy collars and enormous skirts were intricately adorned and made with sumptuous silks and soft velvet. I wanted Elizabeth’s dress to emulate this grandeur and expand my sewing skills a little, so I sketched a few dresses and decided on the one with a ruffled collar, puffed sleeves and a wide
My experience with sewing is at the beginner’s level. Previous times I’ve sewn was during home ec back in middle school, but that was on a sewing machine. My hand sewing experience is far less, i only remember bringing up the hem of a t-shirt, and just recently, following a sewing guide’s instructions stitch by stitch, with only a few creative variations. So sewing Elizabeth the First was a challenge. …show more content…
My embroidery of facial features still had a way to go, for the eyebrows weren’t perfectly symmetric and the french knots for the pupils were irritatingly larger than I wanted. The yarn hair was surprisingly simple, but it took hours to loop and stitch the yarn. The result was lovely, with the yarn pulled into a coronet of braided, soft, red hair. The only thing left was the dress.
Elizabethan era clothing was opulent. The puffed sleeves, lacy collars and enormous skirts were intricately adorned and made with sumptuous silks and soft velvet. I wanted Elizabeth’s dress to emulate this grandeur and expand my sewing skills a little, so I sketched a few dresses and decided on the one with a ruffled collar, puffed sleeves and a wide