I've been doing some work on The Bayeux Tapestry lately...
...looking into the background....the story...the stitching etc.
...and when I was pootling around on Ebay last week (as you do)...
...I came across a stitching kit that I put in a bid for.
As you can see - I was successful...
...and it arrived Friday morning.
The listing had been very honest, and the item was exactly as listed...
...so I have no one else to blame but myself for not realising that it was going to be "rather small"...
...and therefore, difficult to stitch by hand - especially if I wanted to use Bayeux Stitch!
I love the design...but I DON'T want to hand stitch it...
...so...
...trusty Pfaff to the rescue...
The first thing I did was to spray the linen fabric with some walnut ink to make some "age spots" on it.
Then, I ironed on some Bondaweb and fixed some stabiliser to the back...
...before making a start on the lines of stitching. (Straight stitch size 0.5)
This may take a while.....
x C
