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Mourning Gown Trim Details
Neck edge trimming looks to be about 2 1/2 inches wide and made from
heavy gold bullion trim that is on a red background. The trim either
has a thin dotted edge of gold or there is a very fine trim on the edge.
Pictures up close
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Neck trim detail |
Neck trim, another enhancement |
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Armband detail |
Armband detail |
While you cannot see the pattern, you can see the depth of the beading.
Also can see the fine seared edge on the veil. |
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high rez here) |
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by Maggie /
Padawan's Guide and Aimee
- Bullion embroidery has repeating pattern, about 4" long.
- The Thistles / Peacock
- The pattern has purple/gray thistle-like flowers with 4 rows of
iridescent beads in center of the thistle.
- The thistle has stem that curves and becomes mixed in with leaf
designs. There are more beads and/or tiny sequins mixed in with the leaf
designs.
- There are 3 thistle flowers on each side of neckline
- On the Left side of dress (as if you were in it), the thistles face
down and they continue on the right side facing up.
- The bullion embroidery is done on a red fabric, NOT velvet.
- Links to pics
- Magazine Cover
- Portrait shot in MCU
- Cover of Stern magazine
- Cover of Wide Screen Magazine
- Standing at the foot of the tomb - veil blows - long Arwen and full
tomb
Preliminary Pattern
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See the iridescent "thistles". 4
rows of beads |
Pattern run's down one side and up the
other. This is half the width of the full trim. |
See the thistles, they run one way on the
lower half and the other way on the upper |
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Notes on what we're seeing |
One repeat of the pattern, drawing by
Maggie |
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Aimee's breakout of the pattern. (This is a
preliminary that shows you now to break it down. Anita's final
sketch is on the bottom.)
A) Gold Fabric
B) Gold Thread
C) Peacock: 4 rows iridescent beads (also called
thistle)
D) Red base fabric
E) Small gold sequins on the ends of gold cord
F) Darker bronze coiled cord /
caterpillars
G) The pattern repeat |
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For an introduction on getting starting doing the bouillon embroidery,
Maggie's put together an
intro page.
Read about how Maggie made hers
The definitive study is coming from Anita... but it's currently a work
in progress.
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A. Wool or chenille thread
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B. Seed beads (iridescent iris green/purple)
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C. Bright bullion/purl
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D. Bright or wire bullion/purl (looks different in
different pictures, I'll go for bright...)
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E. Bright bullion/purl or gold thread? Maybe even
checked bullion?
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F. A tad more tarnished bullion/purl
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G. Wire bullion/purl (not bright)
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Some starting notes
- bullion and purl threads are metal threads of a variety of
diameters, hollow in the middle and
available in different finishes and degrees of shine. After measuring
and calculating a lot, I figured out that the threads used on the
original embroidery must have a diameter of about 1,8mm (remember:
"about"=can not be 100% sure). That's why I chose purls of this size, in
two different finishes (shiny and non-shiny). That there are definitely
two different shines can be seen in most pictures. I believe there's a
third, more tarnished, purl version in the original embroidery
also. This is only used on small parts, and I plan on tarnishing those
parts in some way myself. Purls are embroidered with a beeswaxed
polyester or silk thread, over a padding of felt or thick cotton thread.
More layers of padding gives a more 3-dimensional effect.
- For more info on goldwork, see
http://www.berlinembroidery.com.
- Anita's web site note:
http://www.aniron.no/fastcms?id=1865 , in Norwegian .
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04/22/08
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