Circlet of flowers

[sister_raphael]

I've been putting together a new (sort of new outfit) for a friend to wear at the next festival. You might recognise the reproduction brooch I had made, but probably not the wool surcote which is years old and has been shunned in favour of other surcotes of more exciting colours. You might not recognise the pearl-edged veil either, because it's been quite a while since that's been out too.

What is completely new is the silk fillet with the flowers made of freshwater pearls and carnelians. I made a bunch of these for the Circlet of Bling and had a couple over which I thought would be perfect for a silk fillet one day. That day was yesterday. The silk is simply folded over a linen base, the flowers spiked through the fabric, the spikes folded over and then the silk folded to cover and stitched down.



Here's a picture of the fillet inside out while I sew the seam down with tiny, little stitches.

I am pretty pleased with how this has come together.

Comments

[sister_raphael]

Usually the red sleeves are attached to an entire gown, but because it's a loan outfit for a non-re-eanctor and I also don't have any more of the red silk, I've done a cheat and sewn the sleeves in so it *looks* like two garments. The silk for the circlet is made from leftovers, so it matches perfectly.

[badly_knitted]

So pretty!

[sister_raphael]

Thanks so much!