Cuffs for Theodric

"The speed at which oranate items had to be created is well domonstrated by an order on 8 Spetmber 1352 to the armeurier au aRoy et brodeur Nicholas Waquier for a horse covering and room hanging of velvet ornamented with fleurs-de-lis. The pieces were to be compelted by All Saints (1 November) and in that time 8,544 embroidered fleurs de lis had to be produced and attached to the various items involved" Staniland, Kay, Medieval Craftsmen, Embroiderers, p. 30.

Well, not quite at the same standard, but Killian and I did manage to produce a set of embroidered cuffs for Theodric in just under 2 weeks (not bad for modern, working women). I'm down to my last two rondels. The brief from Meisje was for lots of triangles, and I thought that she wanted them to swirl (turn in on themselves) four times, and leave gaps in (using 2 strands of 1 mil jap gold) and to be only 1.5 cm tall. I scratched my head at this and thought it would be ok to do if they were a bit larger. So the suggestion was made to have the triangles turn in just twice, with one strand, which is quite reasonable to do. The draft ravens also had a double line inside, with boxes and crosses - thinking 'bling is good' and that's too fiddly, I decided to fill in the ravens. Lost the detail, maxed the bling, and it's very Maaseik (8th-9th century, Bundey and Tweedle, re-creation photos in Helen M Stevens, Timeless Art/Myth and Magic) . I hope it's aligned with Meisje's vision, it's going to be a stunning piece of garb.