To go with the Badge of the Order of the Dragon, I had previously made the 'sun' and the 'moon' from the John of Thanet Panel (circa 1300 - 1320), about two years ago (ish??)
They decorate the front of the cloak, the dragon badge will go on the back. The original was done on silk twill, embroidered with silver gilt, silver and silk thread. Mine are on linen, top couched and using jap gold and "silver" from Lincraft. Hm... close(ish).
The sun and moon had previously decorated sleeves of a tunic for Peregrin and had been through the wash several times, which (fortunately) didn't destroy the embroidery too much. Again, I was playing with the or nue, especially on the moon, where the blue rays are wrapped around the silver to give the effect. The red on the sun is split stitch, as are the faces.
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