Using Ideas from Historical Needlework – Guest Blogger: Val Gleeson

Level 3 Advanced Studies in Experimental Stitch – Class Name: Bachelor Buttons – Blog 3 in a Series of 8

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  Pleasurable Pursuits – Sketchbook – Stitch Samples © Val Gleeson

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  Pleasurable Pursuits – Framed Hand Embroidered Needlework © Val Gleeson

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  Pleasurable Pursuits – Detail – Appliqued Figures in Kloster Stitch© Val Gleeson

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  Pleasurable Pursuits – Detail – Symbols of Historical Embroideries © Val Gleeson

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  Pleasurable Pursuits – Detail – Small Sequins Add Sparkle © Val Gleeson

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  Hand Stitched Mythical Beast ©Val Gleeson

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  Shadow Applique with Hand Stitch © Val Gleeson

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  Applique with Hand Stitch © Val Gleeson

When I began collecting ideas for the needlework narrative, I envisioned a poster that could be used in a children’s library or bookstore with the subject being Reading is the Pathway to Adventure. However after I started researching needlework from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, the poster morphed into a small needlework piece using both ideas from the historical needlework and those I developed by creating paper pieces that I moved around until I reached what I was hoping to accomplish. Val Gleeson