A lil peek!

2022 Heirloom Embroidered Ornament Kit

Skarlet Ladye 

Oh. my. gosh. I finished stitching the model for my 2022 annual Christmas ornament kit and it is so beautiful! I wish you could see it in person! Several years ago I was lucky enough to see a 17thc embroidered silk petticoat before it was auctioned, and I fell in love with it. The embroidery was fabulous, but what was most striking was the scarlet red silk it was stitched on.  Can you just imagine an embroidered red silk jacket!? (swoon)

I have wanted to make this ornament for some while, but could never find the right colour duchess silk satin. When I saw this satin earlier this year, I knew exactly what I wanted to make with it. I used some of my favorite motifs from the petticoat and designed what I think is my favorite ornament to date. It was super fun and pretty quick to stitch, so keep watching for the kit so you can make your own! 

If you would like to get on my annual ornament kit mailing list, just drop me an email at rlkinnison@yahoo.com

17th c Beadwork Class Starting 1 October

  Twelve Spots left!

If you are interested in learning the art of 17th c beadwork, aka beaded stumpwork, there are 12 spots left in my Beneath Thy Poft Oak class that starts 1 October. This is a twelve month long class, and I am not planning on offering it again until at least 2024, more likely 2025. You can learn more about here . 

Happy Stitching!

Special Blog Sale

Hand Painted Needlework Tools

I haven't had a blog sale in a while, and wanted to thank everyone for reading my blog, so I decided to offer these here first. I really do love to work wood and paint. These are hand painted in a very long, early 19th c process with watercolours.

There is only one of each,  I am not taking orders. If you are interested in purchasing, drop me a line at rlkinnison@yahoo.com~ Shipping is priority mail, and I will invoice you directly thru Paypal. I will mark an item as SOLD AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. If I get multiple folks interested in an item, it will be first come, first served. Payment is due within 24 hours of invoice. If not received the item will be offered to the next person in line. 

14 spool Spool Palette~ hand made of poplar, painted in fall colour acorns and oak leaves

The spools of silk are NOT included

Signed and dated on the side, as seen above. 

Fall Spool Palette: SOLD

This is a large size thread winder, a little over 2.5" across. Hand made from quarter sawn sycamore

The back is painted with a single cute little acorn, and my signature/date.

Large Acorn Thread Winder: SOLD

I made three needle minders. If you are not familiar with what a needle minder is, it holds your needles and pins while you stitch. The front is placed on top of your stitching. A second magnet is placed behind your stitching, and that is what keeps it in place on your work. A view of the back can be seen below. Pictured from left to right are Octagon Squirrel, Small Round Acorns, and Octagon Acorns. These are made from really beautiful quarter sawn sycamore.

Octagon Squirrel Needle Minder: SOLD

Small Round Acorns Needle Minder: SOLD

Octagon Acorns Needle Minder: SOLD

Happy Stitching!

Future Class Dates...

 A closer look at my Beaded Stumpwork Casket

Here is a video sharing some closer looks at my beadwork casket. I chose to work my entire casket in beads, but there are literally oodles and oodles of extant 17th c silk embroideries that contain motifs worked in beads.

Registration is still open for my 17th century beadwork class, Beneath Thy Poft Oak. Class starts October 1st, 2022. I have had several folks ask me when I will be running it again, and the answer is honestly, probably not for some while. The class itself runs 12 months, so that puts me at 2024 for the next running. However, I am booked for in person teaching then, and as well my last is graduating from high school, so it may not be 2024, more like 2025 or 26 if I can still get the materials for it. 

You can learn more about it/enroll by clicking the link to my Online Academy classes at the TOP of this page, right under the blog header. 

Happy Stitching!

So I was Thinking....

 And Had This Idea...

 I shared this picture the other day on Instagram(link to my Instagram is on the right in the sidebar under links)...I love this picture, even though I absolutely really do 100% hate seeing my reflection or having my picture taken. 

I was filming my casket for YouTube and was just vegging out staring at it and saw myself there. Immediately I thought of the early ones, and how absolutely awesome it would have been to SEE who made them~ who's reflections those mirrors had projected for so many years. It's been a few years since I made this one, but I still look basically the same, so I printed this picture out and it will forever live in my casket. 

I hope my fellow caskateers will do the same!