A Bag for The Queen
Back in September of 2008, Vik and Inga won An Tir's September Crown list. I was asked by the Royal Clothing Coordinator, Gulenay, to create a bag of holding for Inga for her upcoming reign. Inga and I go way back and I was delighted to be able to contribute to their rein in this way.
Inga runs a 10th century Icelandic persona, for which there is not a lot of information. I did find this lovely motif, however, the caption of which stated that it was 10th century Icelandic and, because I thought it rocked, I chose to applique it onto a 10" by 12" fulled wool bag.
For fun, I cut the motif out of three separate pieces so that I could intertwine the beast's body with it's legs for a raised applique effect. Then I cut the circle out of a separate color of wool and went to town!
The embroidery on the motif is executed almost completely in chain stitch using perl cotton. The appliques are held down by a button hole stitch and the entire circle portion is surrounded by a running stitch, which I find to be a simple but effective embellishment teqnique.
I card wove the strap banding and hand made the wire decorations to add a little bling (because I can't seem to really stop myself).
I love this bag very much but it looks very influenced by Native American motifs more so than the Icelanding motif I started with. Which is somewhat appropriate really, given my background.
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A close-up of the open chain stitch and regular chain stitches. |
A close-up of the card woven strap and binding. |
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A close-up of the tassel and it's |
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