Twined Floral Brooch

 

I call this piece "Twined Floral Brooch". It is an adaptation of a new class from Cynthia Jackson. The class is "A Garden in Gutter Lane". Cindy gave us three different designs and encouraged us to change things if we wanted to. I went totally off course and made mine look like a wreath that is fastened with a needle.

It has flowers and leaves done in a 16th century technique. Some of the flowers have 5 layers of thread and metal threads, and are only 1 inch (2.5cm) across.

I stitched a handmade lizerine around all of the flowers and leaves. Cynthia made it and although it more closely replicates the original metal thread it is much harder to work with than the more modern machine made metal that we use today.

I did the same strawberry two different ways, one with the handmade lizerine and and the other with the more modern machine made metal trim so you can see the difference.