Flosstube: Ornamentations #91 - Sampler and embroidery progress galore!

Ornamentations (noun): 2. That in which the process of ornamenting is embodied; the ornaments which adorn a thing collectively; ornament in general Or, in music, the grace notes that embellish a melodic line.

Super special silky Symposium SAL: Pineberry Lane Hannah & Emma Foster, on Legacy Linen 38 count Irish Coffee
Gobelins 0133, 492, 671, 779, 2114, 2232, 2643, 3725, Brut
Surfine 2671 recommended for over 1

Hands Across the Sea Jessie Challinor, an exclusive for the Attic Needlework, is stitched on Legacy Linen 38 count Wayfarer's Cloak with the called for d'Alger silks, as well as 5 additions of my own - call the Attic and ask for the Katie pack
A full list of my tweaks will be posted once I have finished the piece

About Charles Frederick Worth, the father of haute couture and the man who commissioned Soie 100/3: https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/charles-frederick-worth-1825-1895-and-the-house-of-worth
Book shown: Art of Embroidery by Lanto Synge

Thistle Threads: https://thistle-threads.myshopify.com/
I purchased the new pink handled Golden Forge scissors from Hoop & Frame: https://hoopandframe.com/collections/scissors/products/golden-forge-scissors
The pink is currently out of stock at Hoop & Frame but any LNS can order a pair for you

If you would like to be notified when the crystal doves are back in stock (TBA when that is), please sign up with your email here: https://katie-strachan.com/dove-notification

Casket stitching reference: For Pleasure and Ornament, past Witney Antiques exhibition catalogue
My casket is an original design but the type, a short flat, is still available from Thistle Threads as a fully kitted project: https://thistle-threads.myshopify.com/collections/online-university/products/harmony-with-nature-casket

To see student finishes, click through all the gallery pages (there are six at the time of writing and more students are submitting pictures regularly): https://thistle-threads.myshopify.com/pages/student-gallery

You can find a tutorial on making period paper dolls, as well as explorations of historic paper dolls on @susanstandleystitchintime