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A TURTEL DOVE: THE RECREATION OF A PIECE BY MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

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  My Recreation A Turtel Dove; extant piece by Mary, Queen of Scots found on on the V&A Website BACKGROUND ·    GLOSSARY o  EMBROIDERY TERMS o  DESIGN TERMS ·    HISTORY o TAPESTRIES o BOOKS o CREATION PROCESS ·    EXEMPLARS ·    RECREATIONS o SUPPLIES o STITCHES o PATTERNING o PROCESS/ METHODS ·    BIBLIOGRAPHY ·    FURTHER PROJECT PICTURES GLOSSARY ·      EMBROIDERY TERMS [1] o  CROSS STITCH: English method- a single cross stitch is completed, one diagonal stitch over another, before moving on to complete the second stitch, and so on.” o  CROSS STITCH: Danish method- one diagonal stitch of the required number of cross stitches is made before returning in the opposite direction to complete the second set of diagonal stitches over the first diagonal row of stitches.” o  “Continental tent- stitch is work...
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A DIVE INTO 16TH CENTURY CROSS STITCH The works of Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth Shrewsbury

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  definitions are all from the Royal School of Needlework Stitch bank •        CROSS STITH “the English method, where a single cross stitch is completed, one diagonal stitch over another, before moving on to complete the second stitch, and so on. The second method is the Danish method, where one diagonal stitch of the required number of cross stitches is made before returning in the opposite direction to complete the second set of diagonal stitches over the first diagonal row of stitches.” •        If tent stitch is described as ‘trammed’, this means it has a long thread laid along the top of the canvas and the tent stitches cover this thread to provide slightly padded coverage.  Tramming would normally be used with half cross tent stitch (which has the smallest amount of thread on the reverse). •        TENT STITCH: “Continental tent stitch is worked in horizontal or vertical rows and ma...
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