Mountmellick is a form of whitework embroidery. I started a project several weeks ago and have started working on it again. Originally the project was to make a pillow as a gift. That isn't going to work so I am scrabbling to find a new project. In fact I have several gifts to start and finish. So while working on the whitework pillow I've been trying to come up with a couple of ideas. Doing simple whitework is very relaxing. Mountmellick is a very textured whitework using a great deal of padding stitches. Here are some pictures of what I've done so far.
Here is a dog rose bud. It has three layers of padding
stitches worked and then a satin stitch finish.
Here are the raspberries made with french knots.
Close-up of raspberries.
It doesn't look like much yet but I am enjoying embroidering such a pretty design. Hopefully I will finish a gift tomorrow.
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