I’ve been trying to catch up on some outstanding projects. I had the idea for this one some time ago, but was finally lucky enough to score a piece of silk in the perfect midnight blue shade so I could actually make it.
The idea was to embroider my natal chart on a cushion cover. I used silver and gold thread (which had an annoying habit of fraying while you are using it, so the whole thing took longer than I thought). First I laid out the silk flat and traced round a large plate to get the circle, then ruled the lines. I used a silver gel pen to do that.
Then I drew in the signs and planet glyphs, and drew lines between to two maot aspects, the Sun-Neptune Square, and the Nodes-Jupiter-Uranus trine.
I used backstitch to embroider the circle, and running stitch in silver thread for the house divisions. I use gold thread for the glyphs, and red thread in running stitch for the square (challenging aspect!) and green for the trine – both silk embroidery floss.
The result has pleased me – I like it very much. I am looking for something to put in the centre to repesent the earth – something blue and green obviously. I’ll share it when I find it.
This actually isn’t too hard to do (apart from the gold and silver thread fraying) and if you want to try it you can get a chart made up for yourself at astro.
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What a great idea! Imagine what a nice gift this would make!
I agree, this would make a nice gift idea! And for the receiver, a nice conversation piece for a pillow.
It is lovely to have time to stitch like this. I am keen to spend more time sitting quietly, drawing and reading, looking forward to spending some time establishing a vegetable garden here at Wheatsheaf.
Gorgeous, what a wonderful idea, beautifully executed
Nice one, Gail!
What an original idea!
Beautiful!