FlossTube: #5 Behind the Needlework - Four Seasons Casket

Thistle Threads with Tricia Wilson Nguyen

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I want to share my stumpwork embroidered cabinet with you and the story about why I made it. We will see the design process, the embroidery close up and explore the inside with its secret drawers as well as talk about why these embroidered cabinets of the 1600s (and today's reproductions) are so mesmerizing.
Students Caskets - these are original designs by the artists after taking my Cabinet of Curiosities courses. Each woman has made more than one cabinet and I have chosen one to highlight.
Janet Brandt's Casket: • Once Upon A Time
Rachael Kinnison's Casket: • Scenes of Country Life...
Katie Strachan's Casket: • The Britomart casket, ...
Martha Edlin's Embroideries:
Casket: www.vam.ac.uk/articles/martha...
Florentine Pincushion: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1...
Silk Satin Pincushion: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1...
Tiny Gloves: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1...
Free Projects Mentioned:
Flame Stitch Pincushion: thistle-threads.thinkific.com...
Pansy Lacet Flower: thistle-threads.thinkific.com...
Lacet Gloves: thistle-threads.thinkific.com...
Bullion Snake: thistle-threads.thinkific.com...
Links to Wait Lists for Possible Classes:
Silk Lacet Flower Bouquets: lp.constantcontactpages.com/s...
Silk Satin Pincushion: lp.constantcontactpages.com/s...
Video on scallop edge for leaves and flowers: • Making and using small...

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@user-np9cb6ql4q 5 месяцев назад

I loved this video, listening to Tricia talk about her work and showing close-ups!

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

Thank you - Carolyn - I hope to show more close up stuff soon in next videos

@barbarahunter6375 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for going into such great detail of your casket. Found your thread choices fascinating. You have a very creative mind

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

Well, I am riffing off the extremely creative things I have seen on the hundreds of caskets I have been able to study. Just amazing things they have done

@rosemaryrigney4251 5 месяцев назад

Wow very beautiful hand embroidery ❤

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

Many many thanks

@jackieayres2082 5 месяцев назад

Tricia, this is fabulous! It makes me rather sorry I didn't do this class too. Your creativity and workmanship are amazing.

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

There will be many more yummy classes coming!

@cynthiahowell4172 5 месяцев назад

Tricia, you are absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this video of your breathtaking cabinet.

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching it

@wendyholt9988 6 месяцев назад

Tricia this is fabulous! I must confess that the cornucopia is the star of the show for me. I would absolutely love to see and hear as much of the history of the caskets as you have time to share! For me, this is the beginning of an historical archive of your work - so every part, from your first thoughts and ideas right up to today is fascinating and so important to stitchers everywhere - - - - and it's all stunning - eye candy at its' very best!!

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

Yes, I am realizing that this might become an archive. Maybe I should do the Plimoth Jacket too

@wendyholt9988 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely!! - do it all!! - and I would just love to see a Museum collection of every detail, like all of your sketches, records of dates and discussions with all those craftsmen who have participated - - how about a copy of the plans of the caskets - and "new" undecorated caskets also, and the bottles and ink wells. Tricia, this has been a life's work and at times so very complicated for you - so just imagine in 200 years time, if a researcher could access an archive of your work - and see first hand, the CORRECT historical information that you learned and how you were able to represent it to teach others - really sets the standard for "doing history" well!@@triciawilsonnguyen

@elizabethcoleman5437 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing your amazing workmanship. I love seeing these and admiring their beauty and all of the stitching. I would love to try and make one but I know my stitching is not at that level. What a treasure! So beautiful!

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

The beauty of having your own piece is that it is yours. I have the wisdom of seeing many students and some in their own homes with proud as can be families around them showing them to me as the stitcher is too shy thinking her her stitching hasn't 'rated'. One that I can think of is even in a book and around the panels you can follow her life and the beginning of her hands shaking - she spent decades working on it and as her eyes and hands started to fail her - it was recorded in the stitches. A life so well lived and a casket that her family spent an hour pointing out little details to me proudly. That is so special. I am the first person to banish the stitching police and to celebrate the exuberant enjoyment of stitching for its own pleasure. Creating a heirloom that is loved by your family and future generations is way more meaningful than having some 'certificate of perfection'. My favorite embroiderers embroider from the heart.

@kattavares1959 6 месяцев назад

Just loved this video on your casket. All the different textures and colors and stitches were just pleasing to the eye.

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much - hard to put yourself out there like this and so I appreciate the nice comments

@janetbrandt171 6 месяцев назад

What a masterpiece! Thank you for the detailed tour. Your work is just extraordinary.

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

Thank you Janet!

@debradecrane799 6 месяцев назад

Beautiful. Loved the history and the process you shared in this video. The stitching is wonderful. I have a few of upur frosting boxes that has many of these threads. Amazing quality archive.

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

Thank you Debra - I hoped some would enjoy seeing the design process

@debradecrane799 6 месяцев назад

@@triciawilsonnguyen I loved it

@beckydevries-wong4885 6 месяцев назад

Wow! That was fabulous. I so am enjoying your information and sharing of your projects and travels. Thank you so very much! I can't wait to see more. I have missed the symposiums of past where there were lectures and showing of treasures. I have enough projects for many lifetimes. But the knowledge and history is so enjoyable

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

You are so welcome!

@kims743 5 месяцев назад

Your caskets are stunning Tricia. Yes please to more information on the construction process. I was fascinated by the different needle lace stitches. I love doing stump-work (on a small scale at the moment) so look forward to future episodes.

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

Thank you - I will put doing one on the construction history in my line up!

@joanngreen7059 6 месяцев назад

Beautiful, thank you for sharing this masterpiece of hand embroidery ❤❤❤

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

Thank you Joann - it is very personal to me and so happy to finish an opus

@carolinarkasas26 4 месяца назад

Stunning Tricia! Yes please to more information on the construction process.

@triciawilsonnguyen 3 месяца назад

Will do!

@susankessel5883 5 месяцев назад

Yes please go into the construction in a future video.

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

I shall!

@avonbingham9226 6 месяцев назад

I would love to hear all of the creating of the casket. I am taking a class right now but have to finish another project before I can start. Love it all

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

Avon - I will put in the list of videos another 'making of' - the story is quite interesting

@charj57 5 месяцев назад

Amazing!!!

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

@Charj57 - thank you for the praise

@sandykilpatrick6856 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic! I love your videos. Thank you for sharing your beautiful art work with us.

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

Thank you Sandy

@justinerogers1353 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely amazing. You are super talented. Congratulations on your self-determination to find your way back to being able to embroider from your injury.

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

There are so many embroiderers out there working against the odds to do beautiful things - I thought it was important to let them know teachers also have these things happen too

@kristyschoch5202 6 месяцев назад

Oh my goodness, I am just trying to wrap my head around everything you just showed us!! So incredibly fantastic!!! I can see why it took three years for your casket, with so much detail. So hard to comprehend that young girls would be making these caskets!!! Looking forward to looking at the free patterns and also some of the classes you are thinking about offering. The knowledge you have on this subject is quite amazing and we are so very lucky to have you sharing it with us!! Thank you so much ! Looking forward to your next video !!!

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

Thank you Kristy - hope the next videos meet expectations!

@obragg1 6 месяцев назад

Extraordinary workmanship! True artistry. Congratulations!

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

Thank you very much - it is lovely to hear such nice things

@angelasawyer6714 5 месяцев назад

This was absolutely amazing! Love your attention to historical detail in the original making of the different gimps and metals. Loved that you showed us the drawings behind the needlework as well as the makings of the box itself ❤

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! I will put up more of the stories about this in a bit.

@elizabethdewar6956 5 месяцев назад

An extraordinary work of art.I would be most interested in box construction and any /all parts of your journey to complete this really beautiful casket .A great inspiration to all embroiderers interested in 17th century embroidery .The envy of us all .Really quite magical thankyou for a wonderful tour !

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

I will start to get together a video on that

@stitchingbytheriver8666 6 месяцев назад

Just a amazing casket...I enjoy the way you explain each section and all the close up images of it are amazing. I was intrigued with all the different locks.Thank you for doing these videos.

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

The locks are so interesting. I will put together another video and show more about the locks. It is the reason that there are almost no caskets on the market for reproductions. They are very different from what is sold for small locks today for boxes.

@jeanping9739 6 месяцев назад

I'm working on this casket right now and it's so exciting to see the things I haven't done yet! It's an amazing project and I'm so grateful for all the work you've put into it. It's been really impressive to me how you work us through stages so that we can pull off these complex stitches.

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

Jean - can't wait to see your rendition. I am thankful that you have recognized the 'staging' of techniques in the piece as well as the absolutely wonderful computer animations of the stitches that Smudge Animation has done

@jeanping9739 6 месяцев назад

@@triciawilsonnguyen both of those have been so helpful to me. I watch those animations very carefully! Nothing could illustrate the stitches better. I look at some of those textured needlelace pieces and quail, but I know by the time I get there you'll have worked us up to them and that I'm already halfway there.

@jeanping9739 6 месяцев назад

@@triciawilsonnguyen oh, and I should also say that my engineer husband and I have both really enjoyed hearing about the processes you go through to get the caskets and threads made.

@elleghe4560 5 месяцев назад

So inspiring and informative!

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!@@elleghe4560

@user-wy7ho2ft3r 6 месяцев назад

Inspirational thank you so much Tricia. Enjoyed some revision of your techniques. So special.

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@user-ss8xu8vy9l 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely love this casket - thanks so much for sharing such a beautiful piece of work! Would love if you could please make a video about the development of the wooden casket itself, and the hardware!

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

Thank you - I will be working on just such a video!

@mariezaczkowski7946 5 месяцев назад

Loved this episode and would like to know more about how the boxes were made. Such beautiful work.

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

I will be cooking up an episode on that!

@paulastevenson1687 5 месяцев назад

Tricia, this is absolutely stunning and amazing. I had really wanted to do this class and just coukdnt at the time. I've always loved and wanted to do a casket. I am interested in the ulcoming ideasnyou gave for sure . I am so sorry I missed this one.

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

There are still the Harmony with Nature caskets left - about 32 of them for someone who wants to do a casket

@paulastevenson1687 5 месяцев назад

I am looking at it. It is beautiful. I'm already behind as I had shoulder surgery last week. I realize I'll have to decide quickly. And you are right, in a stitcher, but have not worked with these stitches or fibers. It looks like so much fun

@sarawilson9155 6 месяцев назад

So interesting. I really enjoyed this, and am looking forward to many more. Is it a linen ground on the box?

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

It is a linen ground on the box. Some of my students have done silk satin and that is absolutely wonderful but I tend to use linen as it is pretty forgiving.

@CD-5380 6 месяцев назад

Gorgeous! A masterpiece. Why is it called a casket?

@triciawilsonnguyen 6 месяцев назад

What a great question! It is 17th century language. A casket was the name for a box that held valuables. Today we would call that a cabinet. It wasn't until way after the 17th century that a coffin started being called a casket. This often causes confusion among those who aren't familiar with the lingo of 17th century embroidery and people think it might be a place for ashes. But no - it was the common language for a small valuables box. Taken from Wiki - According to Oxford English Dictionary, the origin of “casket is unclear; one theory is that it came from the French cassette, a 'small casket, chest, cabinet'. In early America, a casket was a box for jewels.

@avonbingham9226 5 месяцев назад

About how much silk pearl is used for the flowers?

@triciawilsonnguyen 5 месяцев назад

Hi Avon - which flowers? Inside the doors? About 25 meters - but you don't use it all.