First step (fly) of my eagle

Here is my own version of the printed eagle from a post below. The composition of whole patern is based on traditional Bizantine textiles with eagles, lions, gryphons and other mithological animals and creatures in circles.

New month-new idea

I saw this example of medieval printed textile and... I fell in love! I must try to adapt those stamped/printed eagles to embroidered ones. They have extremely modern form, just like trademarks today.
So it will be another cushion...

Looking for linen cloth...

I spent a lot of time looking for linen cloth with classic pattern known from late medieval german illustrations. I found one, produced here in Austria by company named Gollner. This is a traditional kitchen towel, 60x60 cm, big enough to made a pillow cover by sewing up two towels together.

Small experiment in kitchen-medieval tart

Pogoda za oknem nie moze sie zdecydowac-raz jesien, raz wiosna wiec siedze sobie w domku i studiuje ksiazki kucharskie. Tak sie sklada, ze mam od pewnego czasu "melodie" na tarty. Idac wiec za ciosem stwierdzilam, ze moznaby bylo poeksperymentowac z paroma orginalnymi przepisami na tarty.
Pierwszy raz zabralam sie za robienie "tarty z wieczkiem". Od strony technicznej wyglada to tak, ze zaczynamy od podpieczenia najpierw miseczki z ciasta tzw. "coffin" (urocze slowko) a pozniej wypelnienia jej nadzieniem, przykrycia wieczkiem z surowego ciasta i ponownego podpieczenia. Przy tej technice wypieku wazne jest odpowiednie nasaczenie nadzienia-w pierwszej tarcie bylo to jajko, w drugiej mieszanka wina i bulionu. Baza dla obu nadzien bylo mieso-gotowana szynka oraz gotowany kurczak i swinski tluszcz. Przyprawy to juz standartowo dla kuchni sredniowiecznej: kubeba, kwiat muszkatolowy (ang.: mace), imbir oraz gozdziki.

My experiment-first tart (pork, chicken and fruit tart) based on this recipe: http://www.godecookery.com/mtrans/mtrans39.htm
Second is inspired by:
http://www.godecookery.com/mtrans/mtrans24.htm

Late medieval cushion project-part 2

... and after a month I finished embroidery!
Now, I must find a fine red woolen cloth for back section of cushion, sew it up together with embroidered panel and finish stitches using tablet-weaving technique.

The cushion project-start!

It's just beginning...

extant textile belt fragment

This belt fragment survived between two copper alloy sheets formed strap-end . Unfortunately the examination couldn't decide that textile was animal (wool, silk) or vegetable (linen) in nature. The textile fragment is about 15mm wide. It's dated from 14th cent.