It’s well overdue that I make my poor sir_phil a new tabard. I can’t quite date when I made the old one (maybe about five or six years ago?) but we’re off to Crown in Innilgard this weekend and I figured it’s high time that I replace the old dodgy one. It never used to be dodgy of course, but years of it being smucked around with big sticks and being left in sweaty armour bags have taken it’s toll.
I decided last week that I’d make it, had dramas at Spotlight trying to find black cotton drill and there was no red damask available in their stinking stores for love or money. So we’re plain red this time and hopefully the new pattern will prove more durable as it has more space around the sleeves. Started making it on Monday and was finished by Tuesday afternoon… how’s that for getting stuck into a project – if only my embroidery projects went from inspiration to completion with the same speed 🙂
Mr Ray has no idea I’ve made it for him, so I’m writing this on Wednesday night and won’t be marking it posted until after he has it… so Friday I guess. Here’s some pics:
and the obligatory bee… of course!!!
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