I Reconstructed a Historical Embroidery Pattern for a Victorian Velvet Coat

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Having worked with the Royal School of Needlework to figure out how to do the stitching itself.... it's time to buy some velvet!

Now I must reconstruct the embroidery pattern from all the images I've collected showing the coat from many different angles. Here's my attempt to piece together a roughly 125 year old pattern for a heck of a lot of embroidery... and the unexpected rabbit hole it opened up.

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Edited by Sophie Black at @triskellepictures
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** Music credits: **
‘A Mountain Beneath’ by Llama House
‘Nocturnal Waltz’ by Johannes Bornlöf
‘Paragons of Virtue’ by Jo Wandrini
‘Let There Be Rain’ by Silver Maple
‘Winged’ by Clarence Reed
‘Nadir’ by Gavin Luke
(All from Epidemic Sound)

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