I’ve just made an order to Tanya Berlin :

9 inch Sample of Gilt Bright Check Purl - No. 89 inch Sample of Gilt Rough Purl - No. 8

9 inch Sample of Gilt Smooth Purl - No. 8

9 inch Sample of Gilt Wire Check Purl - No. 8

9 inch Sample of Gilt 8 x 2 Check Thread

9 inch Sample of No. 5 Dull Check Purl - Green

9 inch Sample of No. 5 Rough Purl - Green

15 Inches of No. 1 Bright Check Bullion - Gilt Bright

1 Yard of No. 1 Twist – Gilt

1 Yard of Gilt Elizabethan Twist

1 Yard of Twist - Gilt No. 1 ½

1 Yard of Gilt No. 6 Twist

1 Yard of Gilt Flatworm Thread - No. 6

1 Yard of Medium Rococco - Gilt

1 Yard of Very Fine Rococco – Gilt

Postage

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$35.20(CA)

Some serious playing to be had with these! It’s all gilt, but still – that’s an awful lot of gold thread for $35. I’ll have to get a bigger gold thread box.

I like it that you can get 9” samples of everything – plenty for what I want to do, with a bit left for future reference.

I’ve decided not to do the leaves shown in the photo in the last post. The biggest of them is 1cm long. I’d have to use the smallest size of each thread, and the thread details wouldn’t be visible unless you were close up to the piece.

I’ve got several leaves dotted around that end – I’ll use those, and experiment with various embroidery stitches on the rose leaves.