Fox and Rabbit - Bayeux

 I completed this laid and couch piece at Pennsic.  It was a "leftover sale" item from Tanya Bentham's Collection and came with "random" naturally dyed wools, a marked canvas, a booklet with the descriptions and instructions for the stitches to be used, a color chart that did not exactly match the colors I recieved, and a needle.

The Bayeux Stitch, also called laid and couched work, is fairly simple to do.  I did not think I had good coverage, but was told it was fine.  I think the best description of the final piece was "fox and rabbit reading the kama sutra".

Paneled for Athena's Thimble at Pennsic on 8/9/2022 and recieved Competence in Laid and Couched.

Getting started

I won yarn chicken.  Multiple times.

Closeup of flower

Before adding the outline stitches

Back before adding the outline pieces

Working on the outline

Tail outline

More outlining

More outlining closeup

The finished piece



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