This was a silk ribbon embroidery ornament class with Kim Sanders taken via Zoom through Dayton EGA on April 9, 2025--a fun and very well-taught class! It is silk ribbon embroidery on silk dupioni with some additional beads.

What is shown here is the magnified version of the embroidery, which will be finished into an ornament.

The Last Leaf was designed and taught by Marylyn Doyle via two Zoom classes with technical assistance from Jane Ellen Balzuweit for the Metal Threads SIG (Special Interest Group). It was stitched using Japanese Thread, pearl purls, spangles, silk sewing thread, and DMC floss on a linen ground. I started it pretty much a week before the 2nd class via the first week's class recording and finished it probably the day after the second class.

This is only my second small project stitched in goldwork. I enjoyed learning new techniques such as stretching the purl and adding the wrapped floss, color shading with the changing of the silk, and the pin hack for the spangles.