Finished!

The Duke of Edinburgh is now a finished tassel!  Overall length is 8.5 inches.  I finished it by sewing the fourth side to the first side.  Then I glued it to the wooden base and added black gimp at the top and down the sides.  Last I added the black fringe around the bottom and put a strip of gold on top of that.

Tassel progress

I have stitched the four panels together so far and now have to stitch them into the circle connecting them all.  I also attached rattail through the wooden tassel base after having DH drill a hole all the way through.  I then glued gold gimp at the very top.

All 4 panels

All four of the panels are stitched!  I need to pick up some supplies--upholstery trims--to do the rest of the finishing on this.  In other words, I have to go shopping!  LOL

Duke of Edinburgh

This is my progress on the Duke of Edinburgh, a tassel design by Catherine Coleman.  The white line on the side is my basting stitches to split the canvas in half.  I will repeat the shown patterns so I have a total of 4 pieces that go on a wood tassel base.  This is a very old pattern from my stash!  The bottom one is stitched in Kreinik #8, Soie Perlee, DMC Perle and has Mill Hill Beads.  The top one is stitched with Kreinik #8, Soie Perlee, and more Mill Hill Beads.  Each piece is about 2 x 4 inches.  I have one more of each one to stitch.