Friday, December 21, 2012

My Blackwork Embroidery

I started doing blackwork embroidery a few months ago. I love how delicate blackwork embroidery appears, and the various patterns one can create.   My first attempt is this sampler, shown below.  It is composed of various squares with different motifs and coloured threads.  It has taken me forever to get to this point. Now I'm just trying to figure out what to embroider in the center of the piece. 









Another project I started was this  Elizabethan border. I found this pattern here. The front of my work looks alright, but I still haven't perfected that Holbein stitch.  I'm not sure what I will use this for yet, but it makes for good practice!



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