Blackwork embroidery designs

60 Blackwork Cross-stitch Embroidery patterns #crossstitch #freeembroidery #blackwork

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blackwork ivy front and back via ajisaipress.com ... my comment? if this is how the front/back is supposed to look??? ... hahahahahahaha

Black Work

Modern blackwork embroidery charts and blackwork embroidery kits. You'll find some free blackwork charts, blackwork embroidery instructions and details of our free blackwork stitch-a-long. Plus lots of photographs of beautifully stitched up pieces in our galleries!

blackwork patterns and borders | Blackwork collection..20 bookmarks, 40 snowflakes and floral borders ...

Blackwork sampler in preparation for class by Carol Algie Higginbotham. Size 7.5" x 8.5"

Blackwork or Spanish Blackwork is a form of embroidery using black silk on white or off-white linen. Learn more and get free designs here.

Click here for the video that goes along with today's post. So, you have learned the basics of how to do blackwork embroidery. Now you're interested in creating your own historical patterns, but maybe don’t know where to start? First, you need to find historical blackwork embroidery designs. Here are links to some examples: "Sir Thomas More and Family" (portrait is at the Nostell Priory and is part of the National Trust Collection) "Portrait of a Boy with a Marmoset" portrait is at the…

If you’re new to blackwork embroidery and looking for a fun and easy project to get started - this post is for you! This ugly jumper design makes such cute ornaments and is the perfect way to get comfortable with the technique

Amazing finish by @elpooishere....blackwork bees is one of my favourites

Blackwork is a centuries-old form of embroidery. In Elizabethan times clothing was decorated with delicate blackwork patterns stitched in black silk threads, and sometimes accentuated with g…

Jane Bostocke's 1598 Sampler can be seen at the V&A Museum here. Jane Bostocke's Sampler at the V&A Museum. Embroidered linen with coloured silk and metal threads, seed pearls and beads. The blackwork embroidery patterns below are from Bostocke's sampler and can be found here (Claudette Ziemann's page).

Recently, my self-published book - BLACKWORK PATTERNS - was reviewed in the September issue of ANG's NEEDLE POINTERS magazine. As I explain in the introduction, "After several years of stitching and designing blackwork patterns, I decided it would be helpful to have a reference book containing all the different stitch patterns I had used in my designs." So began a massive job of collecting and graphing all the blackwork patterns I had used or come across thus far. After creating 70+ pages of…

I designed and stitched a blackwork embroidery rainbow to help me recover from covid-19. I've often turned to the calming and mindful process of stitching for both mental and physical healing. Click to read more about this wonderful power of embroidery.

How I think about the texture and tone that I want to create when selecting blackwork stitches to use in an embroidery design.