This week’s Spoonflower fabric print-on-demand design is now available!  This print, Elizabethan Blackwork Barberries, is based on the blackwork embroidery on an extant jacket.  It has no filling design so it may be used as printed or embroidered over. This design is also available as wallpaper and wrapping paper. Find all the currently available designs at http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/sidney_eileen A
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My latest Spoonflower fabric print-on-demand design is now available!  This print, Elizabethan Blackwork Flowers, Birds, and Bugs, is based on the blackwork embroidery on an extant smock.  It has no filling design so it may be used as printed or embroidered over. This design is also available as wallpaper and wrapping paper. Find all the currently
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My latest Spoonflower fabric print-on-demand design is now available!  This print, Tudor Floral Knotwork, is based on the blackwork embroidery visible on a doublet worn by Henry Tudor in a period portrait.  It has no filling design so it may be used as printed or embroidered over. Find all the currently available designs at http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/sidney_eileen A new
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My latest Spoonflower fabric print-on-demand design is now available! This print, Elizabethan Blackwork Floral Bands, is based on the blackwork embroidery found on an extant Elizabethan era jacket, simplified so it may be used as printed or embroidered over.
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I have set up several more Elizabethan blackwork designs as fabrics on Spoonflower, and released the first of those publicly a few days ago. My plan is to release a new design roughly once a week until they are all available to you.
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The first two Elizabethan blackwork embroidery patterns are now available on spoonflower print-on-demand, as fabric, wrapping paper, and wallpaper.
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A friend recently made her first self-patterned corset, and was asking me about how to avoid those pesky little wrinkles the happen at the hip and bust. In brief, they are usually caused by bias or poor fit.
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This venture into steampunk artwork is the line art for a piece of inked artwork featuring a neo-Victorian steampunk woman in the process of preparing to meet the day. The ink wash will be added later.
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After two failed attempts, I finally finished an ink drawing which turned out well. The inspiration is a photo I took of a friend at Maker Faire a couple years ago, posing with a robot-like pose-able sculpture. This is a relatively small drawing, only 7″x8″, created with Senellier Walnut Satin ink on smooth paper. I
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This is a uniquely designed reversible steampunk vest, created for Nathaniel Johnstone. Â Â It is fully reversible. Â The brown side is cotton duck, and the reverse is peacock-colored dupioni silk. Â Two versions are pictured here. Â One is the prototype and the other is the final version. I drew the violin design freehand in chalk, and then
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