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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I’ve been transcribing some more blackwork embroidery patterns, so, I present to you, six more Elizabethan transcriptions for your reference and use.
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I have transcribed two more Elizabethan freehand blackwork embroidery patterns, both from extant smocks in the Victoria and Albert Museum collections. I was very excited to find the museum listing for the lattice pattern. I have admired the embroidery design on Pinterest for years, but the link was no longer any good and I had failed
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Progress on the blackwork embroidered forehead cloth. I have now done approximately one-and-one-half repetitions of the pattern, out of roughly eight total.
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I have made a little progress on the blackwork embroidered forehead cloth. I am working it almost entirely in stem stitch and running stitch.
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This is a large scalloped veil that I embroidered for a friend. It has metal and cotton floss in a floral and insect motif.
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Originally many separate posts, made between September 2 and November 3, 2010. September 2, 2010 October 1, 2010 October 29, 2010 November 3, 2010
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Originally posted September 13, 2010. 8″x10″, bamboo pen and sumi ink on vellum paper~15 minutes This was drawn in class from a real dried artichoke. I was very happy with how it turned out. I need to get or carve myself some more bamboo pens in different sizes. Artichokes are related to cardoons and (more
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Originally four separate posts made on September 6, 2010. Speedball 512 nib on smooth white paper8″x5″~.5 hour of workDrawn with a bud vase and rose in front of me. The first homework assignment for my class was to make four drawings of the same subject using four different pens or nibs. For this one I
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