This week’s new Spoonflower fabric design is Scrolling Blackwork Embroidery Strawberries. This black and white fabric is of my own design, in the style of Elizabethan freehand blackwork embroidery. This design is also available as wallpaper and wrapping paper.
Read MoreThis week’s Spoonflower fabric print-on-demand design is now available!  This print, Swirly Elizabethan Floral Blackwork, is based on the blackwork embroidery on an extant unfinished Elizabethan coif.  The line weight has been balanced so it may be used as printed or embroidered over. This design is also available as wallpaper and wrapping paper. Find all the
Read MoreThis week’s Spoonflower fabric print-on-demand design is now available! This print, Detailed Elizabethan Scrolling Floral Blackwork, is based on the blackwork embroidery on an extant Elizabethan coif. The inspiration embroidery made heavy use of metal threads, so I have chosen blackwork fill patterns to detail out the basic design.
Read MoreThe first two Elizabethan blackwork embroidery patterns are now available on spoonflower print-on-demand, as fabric, wrapping paper, and wallpaper.
Read MoreI’ve been transcribing some more blackwork embroidery patterns, so, I present to you, six more Elizabethan transcriptions for your reference and use.
Read MoreI wore the open red hood I hand stitched and embroidered to Collegium Caidis, and before we left on the second day I took some photos of myself wearing it. They have been added to my portfolio, and are also posted here for your convenience if you were wondering exactly how it looked on an actual human being.
Read MoreThe red linen open hood is made from 100% linen fabric, with a linen embroidered scrolling vine pattern, mostly in chain stitch, and it is entirely hand stitched with linen thread. The main seam down the center of the hood is embroidered with fishbone stitch, also using linen thread.
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