This week’s new Spoonflower fabric design is Detailed Tudor Floral Knotwork. This black and white fabric is inspired by the blackwork embroidery on Henry Tudor’s doublet in an extant portrait, and is fully detailed for use as printed. This design is also available as wallpaper and wrapping paper. Find all the currently available designs at http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/sidney_eileen
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This week’s new Spoonflower fabric design is Elizabethan Blackwork Knotwork. This black and white fabric is based on the blackwork embroidery visible on an Elizabethan period portrait of Mary Hill. The line weight is balanced so it may be used as printed or embroidered over. This design is also available as wallpaper and wrapping paper.
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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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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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The needle book is hand sewn and embroidered with two Viking-style great wyrm designs, lucet braid ties, and wool felt pages.
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This is the last WIP update on the needle book.  As of the writing of this post it is actually finished, and I hope to get the final photos up in the next couple days. Each side of the needle book is embroidered with a great wyrm, the first in green and outlined in burgundy, and
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I took the time to draw out the great wyrm designs I created for my needle book, so they will be easily available for other people to use. They are designed to balance each other without being identical or symmetrical.
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