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I love quilts that show illusions of 3D, but I am not a quilter. How could I get the same effect in my work? By using Blackwork, of course! It seemed ideal, because I could control the density of stitching by the pattern I chose for each diamond.
The left hand side depicts an "object" that is physically impossible if each of the cubes really are cubes, and the right hand side is a classic 3D illusion. Do you see a cube in a corner of 2 walls and a floor, or do you see a solid 8-cube object, but with one of the front cubes removed? The sides share 2 patches.
Stitched in DMC colour variations thread on Zweigart antique white 28ct Jazlyn fabric with a stem stitch border, this pattern is available at www.cottonseason.etsy.com
As part of an embroidery course I did, I stitched this horse and rider in coloured blackwork. I used an image from the Bayeux Tapestry as my design inspiration.
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#90 Equine in 113 pictures in 2013
Project Blogged @ Eglantine Stitchery, including complete materials list and close-up photos!
This is my variation - with added beads and filling stitches in metallic silver thread - on a beautiful free design by WyrdByrd designer Jeanne Dansby. The pattern is "September Snowflake", part of her Blackwork Smalls series (scroll about halfway down on the page for the pattern). I stitched this after Christmas, and am now working on turning it into an ornament for the holidays next year!
I used very dark brown floss in place of the usual black floss. I plan to stitch a subtle background pattern and to tea dye it when completed. (Look closely at the beak on the bird on the right. It needs fixing. I show it fixed in the next picture in the album._
Finished! Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. All in the correct orbital position according to the day I started. All surrounded by a structured, complex void.
Not to scale. I’m crazy, but not that crazy.
This is the same DMC design done again, with a new centre, ready to make up. Photographed like this so I could work out the central pattern again if I wanted to, as I designed it without writing it down.
A blackwork sampler worked in the old fashioned sense of samplers, that is, pieces of work the sewer would use to keep a record of stitches and to commit them to muscle memory
A quote about opera from the Terry Pratchett book Maskerade. The quote is not exact to what's in the book, as I only listen to the book on tape and got this quote online and couldn't check it against the original text.
blogged: workthatneedle.blogspot.com/2011/07/apologies-for-absence...
In progress. Lia was totally right about how spiffy this looks.
I'd actually whip-stitched the edges for transport home, then looked up hemstitching. It's much cooler than I'd imagined. And to think--Sunday I'd been afraid to cut it.
Blogged here.
After her luck at requesting and getting a black MLP, Olivia said she wanted a clear one for her birthday. I didn't have any luck finding one, so her next choice was a white MLP. Another Google search turned up an awesome blank all white MLP to customize. I promptly bought two off ebay (in case I messed up the first one), then found them on the Hasbro site for half of what I paid on ebay. Ah well, caveat emptor.
I wanted this pony to match the look of Livi's black MLP. To do that, and make things a lot easier for myself, I used scrapbooking rub-on transfers for the designs, then used high quality black acrylic paint for the eyeliner and touch-ups. Two coats of brush on matte varnish were painted on, but I plan to add a couple more over the next few days to really protect the artwork.
Happily, this pony thrilled Livi more than Zombie Girl did, and at my suggestion was named Ghost Pony Girl. Or Ghost Girl Pony. Livi's used both names.