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This blackwork piece took me on and off approx 5 months to stitch.
Pattern was by: Jill Cater Nixon.
I absolutely loved doing this piece.
A test stitch for Infinity Stitches on Facebook. It was easy for a beginner - me, and fun to stich.
I glued cork fabric to the back and, as soon as that is dry, it will be hung on the sunroom wall.
These are the two underarm gusset motifs.
Links to Patterns: Gillyflower and Pomegranate
Info: Warwick Shirt Diary
Blackwork Info: Blackwork
Black silk thread, 32 count linen. This is the underneath, but I prefer this side. Made from a square using a DMC pattern.
freehand embroidered in black cotton on natural linen. measures about 2.5 inches tall by 1.5 inches wide.
Tattoo on Erica Knowles by Denise de la Cerda. Done at hand of Glory Tattoo in Brooklyn. Design based on an image engraved into a silver box owned by the wearer's grandmother.
Erratically blogged about at the smallest forest
and there's a basic tutorial for blackwork embroidery on card at from hell to breakfast
My attempt at stitching the second page of fill-in patterns from Lesley Wilkins' Beginner's Guide to Blackwork.
Blogged at: backstitch.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/blackwork-fill-in-sam...