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Saturday, 23 November 2013

blackwork 2

Following on from last week's blackwork post, I thought I'd show you the rest of the blackwork I did.  Tucked in my New Anchor Book of Blackwork Embroidery Stitches were some loose leaves torn from a magazine, one of the cross stitching ones I think.  My mum gave me the book so I'm not sure where they came from.  On a Christmas tree decoration roll, I set to.

I was really pleased with this holly as I had the perfect green in my stash.  I suppose I could have done the berries as buttons.... I might try that.

This star (and the only black piece of blackwork I've done!) was a nightmare to sew.  I couldn't get the patterns to align properly despite recounting dozens of times!

Above is the design Snowflowers by Jeanne Dansby.  I had this saved as a PDF so I'm afraid I don't have a link for you.  I went with red for pointsetters and I love it.  It's so delicate.  I added green size 10 seed beads into the diamonds.

This was another free design from Borduurblog, that link will take you to a page with lots of blackwork designs.

 Now I just have to get these sewn up into ornaments.  If you fancy giving blackwork a try, I have loads of free patterns saved on my Blackwork Pinterest board.




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13 comments:

  1. Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieD23 November 2013 at 12:29

    On no, don't get me interested in cross stitch again and yesterday you were working with clay, I've got more than enough to do and could do without being tempted by all these beauties you're making ;D

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  2. JoJo23 November 2013 at 12:31

    I just LOVE that star! I never thought of using my Aida cloth for anything other than cross stitching.

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  3. Marilyn23 November 2013 at 12:44

    very nice. The star looks good in the photo. Snowflowers is my favourite of these ones, I think.

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  4. Anna23 November 2013 at 15:16

    Really beautiful ! All of them...
    Have a nice and cozy weekend !
    Anna

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  5. Celtic Thistle23 November 2013 at 16:37

    These are all lovely. Must check out that link.

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  6. Alison23 November 2013 at 19:44

    These are beautiful, can't wait to see the finished ornaments!

    Alison
    x

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  7. Fiona23 November 2013 at 22:02

    there is a lot of work in those dinky little wannabeornaments... so pretty...
    Hugz

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  8. Jane24 November 2013 at 06:32

    You'll be pleased to know, Miriam has put another blackwork design up, lol. You'd better keep stitching, lol

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  9. margaret24 November 2013 at 07:58

    lovely blackwork I am a big fan it has so many possibilities, more time for stitching is needed!!

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  10. SuperMomNoCape24 November 2013 at 19:19

    They are so pretty. Are they for the craft show you have coming up? If so, I'm sure you won't be coming home with them!

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  11. Melody24 November 2013 at 23:11

    Beautiful stitching

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  12. OksanaB24 November 2013 at 23:51

    Love your work! I've never tried this technique before. I think I should. I like how it looks!

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  13. Anonymous25 November 2013 at 09:37

    Really like your snowflowers blackwork, it will make a lovely Christmas decoration. If you extended it out to make a square you could make a biscornu!

    ukcitycrafter@live.co.uk

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