More blackwork progress. Starting to take shape now.
A book presented to Elizabeth I in 1572: “De antiquitate Britannic: Ecclesi” The cover richly embroidered on velvet.
The British Library has a fascinating archive of book cover images all available online. The Embroidered ones are blowing my mind.
Shameless instragram filter image of my current WIP.
Can you tell what I’m making? ;-)
Blackwork. Work in progress. And, um, no black.
Well this is fun… teaching myself blackwork.
monster girl’s all done. I really like this fill method, i feel like there is so much more room for smooth color changes than with satin stitch.
Gorgeous.
Finished my peacock. So many hours, don’t even… I feel a bit lost now, like I just finished the best book, you know?
little monster girl coming along
She’s so sad. I bet she has an interesting story. (And beautiful stitching as always!)
This was meant to be an experiment in blackwork but I chickened out and kept it simple. Glad I did in the end, but the abandoned plan for counted stitches means I regret the fabric choice.
(via artfulcrap)
Bottom border stitching all done. Just the gold beads to go now, but I’ll add those last after I’ve completed the whole border.
Close to the end now.
