Ebook of blackwork patterns

Kim over at String or Nothing has generously released a book of free black work patterns titled  Ensamplario Atlantio: Being a Collection of Filling Patterns Suitable for Blackwork Embroidery. I know the title  sounds a mouthful, but there are some great traditional patterns in this ebook. This 40 page, Ebook of blackwork …

Friday Freebie

This week the free hand embroidery pattern design could be worked in outline stitches. If you click on the thumbnail it will take you to a larger version of the image. If you need to know how I would transfer this pattern to fabric, I have a tutorial on how to …

Encyclopedia of Needlework free online

The Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont (1846-1890) is published online as a web site. The book hold 16 chapters that range across many areas of needlework. For anyone looking for pulled and drawn stitches there is a chapter on Single Cut Openwork and a chapter on Whitework which is useful. Under …

Friday Freebie Hand Embroidery Pattern

This week the free hand embroidery pattern design could be worked in outline stitches or some of the lines could be satin stitch. Another way of working this design would be to combine it with fused applique and beading. It can be embroidered as a motif on a crazy quilting patch too. …

Friday Freebie Hand Embroidery Pattern

This week the free hand embroidery pattern design could be worked in outline stitches. If you click on the thumbnail it will take you to a larger version of the image. If you need to know how I would transfer this pattern to fabric, I have a tutorial on how …

Friday Freebie Hand Embroidery Pattern

This week the free hand embroidery pattern design could be worked in outline stitches or some of the lines could be couched. If you click on the thumbnail it will take you to a larger version of the image. If you need to know how I would transfer this pattern …

Friday Freebie Hand Embroidery Pattern

This week the free hand embroidery pattern from me is another in a series I worked. It  could be worked in outline stitches or some of the lines could be couched. Another way of working this design would be to combine it with fused applique. If you click on the …