Blackwork (Needlework)

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Blackwork Embroidery Archives Blackwork Embroidery Archives: Collection of original floral and geometric patterns to download. Includes historical notes on blackwork in renaissance costume, instructions for working double-running stitch, bibliography and links. (Blackwork) http://blackworkarchives.com Bronwen's Blackwork Library Bronwen's Blackwork Library: Contains charts for hundreds of authentic English, German, and Italian blackwork patterns from sixteenth and seventeenth century sources. Includes a tutorial on the double-running stitch. (Blackwork) http://costume.dm.net/blackwork/index.html Blackwork Blackwork: Survey history of blackwork, with illustrations, by Michele Palmer, former editor of the newsletter of the Center for the History of American Needlework (C.H.A.N.). From Fancywork, October 1984. (Blackwork) http://www.needlearts.com/html/articles/article_13/article_13.htm Blackwork Designs from 16th Century Sources Blackwork Designs from 16th Century Sources: Charted patterns from period portraits of Mrs Pemberton (by Holbein) and Bess of Hardwick. (Blackwork) http://infotrope.net/sca/textiles/embroidery/blackwork-sources/ Blackwork Fill-in Patterns Blackwork Fill-in Patterns: Charted designs from sixteenth-century sources, with notes, at the Atlantian Embroiderers Guild (Society for Creative Anachronism). (Blackwork) http://aeg.atlantia.sca.org/projects/howto/blackwork/index.htm Blackwork: An Introduction Blackwork: An Introduction: Survey article from Needle Pointers magazine XI:5, Winter 1983, by Carol Algie Higginbotham, EGA certified teacher of blackwork. Modern and traditional examples, bibliography, some free charts. (Blackwork) http://www.needlepoint.org/Archives/Blackwork/Article.htm Blackwork from Stitch On Line Blackwork from Stitch On Line: History and techniques, early design sources, and bibliography, from the Skinner Sisters. Illustrated. (Blackwork) http://www.skinnersisters.com/stitch/issue1/index.html Jill Cater Nixon Jill Cater Nixon: Blackwork charts and cross stitch using many different threads, beads, and sequins. Designs include fairies, costumes, and cars. (Blackwork) http://members.madasafish.com/~jillcn/freechart.htm Blackwork Gallery Blackwork Gallery: Annotated links to Renaissance portraits and paintings featuring blackwork, at the Elizabethan Practical Companion. (Blackwork) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/1581/bwgallery/