Featured image: Blackwork shirt by Anja Snihova' Javornic Definition from Wikipedia: Blackwork, sometimes historically termed Spanish blackwork, is a form of embroidery generally using black thread, although other colors are also used on occasion. Sometimes it is counted-thread embroidery which…
Embroidery by Izadora Ivanova The featured image: Embroidery by Izadora Ivanova inspired by jewelry
Featured image: Laurel-Pelican blackworked hatband, with garnet blood drops. Design by maker. DMC cotton on Aida. (Mistress Arlys o Gordon, Rivers Region)a) original patternb) finished band on hat Laurel-Pelican blackworked hatband, with garnet blood drops. Design by maker. DMC cotton…
Post by: Halima al-Rakkasa in Assisi Work Embroidery Fabric Voided Work
Featured image: Teeny tiny Assisi samples for show-and-tell in my Assisi class. (Mistress Arlys o Gordon, Rivers Region) “St. George and the Dragon.” Inspired by Sibmacher’s Modelbuch, Plate LI (1527) and interpreted as Assisi work. (Mistress Arlys o Gordon, Rivers…
Post by: Halima al-Rakkasa in Cross Stitch Embroidery Fabric
Featured image: Cross stitched Laurel badge on a red field. DMC cotton on Aida. (Mistress Arlys o Gordon, Rivers Region)
Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another by stringing them with a sewing needle or beading needle and thread or thin wire, or sewing them to cloth. Beads come in a variety of materials, shapes…
Post by: Halima al-Rakkasa in Basic Embroidery Embroidery Fabric Forms of Embellishment Surface Embroidery
Embroidery is a fiber art, used to create beautiful shapes, characters, flowers, figures or any design using thread and needle. Basic stitches are running stitch, back stitch, satin stitch, split stitch, french Knot, and chain stitch. This featured image is…
Post by: Halima al-Rakkasa in Counted Thread Cross Stitch Embroidery
Fabric - Embroidery - Surface - Counted Cross-stitch by Halima al-Rakkasa Definition from Wikipedia: Cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form…
