Black work embroidery patterns

My attempt at stitching the first page of fill-in patterns from Lesley Wilkins' Beginner's Guide to Blackwork. Blogged at: backstitch.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/blackwork-fill-in-sam...

Blackwork or Spanish Blackwork is a form of embroidery using black silk on white or off-white linen. Learn more and get free designs here.

blackwork ivy front and back via ajisaipress.com ... my comment? if this is how the front/back is supposed to look??? ... hahahahahahaha

Black Work

If you enjoy blackwork - or if you haven't tried it but are keen to - here's a wonderful online resource for an extensive collection of blackwork filling patterns - and it's free! Kim over at String or Nothing has put together a four-part PDF just loaded with blackwork patterns. You can downl

In this post I'm going to share with you a key part of my preparation for my RSN blackwork module - choosing the blackwork stitches.