Needlework Gallery

Blackwork Cuffs done with 60/2 silk on 28 count linen. These were done using double running stitch. I also made the gloves.

Heraldic Pillow Done in Tent Stitch with 3 strand 60/2 silk on 32 count linen.

This is blackwork done with double running stitch on linen. It is going to be a headscarf to keep the sun off my head at Pennsic and other sunny events. The scarf is not documentable, but the patterns of the blackwork are from 16th Century Samplers. (Sorry, it's a horrible scan.)

Blackwork on a smock. Done with 60/2 silk on linen with double running stitch. To the documentation of this project, click here

This is silk blackwork "sweet bag" done for a friend on linen with a silk fingerloop braid. To read more about this, click here.

This is another silk blackwork "sweet bag" worked on linen with a silk fingerloop braid.

This is a blackwork coif I started last year.

This is a closeup of the silk blackwork I did on the sleeves (and neckline) of a linen chemise. It was my first project using the double running (Holbein), stitch on a garmet.

One of the many badges I made as thank you tokens for gentles in our shire. Done with long arm cross stitch, circa Germany 15th century.