Finished Pieces of Work

 Christina has been very busy making items decorated with black work.

She completed her scissor keeper, a pincushion and a little roll all embellished with the very beautiful, delicate stitches of blackwork.

She has added little pops of colour and beads to make the embroidery catch the eye.

Thank you Christina for sharing such fine stitching with us.

Ann E. has finished her delightful black work pin cushion using mainly black. She then used bright gold star stitch and French knots as a contrast to add interest.

The gold and black whipped stitch is beautiful around the edge and provides a lovely frame for the fine stitching.

Thank you Ann for your pretty pincushion.

Sandra wanted to have a go at blackwork but found the counted thread material and the needle too small so she found some size 6 binca online and decided to try that!

She made two squares black on white and white on black, machine stitching to fabric squares and onto red making a needle case.

She made a twisted braid and stitched around the edge providing more interest.

Thank you Sandra for thinking outside of the box.