What do you do when you have a hundred things you really should be doing? Start a cross-stitch project, of course. Actually, it's not as silly as it sounds, because I found that making the little stitches in black thread on counted linen was rather soothing last night. I probably should go and do some of those other things now, though.
I was inspired to try some cross-stitch in black thread after finding this site with a good selection of old-fashioned blackwork patterns, like vines and leaves and roses. It will be a nice project to have sitting around for when I have a few spare moments here and there. One day, I'd love to try a really complicated blackwork pattern – something like this one, maybe. It's the opposite of the kind of embroidery I usually do- it's geometrical, traditional and precise..
I made the small cases you can see above for my etsy shop update today. I used some vintage embroidered linen that I found, strangely enough, at our local Recycling Centre. Parts of the linen was old and damaged but I couldn't just leave it there. Those cross-stitches now have a new lease on life.
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