Because i have a *thing* about crows and ravens (sadly we don’t have them here, in New Zealand) here’s another blackwork design I whipped up inspired by the poem Ravens Black. As with my previous As The Crow Flies blackwork I stitched the test stitch on a denim jacket. I present to you . . . Ravens Black.
In the week it took to get the pattern for my sixth Tick Or Treat 3D clock – Quarter Past Sundown ready to release I managed to stitch the test stitch for my next project, a blackwork piece called As The Crow Flies so I’m releasing them both today. (I stitched As The crow Flies on soluble canvas on a denim jacket.)
This is a little blackwork piece I’m working on called As The Crow Flies. This is the first time I’ve used soluble canvas. (I’m using it on a denim jacket.)
Woohoo! I made my deadline again. My two new patterns are now ready and waiting to go out into the world.
Merribelle’s Boot is my second blackwork design. Amazingly the stitching only took me two weeks. (But I have to confess after that it took me a while to get around to adding the beads and sequins and making it up.) This would make a great Christmas gift for that impossible to buy for person.
This is Lower Whilborough, my new Arts & Crafts style miniature carpet. The pattern includes keys to two alternate colour choices. Although I stitched it in colours close to those in the original 1900’s design that this was based on, I think I almost prefer the red background colour way.
I know I’ve been quiet for a few weeks. I’ll use the excuse that I’ve been busy stitching – and I have been.
Lower Whilborough, my next Arts & Crafts style miniature carpet, just needs washing and stretching into shape before I can photograph it. And my next blackwork piece, the elf shoe Christmas stocking, has just been lined and 
stitched together but I don’t know what I’m going to call it yet. I’m still waiting for inspiration to strike. Then there’s the boring “post production” bits to do but all going well these two designs should be ready to roll by July.
Of course I’ve already started stitching the next thing. A rather exciting (I think) new addition to BrightSea Village. Stitching this is like doing a jigsaw. When I know it’s time to put it away I still want to do just one more piece. I won’t give what it is away yet but I will give you one little hint to chew on: it has a horse in it.