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Blackwork project!

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:32 pm
by funkymonkey
Ever since I learned about blackwork, I've been intrigued, overwhelmed, and constantly reminded of the fill style palettes from old drawing software.

I have finally found the perfect image for my blackwork project, an old MacPaint screen shot!
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I probably won't have a lot of free time anymore now that school has started... but this one will definitely be sitting impatiently in my brain. I'll post WIP's when I start on it :)

Re: Blackwork project!

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:00 pm
by rbaron
Oh nice! That'll be beautiful! I can't wait to see WIPs

Re: Blackwork project!

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:51 am
by starrley
What an interesting idea! I love blackwork. I'm excited to see this project take shape. :D

Re: Blackwork project!

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:17 pm
by blackmageheart
starrley wrote:What an interesting idea! I love blackwork. I'm excited to see this project take shape. :D
I agree. Blackwork's really nice and quite fun to do, and I like the subject matter you've chosen - should be good!

Re: Blackwork project!

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:16 pm
by La Ptite Bete
Never heard about blackwork, but it sounds great... so many possibilities !!
I can't wait to see your WIPS too :thumbsup:

Re: Blackwork project!

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:19 am
by Cross Stitch Ninja
This is going to be good! I'm looking forward to following the progress pics.

Re: Blackwork project!

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:21 am
by m4pl3g1rl
Yay! I love blackwork.

And I love that blackwork doesn't have to be in black. Do you have plans for color? Or are you going with just black?

Re: Blackwork project!

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:37 am
by funkymonkey
m4pl3g1rl wrote:Yay! I love blackwork.

And I love that blackwork doesn't have to be in black. Do you have plans for color? Or are you going with just black?
I've thought about it, but for this one I'm going to go with all black to keep it authentic with the original Mac. I am so excited to get started on this one.. i've sketched out a few ideas but i have to finish the neverending backstitching on my Summer Music kit first >_<

Re: Blackwork project!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:42 am
by msstitcher
That is a brilliant idea! Hope you find the time for it x

Re: Blackwork project!

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:25 pm
by funkymonkey
Ok, the time is near! It took 8-10 hours, but I finally finished the pattern for this. Normal people probably don't draw out full patterns for blackwork, but since it's my first one, and I needed to turn a pixel image into lines, I decided it would be worth the effort. I plan to start it when I finish my charity quilt square, which should be in the next couple of days!

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