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February 12, 2008

Shetland Sampler of Pattern Inspirations

This collection is from Sandness, Shetland Isles, Scotland.













Posted by Helen at 10:22 PM
Labels: dry stane walls, earthy textures, insects, plants, toys

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Pattern Inspiration Resource

  • Baby Taj (1)
  • dry stane walls (2)
  • earthy textures (1)
  • food (1)
  • furnishings (1)
  • insects (1)
  • plants (2)
  • Rajistan forts (1)
  • sand dunes (1)
  • shell (1)
  • Taj Mahal (1)
  • townscapes (1)
  • toys (1)

Useful Online Resources & Inspirational Blogs

  • rdh: photos
  • June at Noon
  • Cindy Ferguson: Scherenschnitte
  • Maya's Blog
  • The Shetland Trader
  • Backstitch
  • Sketches, Stitches and Stones
  • Maggie's Textiles
  • Victoria & Albert Embroidery Blogs
  • Craftzine Blog
  • American Needlework Guild
  • Blackwork Embroidery Primer
  • Skinner Sisters
  • Beginning blackwork
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Collections
  • Free online graph paper

Blackwork & Embroidery books (that I like)

  • 'Traditional Blackwork Samplers' by Lesley Wilkins, Search Press (2004)
  • 'Embroidery Ideas from Blackwork' by Pat Langford, Kangaroo Press Pty. Ltd, Australia (1998)
  • 'Beginners Guide to Blackwork' by Lesley Wilkins, Search Press (2002)
  • 'Blackwork' by Lesley Barnett, Search Press Ltd (1996)

Inspirational Artists

  • Samual Peploe
  • Mary Harper
  • Elizabeth Magill

Inspirational Picture Books

  • Wordless Books The Original Graphic Novels, David Berona

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