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Posted by mommaschell on July 25, 2007, 2:05 pm
Hi to everyone - I used to be here a lot - now I only have access
through Google and pop in from time to time to catch up on things. So
now I'm here to ask for help.
I am making a chessboard. I have taken the pattern for the board and
done the outlines, trims and corners - These are all metallic - silver
and gold, Dragons on each side and little bitty dragons in the
corners, with a lattice like pattern filling in.
Now, in the style of Queen Besse's (not sure on the spelling)
chessboard, I am filling in the black and white squares with different
patters of blackwork. I have Lynne Skinner's 100 Blackwork patterns,
but some have odd numbers of squares and I need even numbers (my
squares are 20 x 20) My intent is to work the white squares each in a
different pattern and then do the same going the opposite direction in
black - so I need a total of 32 patterns. I've gotten about 10-12 done
so far and looks like there's another 10 or so in the book I can use,
but I'm still coming up short.
I've not been very successful in finding patterns on line (of the
freebie variety) and so am asking if anyone has any sources,
references or pointers for helping me find some that will work. I
didn't really want to buy another book of 100 patterns, but if I can't
find anything else, that may be how I have to go.
Any help will be appreciated.
Ellen (questioningly - in Denver)
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Posted by lewmew on July 25, 2007, 2:29 pm
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> Hi to everyone - I used to be here a lot - now I only have access
> through Google and pop in from time to time to catch up on things. So
> now I'm here to ask for help.
> I am making a chessboard. I have taken the pattern for the board and
> done the outlines, trims and corners - These are all metallic - silver
> and gold, Dragons on each side and little bitty dragons in the
> corners, with a lattice like pattern filling in.
> Now, in the style of Queen Besse's (not sure on the spelling)
> chessboard, I am filling in the black and white squares with different
> patters of blackwork. I have Lynne Skinner's 100 Blackwork patterns,
> but some have odd numbers of squares and I need even numbers (my
> squares are 20 x 20) My intent is to work the white squares each in a
> different pattern and then do the same going the opposite direction in
> black - so I need a total of 32 patterns. I've gotten about 10-12 done
> so far and looks like there's another 10 or so in the book I can use,
> but I'm still coming up short.
> I've not been very successful in finding patterns on line (of the
> freebie variety) and so am asking if anyone has any sources,
> references or pointers for helping me find some that will work. I
> didn't really want to buy another book of 100 patterns, but if I can't
> find anything else, that may be how I have to go.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Ellen (questioningly - in Denver)
Did you check your library? Mine has several blackwork books
available for checkout - maybe you can find something there.
In the meantime, check out: http://www.blackworkarchives.com/
And this has a ton of links if you scroll down:
http://www.prettyimpressivestuff.com/blackwork.htm
Also, check out Tam's creations - she has a few freebies:
http://tamscreations.com/freebies.aspx
HTH!
Linda
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Posted by Jeanine3 on July 26, 2007, 3:24 pm
mommaschell wrote:
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> I've not been very successful in finding patterns on line (of the
> freebie variety) and so am asking if anyone has any sources,
> references or pointers for helping me find some that will work. I
> didn't really want to buy another book of 100 patterns, but if I can't
> find anything else, that may be how I have to go.
>
http://aeg.atlantia.sca.org/projects/howto/blackwork/index.htm
http://www.rainbowgallery.com/freechartdownloads.cfm?ID=14
http://www.embroiderersguild.org.uk/stitch/projects/blackwork/
:-))
HTH,
Jeanine in Canada
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Posted by Allura on July 26, 2007, 7:41 pm
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> I've not been very successful in finding patterns on line (of the
> freebie variety) and so am asking if anyone has any sources,
> references or pointers for helping me find some that will work. I
> didn't really want to buy another book of 100 patterns, but if I can't
> find anything else, that may be how I have to go.
Stitchin'spirations has a series of freebies called Needlework
Building Blocks:
http://www.stitchinspiration.com/SiSNBB.html
She retires them after a few months, so it's worth going back. If you
join her forums and/or mailing list, you have access to some mroe,
too. There's a whole thing about ideas for them, too.
I love the sound of your chessboard, btw! Are you going to mount it in
some sort of frame when you're done?
Allura
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Allura's Ramblings: http://allura.blogdrive.com
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Posted by mommaschell on July 29, 2007, 7:48 am
Thanks everybody - I've found several that will fit and printed them
out. Now I have no excuse for not getting this done by Christmas!
Ellen (in Denver)
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> through Google and pop in from time to time to catch up on things. So
> now I'm here to ask for help.
> I am making a chessboard. I have taken the pattern for the board and
> done the outlines, trims and corners - These are all metallic - silver
> and gold, Dragons on each side and little bitty dragons in the
> corners, with a lattice like pattern filling in.
> Now, in the style of Queen Besse's (not sure on the spelling)
> chessboard, I am filling in the black and white squares with different
> patters of blackwork. I have Lynne Skinner's 100 Blackwork patterns,
> but some have odd numbers of squares and I need even numbers (my
> squares are 20 x 20) My intent is to work the white squares each in a
> different pattern and then do the same going the opposite direction in
> black - so I need a total of 32 patterns. I've gotten about 10-12 done
> so far and looks like there's another 10 or so in the book I can use,
> but I'm still coming up short.
> I've not been very successful in finding patterns on line (of the
> freebie variety) and so am asking if anyone has any sources,
> references or pointers for helping me find some that will work. I
> didn't really want to buy another book of 100 patterns, but if I can't
> find anything else, that may be how I have to go.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Ellen (questioningly - in Denver)