An archive of blackwork embroidery patterns for historical costuming.

Fill-in Patterns from Sixteenth Century Blackwork Embroideries Click on the pattern to get information about the original artifact that inspired it. Bibliography: Benn, Elizabeth (ed). Treasures from the Embroiderers' Guild Collection. Devon: David & Charles, 1995. Digby, George Winfield. Elizabethan Embroidery. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1963. Gostelow, Mary. Blackwork. New York: Dover, 1998.

American Needlepoint Guild, Inc. Blackwork -- An Introduction by Carol Algie Higginbotham Originally published in Needle Pointers, Volume XI, Number 5, Winter 1983 Editor's Note: Carol Algie is an EGA certified teacher of Blackwork. A past president of the Southern California Chapter EGA, she serves on the Counted Thread Master Craftsman committee for EGA and has taught locally and at regional ...