(Cross posted from my blog here: Permalink: http://www.kimiko1.com/blog/?p=120)

There are days when I get sidetracked into looking up an image. Today was one of those days when I was reading about the different types of blackwork on the Historic Hand Embroidery group. They hadn't posted an image of Hans Holbein's works that have blackwork ( Read more... )

There are times when cleaning the sewing room means finding a lost treasure. I found an old necklace from the 80s that had been stuffed into a box (from the move from my Mom's home when I got married), that works great as a period carcanet! Just need to maybe spiff it up with some applied gemstones and/or pearls, or it may just work fine by itself.