Dear Helen, I thought I'd tackle blackwork, since it is an embroidery technique that looks like lace from a distance. But, I have over 2,000 embroidery books, and it would help to know more. Do you need information about technique, filling and shading patterns? I have had 2 outstanding teachers in the past 50 years - one on the East Coast of America (Ilse Altherr), one on the West (Jane Zimmerman). They both are EGA certified, but in most instances have stuck to the traditional uses of the blackwork technique that became most popular in Tudor times. They have each written a stack of books and provided some modern designs, but I remember no dogs. In the first 5 pages of my inventory, I found 7 books about blackwork! So, there are a lot in my library. In recent years, I've seen modern interpretations of blackwork in other books, particularly from the UK and Australia. What is your dog project about? What period in history? What breeds of dogs? How you will be using the dog patterns? I do not remember any fully-dedicated dogs-in-lace books amongst my 1,000-plus lace books, which probably means someone will tell you about one dog pattern at a time, most probably published in various guild bulletins. Our lacemakers would probably appreciate answers to the questions I've asked. Have you looked for dogs in children's books, coloring books and cartoons? If you are an experienced stitcher/lacemaker, you can draw an outline of a dog, and fill it with either blackwork or lace. You'd make something more original that way, but probably described as "adapted" from.... Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 1/31/2017 6:03:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I am looking for dog patterns in both lace and blackwork. If you know of any then could you please let me know how to find it/them. Helen (West coast of mainland Canada)
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