Friday, June 17, 2022

Creating a blackwork embroidery pattern using Tetris shapes!

A Laurel had challenged me to create a blackwork embroidery pattern using historically accurate patterns to create an 8 bit video game snapshot. This challenge was to see if the historical design criteria could be met with something that is absolutely NOT historically accurate. 🙂

 

Since Tetris has been one of my favorite video games from childhood, I chose Tetris for this challenge. Many reversible blackwork embroidery patterns, also known as a double-running stitch or Holbein stitch, is geometric in shape. 

The geometric shapes of blackwork are perfect for the Tetris shapes! First, I searched historical patterns to locate the same shapes found within the Tetris game. Then, I placed these various shapes on a canvas that I had created in Excel to create the pattern. 

 

Mistress Miriam bat Shimeon's blog for Mamluk Embroidery: https://awalimofstormhold.wordpress.com/embroidery-charts/ 

Drafting a Blackwork Embroidery Pattern: https://youtu.be/-zp3tILQTb8

 


 




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