Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
My fascination with things renaissance has taken to include gold work. I ordered a kit and some books to try gold thread embroidery with the real stuff. The techniques are different than with "regular" embroidery (cotton or silk floss), and sparkly!
I love to embroider (silk thread), but I haven't done anything for a long time because I can't find decent patterns. Everything is either dorky or cutesy or juvenile. I want something more artistic--but I haven't been inspired to come up with my own. Any ideas on sourcing more complex, interesting, artsy patterns? Thanks!