Silk Shading Fox Owl 6 Heritage Courtyard

6 Heritage Courtyard

this elegant design will introduce you to metal thread techniques including couching

High quality giclee prints of Helen's Badger from her British Wildlife Collection on Somerset Satin paper with ivory card mount

Gutermann thread

applying soft string and felt padding

Silk Shading Fox Owl 6 Heritage CourtyardLearn the beautiful embroidery technique of silk shading to create this charming fox design. Fine stranded cotton threads are used to delicately blend between colours and to build up the texture of fur. Silk Shading refers to the hand embroidery technique which uses a variety of long and short stitches and colour blending in stranded cotton or silk threads. Often referred to as painting with a needle, this technique can be used to create realistic