Birds, Blooms and Bugs
2 to 5 days, All Levels

Using needle and thread like a paintbrush, learn to hand embroider a study of your choice on either a cream or black background.  Students will learn how to do radial stitching, long and short stitch techniques and other approaches to blending threads and colours.  We will look at the different thread choices and their attributes.  If your experience in this type of embroidery is limited, a simple study should be chosen to begin.  Those with more advanced abilities can chose a more complex subject with lots of curves and detail, such as birds and orchids.  Students can work with cotton flosses, silks or wools.  I will provide some of each for experimentation.  The first day and a half is spent learning all of the thread painting techniques.  On the second afternoon we will look at each of your images and determine which technique is most suitable and which threads you might like to execute the image in.  Three days allows you to work out more of the technical challenges.  Four to five days allows completion and guidance throughout plus focus on other subjects and their challenges.

 

 

Copyright:  Margaret Vant Erve