Colour In Flight - Mischievous Magpies. Original Hand Embroidery royal school of needlework Combine the beautiful embroidery technique

Combine the beautiful embroidery technique of blackwork with coloured stranded cotton and silver metal threads to create this elegant design inspired by the style of the Mackintosh Rose

Materials included in the kit: DMC stranded cotton threads

shading and enables the embroiderer to create designs which have a life-like quality

Design dimensions: 14

this beautiful book will inspire and encourage you to try this exciting technique and create your own exquisite designs

Colour In Flight - Mischievous Magpies. Original Hand Embroidery royal school of needlework Combine the beautiful embroidery techniqueThe Magpie, with its rowdy character and laughing call is instantly recognisable and can be seen in both urban and countryside gardens. Their distinctive black and white colouring and beautiful iridescent tail and wing feathers were the inspiration for this embroidered artwork. This original hand embroidery comes from the Colour In Flight collection; a study of the colour and movement of birds whilst in flight. Mischievous Magpies is a mixed media