Garden Birds: Blue Tit - Original Hand Embroidery intermediate gilt metal threads: pearl purl

gilt metal threads: pearl purl

£65 per person

iron and ironing board

back stitch

owner of The Bluebird Embroidery Company

Garden Birds: Blue Tit - Original Hand Embroidery intermediate gilt metal threads: pearl purlOriginal hand embroidery of a Blue Tit from the Garden Bird collection. This beautifully detailed little bird sat upon a large needle took approximately 20 hours to embroider using a combination of two techniques called silk shading and stumpwork. Silk shading, sometimes known as 'painting with the needle' was used to replicate the delicate soft texture of the feathers by blending together eight shades of stranded cotton threads, each one inserted