Silk Shading Harvest Mouse royal school of needlework Fine stranded cotton threads are

Fine stranded cotton threads are used to delicately blend between colours and to build up the texture of feathers

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The decorative embroidery stitches in tones of tawny brown stranded cotton include long and short stitch and fly stitch

Design dimensions: 5cm x 6cm

brown and green are used to build up the design onto a background of printed half-panama cotton linen fabric which is then mounted around board and the clock mechanism added

Silk Shading Harvest Mouse royal school of needlework Fine stranded cotton threads areLearn the beautiful embroidery technique of silk shading to create this charming harvest mouse 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