Garden Birds: Blue Tit - Original Hand Embroidery intermediate size 22 chenille needle and

size 22 chenille needle and gutermann thread

iron and ironing board

Design dimensions: 9

back stitch

Design dimensions: 34cm x 24cm

Garden Birds: Blue Tit - Original Hand Embroidery intermediate size 22 chenille needle andOriginal 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