Embroidery thread painting

If you're a fan of needle painting, you are most likely familiar with Trish Burr's exquisite embroidery, where she uses needle and thread to "paint" embroidered vignettes - primarily, flowers and birds. Trish has a substantial list of published books available for the embroiderer, books that are

It goes by so many names, this technique of creating realistic shading in embroidery. But no matter what name it goes by, and whether there are slight nuances in the meanings of the different names, all the techniques named above involve the dominant use of long & short stitch. I use the term

4x6 embroidery thread painting on painted canvas

Needle Painting stitch along: practice long and short stitching while working pretty floral embroidery!

Stitch Floral: Needle Painting stitch along: Part 1

The faces are so detailed 😳 This artist (https://www.instagram.com/ceciledavidovici) ‘paints’ with thread!

How to start & end embroidery thread

Next on my list of things to finish was Chinese Flower. When I began this piece in September, I never imagined it would still be on the frame in January. I have taken a lot of time and care over the stitching but even so I am amazed at how much stitching time this small piece took (unfortunately, I did not record my hours but as a rough guide one each leaf took 3-4 hours to stitch). © Trish Burr/Carol-Anne Conway I cannot sing the praises of this on-line course enough. I think the design is…

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I’m super excited and grateful that my bluejay embroidery will be featured in this year’s edition of @windhover_ And next Friday April 13th it will be on display at @artspacenc for the Windhover release party, go and support!...#embroidery #handembroidery #contemporaryembroidery #embroideryart #hoopart #needlework #modernneedlework #dmcembroidery #dmcthreads #needleworksociety #embroideryinstaguild #paintingwiththread #bluejay #spiderweb

These astounding needlework pieces are by self-taught embroiderer Trish Burr from Cape Town. She has written several books on the technique, contributed widely to magazines and teaches throughout South Africa and overseas. Trish lives in Cape town, South Africa with her husband and three children. Trish willingly shares her knowledge with fellow embroiderers, and in her own words she says, “We need to keep hand embroidery alive - if we hug our ideas to ourselves, they will become lost and…

Hand embroidery art inspired by famous painting 'Water Lilies' by Claude Monet will be great gift for art lover and perfect wall decor. This embroidered picture is hand-stitched with love, secured in a 6 inch (about 15.5 cm) embroidery hoop and backed with felt. Real colors may slightly differ from displaying on different monitors. The item will be shipped within 1-3 days after payment is received. The parcel will go for about 2-3 weeks to other countries. I'll provide the tracking number…

Here’s a great example of the “less is more” theory. In thread painting – which is also called needle painting, long and short stitch shading, silk shading, or many other and varied names – the smooth blending of colors and shades is what the embroiderer tries to achieve. Take a look at these two pictures, ...

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