Silk Shading Harvest Mouse royal school of needlework brown and green are used

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

Design dimensions: 5cm x 6cm

both of which are essential when creating a piece of metal thread work

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

Silk Shading Harvest Mouse royal school of needlework brown and green are usedLearn 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