BIRD NEEDLE PAINTING KITS

Needle Painting also known as thread painting is a hand embroidery technique blending long and short stitches to create realistic pictures. For a complete explanation of the technique and relative difficulty of the embroideries Click Here!

I offer Needle Painting kits in the following subjects.  Click on the subjects below or scroll down the page.

Baby Burrowing Owl  |   Burrowing Owl  |  Chickadee on Blossom Branch  |  Eastern Blue Bird  |  Pygmy Owl

Red Poll  |  Robin on Berry Branch  |  Robin on Blossom Branch  |  Robin in Grass  |  Wren on Blossom Branch

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Baby Burrowing Owl

Close up of the Head

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BABY BURROWING OWL

The Baby Burrowing Owl is a beginners needle painting technique. For a complete explanation of the technique Click Here!.

The kit has detailed instructions and lots of diagrams to guide your through the embroidery. The fabric comes with the design hand drawn on so there are no worries about transferring the design and the threads come wrapped on a long floss bobbin and numbered so you know exactly which colour to use.

The Baby Burrowing Owl is also one of the designs featured in the A-Z of Thread Painting Book, The great advantage of having the kit and the book is that the kit comes with detailed instructions will lots of diagrams to work the embroidery and the book comes with step-by-step colour photos of the stages of the embroidery as a visual guide to keep you on right track. The A-Z of Thread Painting book is not required to work the embroidery but is an excellent asset if you are new to the technique.

Working the embroidery: The Baby Burrowing Owl is worked in a single strand of DMC embroidery floss in the needle at one time, embroidering the design in straight stitches. These stitches are either long and short or are all the same length but alternate in positions so that the colours blend together.

This technique will give an embroiderer good practice in the long and short technique, gaining the skills the embroiderer needs to tackle the more advanced needle painting projects i.e. the red fox and the field mouse.

If you have any questions as you are working the embroidery you can email me at any time and I will be happy to help you. I am offering free on going critique for this kit, for more details go to - Free on going critique.

EMBROIDERY SIZE

Height: 4 inches (10 cm)     Width: 2 1/2 inches (5 cm)

KIT CONTENTS

Instruction Booklet   •  A Range of 13 Different Coloured DMC Embroidery Floss   •  1 No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle    •  A Piece of 100% Southern Belle Cotton Muslin Fabric 11 inches Square (28 cm Square) with Design Printed on the Fabric

KIT COST

Baby Burrowing Owl Needle Painting Kit: $45.00 Canadian Dollars

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BOOK COST

A-Z of Thread Painting Book: $32.95 Canadian Dollars

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You can purchase an extra piece of fabric with the Owl design drawn on which you can use to practice the long and short stitch. Sold with kit purchase only.

Extra Piece of Fabric with the Baby Burrowing Owl Design: $10.00 Canadian Dollars

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I recommend stretcher bar frames to work Needle Painting in as you can get excellent tension on all four sides of the embroidery resulting in smoother stitches. For information about the frames visit my Embroidery Frames webpage. (Parcel Mail costs apply to stretcher bar frames).

9 Inch Stretcher Bar Frame and Thumb Tacks: $15.00 Canadian Dollars

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All Needle Painting kits come with one No. 10 embroidery needle. As these fine embroidery needles can be difficult to come I have given you the option to order extra needles below.

Packet of 15 Crewel Embroidery Needles Size 10: $2.50 Canadian Dollars

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Packet of 3 Metal Top Wire Needle Threaders: $1.39 Canadian Dollars

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BURROWING OWL

The Burrowing Owl is an intermediate to advanced needle painting technique. For a complete explanation of the technique and relative difficulty of the embroidery Click Here!.

The kit has detailed instructions and lots of diagrams to guide your through the embroidery. The fabric comes with the design hand drawn on so there are no worries about transferring the design and the threads come wrapped on a long floss bobbin and numbered so you know exactly which colour to use.

Working the embroidery: The Burrowing Owl is worked in a single strand of DMC embroidery floss in the needle at one time, embroidering the design in straight stitches. These stitches are either long and short or are all the same length but alternate in positions so that the colours blend together.

If you have any questions as you are working the embroidery you can email me at any time and I will be happy to help you. I am offering free on going critique for this kit, for more details go to - Free on going critique.

EMBROIDERY SIZE

Height: 3 1/2 inches (9 cm)     Width: 2 1/4 inches (5 1/2 cm)

KIT CONTENTS

Instruction Booklet   •  A Range of 13 Different Coloured DMC Embroidery Floss   •  1 No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle    •  A Piece of 100% Southern Belle Cotton Muslin Fabric 11 inches Square (28 cm Square) with Design Printed on the Fabric

KIT COST

Burrowing Owl Needle Painting Kit: $48.00 Canadian Dollars

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You can purchase an extra piece of fabric with the Owl design drawn on which you can use to practice the long and short stitch. Sold with kit purchase only.

Extra Piece of Fabric with the Burrowing Owl Design: $10.00 Canadian Dollars

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I recommend stretcher bar frames to work Needle Painting in as you can get excellent tension on all four sides of the embroidery resulting in smoother stitches. For information about the frames visit my Embroidery Frames webpage. (Parcel Mail costs apply to stretcher bar frames).

9 Inch Stretcher Bar Frame and Thumb Tacks: $15.00 Canadian Dollars

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All Needle Painting kits come with one No. 10 embroidery needle. As these fine embroidery needles can be difficult to come I have given you the option to order extra needles below.

Packet of 15 Crewel Embroidery Needles Size 10: $2.50 Canadian Dollars

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Packet of 3 Metal Top Wire Needle Threaders: $1.39 Canadian Dollars

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CHICKADEE ON BLOSSOM BRANCH

The chickadee is an advanced needle painting technique. For a complete explanation of the technique and relative difficulty of the embroidery Click Here!.

I highly recommended that you try at least one of the beginners or intermediate needle painting kits before the chickadee embroidery. The instruction booklet for this kit covers just the basics and is 7 pages in length in comparison to the standard 12 - 24 pages for the beginners and intermediate instruction booklets. The kit is intended for those who already have a good grasp of the long and short stitch and satin stitch technique and only gives brief instructions of the order in which to work the embroidery and some simple how to diagrams. The Blue Flax and the Robin on Blossom Branch are recommended embroideries to work before hand as they have similar techniques to the Chickadee on Blossom Branch but with lots of diagrams and detailed instructions.

The fabric comes with the design hand drawn on so there are no worries about transferring the design and the threads come wrapped on a long floss bobbin and numbered so you know exactly which colour to use.

Working the embroidery: The Chickadee is worked in a single strand of DMC embroidery floss in the needle at one time, embroidering the design in straight stitches. These stitches are either long and short or are all the same length but alternate in positions so that the colours blend together.

If you have any questions as you are working the chickadee embroidery you can email me at any time and I will be happy to help you.  I am offering free on going critique for this kit, for more details go to - Free on going critique.

EMBROIDERY SIZE

Height: 3 inches (7 1/2 cm)     Width: 4 3/4 inches (11 3/4 cm)

KIT CONTENTS

Instruction Booklet   •  A Range of 20 Different Coloured DMC Embroidery Floss   •  1 No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle    •  A Piece of 100% Southern Belle Cotton Muslin Fabric 11 inches Square (28 cm Square) with Design Hand Drawn on the Fabric

KIT COST

Chickadee on Blossom Branch Needle Painting Kit: $35.00 Canadian Dollars

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You can purchase an extra piece of fabric with the Chickadee on Blossom Branch design drawn on which you can use to practice the long and short stitch. Sold with kit purchase only.

Extra Piece of Fabric with the Chickadee on Blossom Branch Design: $10.00 Canadian Dollars

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I recommend stretcher bar frames to work Needle Painting in as you can get excellent tension on all four sides of the embroidery resulting in smoother stitches. For information about the frames visit my Embroidery Frames webpage. (Parcel Mail costs apply to stretcher bar frames).

9 Inch Stretcher Bar Frame and Thumb Tacks: $15.00 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


All Needle Painting kits come with one No. 10 embroidery needle. As these fine embroidery needles can be difficult to come I have given you the option to order extra needles below.

Packet of 15 Crewel Embroidery Needles Size 10: $2.50 Canadian Dollars

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Packet of 3 Metal Top Wire Needle Threaders: $1.39 Canadian Dollars

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Eastern Blue Bird on Blossom Branch

Close up of the Head

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EASTERN BLUE BIRD ON BLOSSOM BRANCH

The Eastern Blue Bird on Blossom Branch is an intermediate needle painting technique. For a complete explanation of the technique and relative difficulty of the embroidery Click Here!.

The kit has detailed instructions and lots of diagrams to guide your through the embroidery. The fabric comes with the design hand drawn on so there are no worries about transferring the design and the threads come wrapped on a long floss bobbin and numbered so you know exactly which colour to use.

Working the embroidery: The Blue Bird is worked in a single strand of DMC embroidery floss in the needle at one time, embroidering the design in straight stitches. These stitches are either long and short or are all the same length but alternate in positions so that the colours blend together.

If you have any questions as you are working the embroidery you can email me at any time and I will be happy to help you. I am offering free on going critique for this kit, for more details go to - Free on going critique.

EMBROIDERY SIZE

Height: 3 inches (7 1/2 cm)     Width: 3 1/4 inches (8 cm)

KIT CONTENTS

Instruction Booklet   •  A Range of 24 Different Coloured DMC Embroidery Floss   •  1 No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle    •  A Piece of 100% Southern Belle Cotton Muslin Fabric 11 inches (28 cm) by 14 inches (35 cm) with Design Hand Drawn on the Fabric

KIT COST

Eastern Blue Bird on Blossom Branch Needle Painting Kit: $48.00 Canadian Dollars

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You can purchase an extra piece of fabric with the Eastern Blue Bird design drawn on which you can use to practice the long and short stitch. Sold with kit purchase only.

Extra Piece of Fabric with the Eastern Blue Bird on Blossom Branch Design: $12.00 Canadian Dollars

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I recommend stretcher bar frames to work Needle Painting in as you can get excellent tension on all four sides of the embroidery resulting in smoother stitches. For information about the frames visit my Embroidery Frames webpage. (Parcel Mail costs apply to stretcher bar frames).

9 inch Stretcher Bar Frame and Thumb Tacks: $15.00 Canadian Dollars

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All Needle Painting kits come with one No. 10 embroidery needle. As these fine embroidery needles can be difficult to come I have given you the option to order extra needles below.

Packet of 15 Crewel Embroidery Needles Size 10: $2.50 Canadian Dollars

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Packet of 3 Metal Top Wire Needle Threaders: $1.39 Canadian Dollars

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PYGMY OWL - NEEDLE PAINTING

The Pygmy Owl is an intermediate to advanced needle painting technique. For a complete explanation of the technique and relative difficulty of the embroidery Click Here!.

The kit has detailed instructions and lots of diagrams to guide your through the embroidery. The fabric comes with the design hand drawn on so there are no worries about transferring the design and the threads come wrapped on a long floss bobbin and numbered so you know exactly which colour to use.

Working the embroidery: The Owl is worked in a single strand of DMC embroidery floss in the needle at one time, embroidering the design in straight stitches. These stitches are either long and short or are all the same length but alternate in positions so that the colours blend together. The branch is worked in chain stitch and French knots and the green branches are worked in stem stitch.

If you have any questions as you are working the embroidery you can email me at any time and I will be happy to help you. I am offering free on going critique for this kit, for more details go to - Free on going critique.

EMBROIDERY SIZE

Height: 4 3/4 inches (11 3/4 cm)     Width: 5 1/4 inches (13 1/4 cm)

KIT CONTENTS

Instruction Booklet   •  A Range of 14 Different Coloured DMC Embroidery Floss   •  1 No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle    •  A Piece of 100% Southern Belle Cotton Muslin Fabric 11 inches (28 cm) by 14 inches (35 cm) with Design Hand Drawn on the Fabric

KIT COST

Pygmy Owl Needle Painting Kit: $48.00 Canadian Dollars, Kit of the Month Price: $42.00

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You can purchase an extra piece of fabric with the Pygmy Owl design drawn on which you can use to practice the long and short stitch. Sold with kit purchase only.

Extra Piece of Fabric with the Pygmy Owl Design: $13.00 Canadian Dollars

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I recommend stretcher bar frames to work Needle Painting in as you can get excellent tension on all four sides of the embroidery resulting in smoother stitches. For information about the frames visit my Embroidery Frames webpage. (Parcel Mail costs apply to stretcher bar frames).

10 inch by 12 inch Stretcher Bar Frame and Thumb Tacks: $15.00 Canadian Dollars

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All Needle Painting kits come with one No. 10 embroidery needle. As these fine embroidery needles can be difficult to come I have given you the option to order extra needles below.

Packet of 15 Crewel Embroidery Needles Size 10: $2.50 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


Packet of 3 Metal Top Wire Needle Threaders: $1.39 Canadian Dollars

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View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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RED POLL

The Red Poll is an intermediate to advanced needle painting technique. For a complete explanation of the technique and relative difficulty of the embroidery Click Here!.

The kit has detailed instructions and lots of diagrams to guide your through the embroidery. The fabric comes with the design hand drawn on so there are no worries about transferring the design and the threads come wrapped on a long floss bobbin and numbered so you know exactly which colour to use.

Working the embroidery: The Red Poll is worked in a single strand of DMC embroidery floss in the needle at one time, embroidering the design in straight stitches. These stitches are either long and short or are all the same length but alternate in positions so that the colours blend together. The pine branch is worked in stem stitch.

If you have any questions as you are working the embroidery you can email me at any time and I will be happy to help you. I am offering free on going critique for this kit, for more details go to - Free on going critique.

EMBROIDERY SIZE

Height: 3 inches (7 1/2 cm)     Width: 2 3/4 inches (6 3/4 cm)

KIT CONTENTS

Instruction Booklet   •  A Range of 12 Different Coloured DMC Embroidery Floss   •  1 No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle    •  A Piece of 100% Southern Belle Cotton Muslin Fabric 11 inches Square (28 cm Square) with Design Printed on the Fabric

KIT COST

Red Poll Needle Painting Kit: $45.00 Canadian Dollars

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You can purchase an extra piece of fabric with the Red Poll design drawn on which you can use to practice the long and short stitch. Sold with kit purchase only.

Extra Piece of Fabric with the Red Poll Design: $8.00 Canadian Dollars

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I recommend stretcher bar frames to work Needle Painting in as you can get excellent tension on all four sides of the embroidery resulting in smoother stitches. For information about the frames visit my Embroidery Frames webpage. (Parcel Mail costs apply to stretcher bar frames).

9 Inch Stretcher Bar Frame and Thumb Tacks: $15.00 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


All Needle Painting kits come with one No. 10 embroidery needle. As these fine embroidery needles can be difficult to come I have given you the option to order extra needles below.

Packet of 15 Crewel Embroidery Needles Size 10: $2.50 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


Packet of 3 Metal Top Wire Needle Threaders: $1.39 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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ROBIN ON BERRY BRANCH

The Robin on Berry Branch is an intermediate to advanced needle painting technique. For a complete explanation of the technique and relative difficulty of the embroidery Click Here!.

The kit has detailed instructions and lots of diagrams to guide your through the embroidery. The fabric comes with the design hand drawn on so there are no worries about transferring the design and the threads come wrapped on a long floss bobbin and numbered so you know exactly which colour to use.

Working the embroidery: The Robin is worked in a single strand of DMC embroidery floss in the needle at one time, embroidering the design in straight stitches. These stitches are either long and short or are all the same length but alternate in positions so that the colours blend together.

If you have any questions as you are working the embroidery you can email me at any time and I will be happy to help you. I am offering free on going critique for this kit, for more details go to - Free on going critique.

EMBROIDERY SIZE

Height: 3 1/2 inches (8 3/4 cm)     Width: 4 1/2 inches (11 1/4 cm)

KIT CONTENTS

Instruction Booklet   •  A Range of 20 Different Coloured DMC Embroidery Floss   •  1 No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle    •  A Piece of 100% Southern Belle Cotton Muslin Fabric 11 inches (28 cm) by 14 inches (35 cm) with Design Hand Drawn on the Fabric

KIT COST

Robin on Berry Branch Needle Painting Kit: $48.00 Canadian Dollars

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You can purchase an extra piece of fabric with the Robin design drawn on which you can use to practice the long and short stitch. Sold with kit purchase only.

Extra Piece of Fabric with the Robin on Berry Branch Design: $12.00 Canadian Dollars

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I recommend stretcher bar frames to work Needle Painting in as you can get excellent tension on all four sides of the embroidery resulting in smoother stitches. For information about the frames visit my Embroidery Frames webpage. (Parcel Mail costs apply to stretcher bar frames).

10 Inch by 11 inch Stretcher Bar Frame and Thumb Tacks: $15.00 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


All Needle Painting kits come with one No. 10 embroidery needle. As these fine embroidery needles can be difficult to come I have given you the option to order extra needles below.

Packet of 15 Crewel Embroidery Needles Size 10: $2.50 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


Packet of 3 Metal Top Wire Needle Threaders: $1.39 Canadian Dollars

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Robin on Blossom Branch

Close up of the Head

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ROBIN ON BLOSSOM BRANCH

The Robin on Blossom Branch is an intermediate to advanced needle painting technique. For a complete explanation of the technique and relative difficulty of the embroidery Click Here!.

The kit has detailed instructions and lots of diagrams to guide your through the embroidery. The fabric comes with the design hand drawn on so there are no worries about transferring the design and the threads come wrapped on a long floss bobbin and numbered so you know exactly which colour to use.

Working the embroidery: The Robin is worked in a single strand of DMC embroidery floss in the needle at one time, embroidering the design in straight stitches. These stitches are either long and short or are all the same length but alternate in positions so that the colours blend together.

If you have any questions as you are working the embroidery you can email me at any time and I will be happy to help you. I am offering free on going critique for this kit, for more details go to - Free on going critique.

EMBROIDERY SIZE

Height: 3 3/4 inches (9 1/2 cm)     Width: 5 1/4 inches (13 1/2 cm)

KIT CONTENTS

Instruction Booklet   •  A Range of 16 Different Coloured DMC Embroidery Floss   •  1 No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle    •  A Piece of 100% Southern Belle Cotton Muslin Fabric 11 inches (28 cm) by 14 inches (35 cm) with Design Hand Drawn on the Fabric

KIT COST

Robin on Blossom Branch Needle Painting Kit: $48.00 Canadian Dollars

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You can purchase an extra piece of fabric with the Robin design drawn on which you can use to practice the long and short stitch. Sold with kit purchase only.

Extra Piece of Fabric with the Robin on Blossom Branch Design: $12.00 Canadian Dollars

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I recommend stretcher bar frames to work Needle Painting in as you can get excellent tension on all four sides of the embroidery resulting in smoother stitches. For information about the frames visit my Embroidery Frames webpage. (Parcel Mail costs apply to stretcher bar frames).

10 inch by 12 inch Stretcher Bar Frame and Thumb Tacks: $15.00 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


All Needle Painting kits come with one No. 10 embroidery needle. As these fine embroidery needles can be difficult to come I have given you the option to order extra needles below.

Packet of 15 Crewel Embroidery Needles Size 10: $2.50 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


Packet of 3 Metal Top Wire Needle Threaders: $1.39 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

Robin in Grass

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ROBIN IN GRASS

The Robin is an intermediate to advanced needle painting technique. For a complete explanation of the technique and relative difficulty of the embroidery Click Here!.

The kit has detailed instructions and lots of diagrams to guide your through the embroidery. The fabric comes with the design hand drawn on so there are no worries about transferring the design and the threads come wrapped on a long floss bobbin and numbered so you know exactly which colour to use.

Working the embroidery: The Robin is worked in a single strand of DMC embroidery floss in the needle at one time, embroidering the design in straight stitches. These stitches are either satin stitch or long and short or are all the same length but alternate in positions so that the colours blend together.

If you have any questions as you are working the embroidery you can email me at any time and I will be happy to help you. I am offering free on going critique for this kit, for more details go to - Free on going critique.

EMBROIDERY SIZE

Height: 3 1/2 inches (9 cm)     Width: 2 1/2 inches (6 cm)

KIT CONTENTS

Instruction Booklet   •  A Range of 13 Different Coloured DMC Embroidery Floss   •  1 No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle    •  A Piece of 100% Southern Belle Cotton Muslin Fabric 11 inches Square (28 cm Square) with Design Printed on the Fabric

KIT COST

Robin in Grass Needle Painting Kit: $45.00 Canadian Dollars

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You can purchase an extra piece of fabric with the Robin in Grass design drawn on which you can use to practice the long and short stitch. Sold with kit purchase only.

Extra Piece of Fabric with the Robin in Grass Design: $10.00 Canadian Dollars

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I recommend stretcher bar frames to work Needle Painting in as you can get excellent tension on all four sides of the embroidery resulting in smoother stitches. For information about the frames visit my Embroidery Frames webpage. (Parcel Mail costs apply to stretcher bar frames).

9 Inch Stretcher Bar Frame and Thumb Tacks: $15.00 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


All Needle Painting kits come with one No. 10 embroidery needle. As these fine embroidery needles can be difficult to come I have given you the option to order extra needles below.

Packet of 15 Crewel Embroidery Needles Size 10: $2.50 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


Packet of 3 Metal Top Wire Needle Threaders: $1.39 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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WREN ON BLOSSOM BRANCH

The Wren is an advanced needle painting technique. For a complete explanation of the technique and relative difficulty of the embroidery Click Here!.

I highly recommended that you try at least one of the beginners or intermediate needle painting kits before the Wren embroidery. The instruction booklet for this kit covers just the basics and is 5 pages in length in comparison to the standard 12 - 24 pages for the beginners and intermediate instruction booklets. The kit is intended for those who already have a good grasp of the long and short stitch and satin stitch technique and only gives brief instructions of the order in which to work the embroidery and some simple how to diagrams. The Blue Flax and the Robin on Blossom Branch are recommended embroideries to work before hand as they have similar techniques to the Wren on Blossom Branch but with lots of diagrams and detailed instructions.

The fabric comes with the design hand drawn on so there are no worries about transferring the design and the threads come wrapped on a long floss bobbin and numbered so you know exactly which colour to use.

Working the embroidery: The Wren is worked in a single strand of the DMC or Anchor floss in the needle at one time, embroidering the design in straight stitches. These stitches are either long and short or are all the same length but alternate in positions so that the colours blend together.

If you have any questions as you are working the wren embroidery you can email me at any time and I will be happy to help you. I am offering free on going critique for this kit, for more details go to - Free on going critique.

EMBROIDERY SIZE

Height: 3 inches (7 1/2 cm)     Width: 4 1/2 inches (11 1/2 cm)

KIT CONTENTS

Instruction Booklet   •  A Range of 20 Different Coloured DMC Embroidery Floss   •  1 No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle    •  A Piece of 100% Southern Belle Cotton Muslin Fabric 11 inches Square (28 cm Square) with Design Hand Drawn on the Fabric

KIT COST

Wren on Blossom Branch Needle Painting Kit: $30.00 Canadian Dollars

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You can purchase an extra piece of fabric with the Wren on Blossom Branch design drawn on which you can use to practice the long and short stitch. Sold with kit purchase only.

Extra Piece of Fabric with the Wren on Blossom Branch Design: $10.00 Canadian Dollars

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I recommend stretcher bar frames to work Needle Painting in as you can get excellent tension on all four sides of the embroidery resulting in smoother stitches. For information about the frames visit my Embroidery Frames webpage. (Parcel Mail costs apply to stretcher bar frames).

9 Inch Stretcher Bar Frame and Thumb Tacks: $15.00 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


All Needle Painting kits come with one No. 10 embroidery needle. As these fine embroidery needles can be difficult to come I have given you the option to order extra needles below.

Packet of 15 Crewel Embroidery Needles Size 10: $2.50 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


Packet of 3 Metal Top Wire Needle Threaders: $1.39 Canadian Dollars

Quantity: View Cart


View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

Photo of Greize

Finished Embroidery of Greize by Pauline Garratt

Diagram One

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Diagram one above shows Greize broken down into sections for each colour used. The colours of the threads are written in each section.

Diagram Two

Diagram two above shows the direction in which the stitches will be worked represented by the dotted line. The diagram is also labelled in the order in which the embroidery should be embroidered 1. being the first stage 2. being the second stage  working from the background to the foreground.

Diagram Three

Diagram three above shows the of rows of long and short stitch worked on greize and the direction in which the rows should be worked across the body.

 

 

EXAMPLE OF A NEEDLE PAINTING KIT

My kits come with an Instruction Booklet  approximately 12 - 24 pages long and with approximately 20 - 50 diagrams depending on the difficulty of the embroidery. The instructions are very comprehensive and are intended to guide any level of stitcher through the embroidery with out external help. I try to include the answers to all the common questions and problems that have been encountered in this technique.

The kits also include a piece of fabric with the design hand drawn, needle and a range of DMC floss's that are numbered on a floss template so you do not have to guess which colour you need to use.

Opposite and below are examples of diagrams that you will see when you purchase one of the needle painting kits.

The diagrams shown are from a kit I made up of Greize the cat, who is owned by my friend Pauline Garratt. Greize had recently passed away and Pauline wanted to work an embroidery of Greize in her memory.

For each stage of the embroidery there are diagrams and clear instructions to work the stage, explaining the stitch used and a diagram of that stitch process. Typical stitches used in a needle painting kit are long and short stitch, split stitch and satin stitch i.e.

Stage 1.

Stage 1. is of one of the feet. A split stitch line has been worked around the foot, further explanation of why a split stitch line is used in the embroidery is explained in each kit. The diagrams above shows stage 1. broken down into simple diagrams to show the stitch process of the foot.

Stage 2, 3, 5 and 6.

Clear diagrams of the method of working the long and short stitch are shown in the diagrams of the stages above. From these diagrams the embroiderer can see the direction in which the stitches should be worked and how the long and short stitch splits the stitches of the previous rows.

Stage 7.

Even small areas such as the ears have diagrams and instructions to guide you through the area.

The kit I made of Greize has a 10 page instruction booklet with about 30 diagrams covering the different stages of the embroidery.

The booklet guides the embroiderer through many aspects of needle painting, a few of the important aspects are detailed below:

 

  1. The proper way of starting and ending threads.

  2. Instructions to guide you through the embroidery in a certain order to create a 3-dimensional picture.

  3. How to work long and short stitch so that the stitches blend beautifully creating a realistic picture.

The kit of Greize consists of the detailed instruction booklet and the fabric with Grieze drawn on and a suggested range of DMC or Anchor embroidery floss.

I am offering free correspondence and free on going critique for all my embroidery kits, for more details go to - Free on going critique.

EMBROIDERY SIZE

Most of my needle painting designs are between 3 inches and 6 inches wide or high. The embroidery is worked with one strand of floss and can take many hours to embroider so it is best to keep the designs small.

KIT CONTENTS

Instruction Booklet   •  Piece of 100% Cotton Fabric With the Design Hand Drawn on   •  No. 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle   •  Range of DMC or Anchor floss to embroider the design or a suggested range of DMC or Anchor floss that can be used to embroider the design

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