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RED
FOX - NEEDLE PAINTING
WORK IN PROGRESS
The
Red Fox will to be taught as a two day class for National EGA
Seminar 2007, That Needlin' Town, September 2 - 8, 2007 The seminar
will be held at the Marriott Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. You
can register to take the class at the following website: Embroiderers
Guild of America
The
fox will be also taught as a two day class in Kelowna, British
Columbia, Canada for EAC seminar May 20 -25th, 2008, for more
information see the EAC
website.
The
Robin is worked in the method of needle painting which is the
blending of straight long and short stitches using different shades
of DMC floss.
The
embroidery is worked on a off white muslin fabric in a 9 inch by 9
inch stretcher bar frame. The fabric is pinned onto the stretcher bar
frame so that it is drum tight.
The
embroidery is worked from the background to the foreground so that a
dimensional picture is created. I use one strand of DMC floss in the
needle at the time.
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First
I draw the Red Fox design onto the fabric using the Prick
and Pounce Method.
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I
begin by working the throat of the Fox in rows of long and short
stitch using three shades of DMC grey embroidery floss.
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Next
I work the neck and the back of the head of the fox in rows of long
and short stitch using four shades of brown DMC floss.
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I
then work the behind ear and then the front ear in long and short
stitch in a range of brown DMC floss's
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3:
Neck and the Back of the Head |
4:
Ears |
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Next
I work the forehead and side of the face in long and short stitch.
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I
then work the eye in satin stitch.
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I
then work the pupil of the eye in satin stitch and then work below
the eye in long and short stitch.
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6:
Eye |
7:
Pupil and Below the Eye |
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I
complete the front part of the face in long and short stitch.
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The
nose is worked in satin stitch and then a split stitch line is
worked along the mouth. For the finishing touches I add a glint in
the eye with a couple of satin stitches, I also add small defining
stitches in the nuzzle and then work whiskers out of the
defining stitches in two strands of dolls hair.
EMBROIDERY SIZE
Height: 3
1/2 inches (8
3/4 cm) Width: 3
3/4 inches (9 1/4 cm)
PREPARATION TIME
Tracing
the design, prick and pounce method of transfer, and placing the
fabric into the stretcher bar frame: 1 hour
EMBROIDERY TIME
32
hours
BACKGROUND FABRIC USED
Smooth
good quality 100% cotton muslin Fabric: Southern
Belle
THREADS USED
13
shades of DMC embroidery floss, using one strand in the needle at
one time. Dolls hair for the whiskers. |
