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ROBIN
ON BLOSSOM BRANCH - NEEDLE PAINTING
The
Robin on Blossom Branch will to be taught as a four 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
Robin on Blossom Branch 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 good quality 100% cotton off white muslin
fabric in a 10 inch by 12 inch stretcher bar frame.
The fabric is pinned onto the stretcher bar frame so that it is drum tight.
WORK IN PROGRESS
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. First I draw the robin design onto the fabric
using the Prick
and Pounce Method.
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I
begin by working the branch to the right of the right foot and then
the leaves and blossoms at the end of the branch.
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Next
I work the tail feathers of the robin that are behind the branch.
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I
then work the branch that comes above the tail feathers and the
remainder of the leaves and blossoms.
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Next
I work the feet and then the first row of long and short stitch on
the breast of the bird.
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3:
Branch, Leaves and Blossoms |
4:
Feet and Breast |
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I
then work the remainder of the breast in rows of long and short stitch.
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Next
I work the wing feathers of the bird.
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The
I work the back of the head in long and short stitch.
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I
finish the head I then work the beak and eye in satin stitch. I work
a couple of stitches in a light shade in the eye as a reflection. I
also work additional vein lines on the leaves in rusty brown for
added colour.
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7:
Head |
8:
Finished Embroidery |
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EMBROIDERY SIZE
Height: 3
3/4 inches (9
1/2 cm) Width: 5
1/4 inches (13 1/2 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
23
shades of DMC embroidery floss, using one strand in the needle at
one time. |
