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Luna peeping out from under the tissue paper

Still slowly working away at my silk shading ( or needle painting) Luna almost has an ear. I have the turn back from her ear to work on next & her face still needs work too.

Luna Silk Shading progress

This is my 3rd piece for the Royal school of Needlework’s diploma in technical hand embroidery.

Unfortunately due to lockdowns & my health issues, this has been my longest running project on the course, so far.

She is finally starting to take shape. I recently finished her nose, although I still have the highlights to add.

Whitework embroidery

My Whitework embroidery is finally finished & handed in for assessment. My own design, from my research on traditional Scandinavian patterns. The design is a combination of pulled & drawn thread techniques.

All hemmed

Unfortunately, it became a lockdown casualty, being left cut & the hem started for over a year. I’m overall pleased with it.

The finished Landscape

All the flowers are done. I really enjoyed this piece. It will be mounted ready for framing at some point.

Landscape phase 7 : first flowers 🌺

Tiny poppies have been added to the corn field along with foxgloves & ragged robin.

Daisies & more poppies to follow. Better keep sewing 🪡

Landscape phase 6 : grass

Getting started on the wheat field & long grass. Been having fun searching through all my green threads to find suitable ones. I love a bit of greenery.

Landscape phase 5: embroidery trees

This week I’ve finished the main trees ( 🤞hopefully) & made a start on the houses. I have a little more to add to the tree line & start on the grass, there is loads & loads of grass.

Vintage bunny

Yesterday I finished another vintage embroidery transfer & added another embroidered tea towel to my small stash.

Landscape phase 4

All the fabrics have been applied & I’ve tightened my embroidery frame. The creative embroidery fun part can begin.

Landscape phase 3: trees

The trees are finally starting to take shape, one more tree trunk to go! The tree trunks are made from a old gift bag handle I found while tidying up.