'Pumpkin' Silk Shading Embroidery Kit Crewel work

'Pumpkin' Silk Shading Embroidery Kit Crewel workTechniques Long & short shading Split stitch Fits 6 inch (15cm) hoop Suitable for beginners Optional Halloween spooky face design Silk shading (otherwise known as needle painting) is the name for creating naturalistic shading and colour blending with simple stitches. The stitch used is long and short and sometimes other stitches are added to enhance the design. Fine stranded cotton threads are used to imitate silk, blending smoothly from one colour to

I intend to spend the first session demonstrating the traditional method of painting the design outlines (though you can draw with colour pencil or an ultra fine pen if you prefer) along with some planning of stitches and colours

It is hard to know exactly how much thread you will need for a larger design in which you might tweak the stitch placement

3 knotted stitches

10" Seat Frame Janome Fine-tip Scissors

Instruction on washing

sewing thread

Goldwork must be the most dramatic of the embroidered arts

by Margaret Dier

The kit comes in a little box which comes in handy for storage while you stitch the project

All the course content is accessed via the online course platform

traditional fabric for Jacobean crewel work with a distinctive diagonal weave

2 September