Garden Birds: Chaffinch - Original Hand Embroidery metal thread Difficulty level: advanced

Difficulty level: advanced

ready for display

fabrics and needles required to complete this charming hand embroidery design and the clear instruction booklet with step by step photographs will guide you easily through your project

Materials included in the kit: ivory cotton fabric

landscape or square

Garden Birds: Chaffinch - Original Hand Embroidery metal thread Difficulty level: advancedOriginal hand embroidery of a Chaffinch from the Garden Bird collection. This beautifully detailed little bird sat upon a large needle took approximately 14 hours to embroider using a combination of two techniques called silk shading and stumpwork. Silk shading, sometimes known as 'painting with the needle' was used to replicate the delicate soft texture of the feathers by blending together seven shades of stranded cotton threads, each one inserted