Description
This is a 4-lesson prerecorded online workshop.
If your guild or group would like to do this online workshop, click here to read about how to organise such an event.
This design features in Hazel’s, Crewel Animal Portraits. It measures 220 x 200 mm and is worked with an interesting variety of embroidery, needle lace, needle weaving and bead embroidery techniques, with the focus of the design being an unconventional method to create the stripes of the hide.
Because of publishing contracts, participants will be required to own a copy of the Crewel Animal Portraits book to access the written instructions. If you do not own the book, it can be ordered from this site by choosing it in the dropdown menu marked ‘kit type’.
The project includes the following techniques:
Embroidery Stitches
Backstitch (whipped)
Burden stitch
Buttonhole circles
Buttonhole stitch (layered)
Detached chain stitch
Fly stitch
Long and short stitch
Outline stitch
Satin stitch
Split/fly stitch combination
Trellis couching (basic)
Trellis with cross stitch couching (shaded)
Trellis couching (woven)
Vermicelli couching (2-tone)
Twisted couching
Needle Lace Techniques
Daisy filler
Needle Weaving Techniques
Texture no. 9
Bead Embroidery Techniques
Beaded Backstitch
Bead picot chain
Caged Crystals
Step by step instructions, along with colour images, diagrams and stitch guidelines are provided in the Animal Portraits book. These instructions, the teaching kit and the full project kit should be used in tandem with the video lessons and the high-resolution video clips which will be provided in a private domain on the tuition website.
Using stranded and perle cottons along with Miyuki beads and Preciosa crystals, the project is worked on a natural-coloured cotton/linen blend that has been backed with cotton voile.
The project kit includes everything needed to complete the project as under:
Print on natural coloured cotton/linen blend
Threads:
- 27 skeins DMC stranded cotton solid colours
- 6 bobbins DMC and Presencia perle #12 threads
- 1 bobbin Superlon beading thread
- 1 pack 2 mm DvN hand painted silk ribbon
Beads
- 3 pack Miyuki seed beads
- 1 pack Preciosa flat back crystals
Needle Pack
A teaching pack is included
Each stitch or technique is provided in video format on a template. A sheet of templates is provided for the workshop and should be used to learn the stitches or techniques before working on the project. In addition to the templates, you will be provided with a teaching pack. The teaching pack consists of a doodle cloth and a range of threads and beads for use while learning. This means that you will not have to use threads and beads from the project pack.
Approximate pricing in popular currencies:
| US$ | CA$ | AU$ | GB₤ | NZ$ | Euro |
| 109.00 | 146.00 | 165.00 | 85.00 | 179.00 | 99.00 |
These prices do not include shipping.