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.
Featured in Hazel’s book, Crewel Birds, this colourful chap is filled with interesting stitches and techniques which are useful for, not only this project but also, have the potential to inspire you in your own embroidery.
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 workshop will cover all of the stitches and techniques needed to complete the project as under:
Embroidery Stitches
| Backstitch with variations |
| Blanket and buttonhole stitch |
| Blanket Stitch: Striped and Double |
| Bullion knots with variations |
| Chain stitch with variations |
| Daisy Trellis |
| Detached buttonhole stitch |
| Detached chain stitch with variations |
| Eye stitch filler |
| Fly stitch with variations |
| French & colonial knots with variations |
| Heavy chain stitch |
| Long and short stitch shading |
| Outline stitch |
| Rhodes Stitch |
| Satin stitch |
| Single Weaving Filler Stitch |
| Stem and whipped stem stitch |
| Trellis couching basic |
| Trellis couching with cross stitch filling |
| Trellis with cross stitch couching |
| Triangular Trellis |
| Up and down buttonhole stitch |
| Woven trellis couching |
Bead Embroidery Stitches
| Attaching beads to fabric |
| Bead couching |
| Bead & beaded fly stitch |
Needle Lace Techniques
In addition to the stitches listed below, you will find links to a stitch videos and documents that explain all the ins and outs of using needle lace techniques as embroidery stitches.
| Needle lace stitch no. 1 variations 1 and 2 |
Needle Weaving Patterns
| Basic needle weaving |
Measuring 305 x 275 mm, the project is worked on a natural-coloured linen cotton blend fabric using DMC and Finca cotton threads, and Miyuki beads. The original of this project has been quilted with batting and participants have the option of doing the same.
The project kit includes everything needed to complete the project as under:
Print on natural coloured linen cotton blend fabric, backed with voile and ready to stitch
Batting pack
Threads
- 15 skeins DMC stranded cotton – solid colours
- 5 bobbins Finca perle #12 thread
Beads
- 5 packs Miyuki seed beads
Needle Pack
A teaching pack is included.
Approximate pricing in popular currencies:
| US$ | CA$ | AU$ | GB₤ | NZ$ | Euro |
| 99,16 | 132,93 | 149,75 | 77,44 | 162,92 | 90,41 |
These prices do not include shipping.