Silk Shading Harvest Mouse royal school of needlework both of which are essential

both of which are essential when creating a piece of metal thread work

Fine stranded cotton threads are used to delicately blend between colours and to build up the texture of feathers

white organza fabric

brown and green are used to build up the design onto a background of printed half-panama cotton linen fabric which is then mounted around board and the clock mechanism added

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Silk Shading Harvest Mouse royal school of needlework both of which are essentialLearn the beautiful embroidery technique of silk shading to create this charming harvest mouse design. Fine stranded cotton threads are used to delicately blend between colours and to build up the texture of fur. Silk Shading refers to the hand embroidery technique which uses a variety of long and short stitches and colour blending in stranded cotton or silk threads. Often referred to as painting with a needle, this technique can be used to create