RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Silk Shading - large format edition
A new, larger format edition of the Royal School of Needlework's essential guide to silk shading, giving you all you need to create thread-painted embroideries.

Graduate Apprentice, Sarah Homfray throws light onto the beautiful craft of silk shading, also known as painting with a needle, long and short stitch embroidery or thread painting. Sarah:

• Reveals the history of the craft. then moves on to the materials and equipment required.
• Covers design and using color; simplifying and demystifying this oft-neglected area of embroidery.
• Covers all (main section) of the essential stitches and techniques through clear, step-by-step diagrams and photographs, coupled with beautiful, close-up photographs showing how they can be used in a finished piece.
• Includes key traditional techniques: the fundamental stab, split and long and short stitches, along with couching, padding, adding beads and sequins, and knots.
• Ends with beautiful and exquisitely-worked examples of how the techniques can be combined in finished pieces, and covering working with different fabrics, threads and incorporating painted backgrounds.
The RSN teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard and is well respected all over the world. It not only upholds the traditions of English embroidery that go back many hundreds of years, but is constantly taking embroidery forward in new and innovative ways.
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RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Silk Shading - large format edition
A new, larger format edition of the Royal School of Needlework's essential guide to silk shading, giving you all you need to create thread-painted embroideries.

Graduate Apprentice, Sarah Homfray throws light onto the beautiful craft of silk shading, also known as painting with a needle, long and short stitch embroidery or thread painting. Sarah:

• Reveals the history of the craft. then moves on to the materials and equipment required.
• Covers design and using color; simplifying and demystifying this oft-neglected area of embroidery.
• Covers all (main section) of the essential stitches and techniques through clear, step-by-step diagrams and photographs, coupled with beautiful, close-up photographs showing how they can be used in a finished piece.
• Includes key traditional techniques: the fundamental stab, split and long and short stitches, along with couching, padding, adding beads and sequins, and knots.
• Ends with beautiful and exquisitely-worked examples of how the techniques can be combined in finished pieces, and covering working with different fabrics, threads and incorporating painted backgrounds.
The RSN teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard and is well respected all over the world. It not only upholds the traditions of English embroidery that go back many hundreds of years, but is constantly taking embroidery forward in new and innovative ways.
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RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Silk Shading - large format edition

RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Silk Shading - large format edition

RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Silk Shading - large format edition

RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Silk Shading - large format edition

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Overview

A new, larger format edition of the Royal School of Needlework's essential guide to silk shading, giving you all you need to create thread-painted embroideries.

Graduate Apprentice, Sarah Homfray throws light onto the beautiful craft of silk shading, also known as painting with a needle, long and short stitch embroidery or thread painting. Sarah:

• Reveals the history of the craft. then moves on to the materials and equipment required.
• Covers design and using color; simplifying and demystifying this oft-neglected area of embroidery.
• Covers all (main section) of the essential stitches and techniques through clear, step-by-step diagrams and photographs, coupled with beautiful, close-up photographs showing how they can be used in a finished piece.
• Includes key traditional techniques: the fundamental stab, split and long and short stitches, along with couching, padding, adding beads and sequins, and knots.
• Ends with beautiful and exquisitely-worked examples of how the techniques can be combined in finished pieces, and covering working with different fabrics, threads and incorporating painted backgrounds.
The RSN teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard and is well respected all over the world. It not only upholds the traditions of English embroidery that go back many hundreds of years, but is constantly taking embroidery forward in new and innovative ways.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781800920187
Publisher: Search Press
Publication date: 05/24/2022
Series: RSN ESG LF
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 8.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Sarah Homfray came to silk shading relatively late in life, after careers led as a mechanical engineer and a croupier. After enrolling on a textile home study course and wanting to learn more, she applied for and was awarded a place on The Royal School of Needlework Apprenticeship programme. She graduated in 2006 and currently teaches there on certificated, diploma and seasonal courses. Sarah went on to gain a Certificate in Education from Greenwich University and a Diploma in Fine Art from the Cyprus College of Art. She has won a number of awards for her embroidery work.

Table of Contents

The Royal School of Needlework 6

Introduction 8

The history of silk shading 10

Materials 12

Design and using colour 20

Framing up 32

Stitches 38

Stab stitch 38

Split stitch 39

Long and short stitch 40

Running stitch 42

Stem stitch 43

Eyelet stitch 44

Adding beads and sequins 44

Padding 46

French knots 48

Bullion knots 49

Getting Started 54

Projects to stitch 62

Taking your work further 74

Further ideas for your own designs 86

Finishing your work 90

Troubleshooting 94

Index 96

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