Needlework Kits

This project includes very simple realistic shading. It’s really very easy! The booklet includes instructions on how to basic realistic shading so that you can try the technique on other projects. Sage green congress cloth is the perfect background for these yellow and cream flowers with deep green leaves. One flower is worked with cream seed beads. The finished piece may be displayed as a diamond shaped framed hanging or will fit in a box with 7" square opening.

Remember counting the petals on a daisy and chanting "He loves me, He loves me not, ..."? Likely that's something we all did! Whether he was your true love, or not, and whether the daisy told the truth, we may not remember. But these delightful stitched daisies can grace your life while they keep their petals right where they belong!

Around and around the curves of Pirouette twirl, interpreted in elegant silks and gleaming metals.

Strategically placed motifs borrowed from nature provide the perfect arrangement to learn several shading techniques. Shading Sampler is stitched all in silks with touches of metal threads, however the methods learned in this class can be applied to other threads.

The marriage of four types of silk in a soft hue and cream, plus lustrous pearls, results in an exquisite needleart creation.

Orbiting Thistle is an opportunity to learn special effects with silk and metallic threads and traditional of couching techniques.

Learn how to use elemental shading techniques to greatest advantage, drawn work, a border that looks to be intricate but is simple to develop, compound stitches, couching bullion, and how to expand a stitch pattern into an exposed background to mimic damask.

Tulips are one of the harbingers of spring, and among the loveliest are those that have a candy striped red and white coloring. Worked in stitches borrowed from surface work, All Things New Again mimics these beautiful flowers while giving the opportunity to learn realistic shading the easy way.

As the soft haze of a October afternoon creeps across the fields, the Autumn Sentinel stands watch over the corn shocks and pumpkins. While this is a fun design to stitch, it also affords the opportunity to practice realistic shading to give the illusion of round objects.

Use silk or cotton to create this traditional floral that is at home in almost any decor. Metallics sparkle from either congress cloth or #18 canvas.