![]() ![]() Feel free to cover up parts of the heavier branches as you add leaves. Notice that I’ve stitched on the branches and at the top of the trunk area, too. And occasionally, on a branch or at the tip of twig, you might find that one stitch suffices. Occasionally, to fill in along or over a branch, you might have more than three grouped together. Group the straight stitches in two’s and three’s for the most part. You can definitely vary the length of the leaves, fitting in some smaller and some slightly larger leaves, but most of my leaves were in the 1/8″ range, sometimes just slightly under, but rarely over. Try to give the impression of leaves that are “round” rather than “long.” If you make the straight stitches too long, the leaves will look too big (and long) for the tree. The leaves are simply straight stitches, about a scant 1/8″ long. Use one strand of C and one strand of D in your needle at the same time. We’ll start with some green that’s mixed with yellow. Imagine an autumn tree that’s not quite completely through its color change, and that’s what we’re going to try to accomplish. We’re going to start the foliage on the lower left portion of the tree. This may sound very short for a piece of embroidery thread, but it is a good length for working with spun silk.īecause spun silk is a soft silk, it’s best to work with short lengths of thread so that you aren’t embroidering with thread that becomes dull or fuzzy as the thread wears down. When you cut your piece of thread provided in the kit, cut each meter length into thirds. You will not use this much thread – or even half this much thread – for any of the silk except the green. A meter equates to just short of 40 inches. ![]() ![]() The silk threads in the kits are provided in one meter lengths. The threads are all the same.) Cutting the Silk Thread Please don’t be confused by the difference in the colors of fabrics. These were the clearest photos, because this much duller fabric photographed better for me. The progress photos I’ve selected for this article are on a different ground fabric than the fabric included in the kit. Every sample was different, and every sample was on a different type of fabric. (A note about fabric: I stitched many samples of this project and photographed them along the way. I’m pleased with the overall shape, and that’s what matters here the most. When I look at this trunk and branches, I see many things I could have done differently, but I also know that I’m going to cover up a lot of this with leaves, so anything I don’t particularly like isn’t going to be that noticeable. If it doesn’t look perfect, don’t worry about it. The other threads are all Soie d’Alger, according to this list:īy the time you finish last week’s lesson, you should have a bare tree. If you are working from your own thread stash, you’ll be able to follow the thread directions more easily if you also apply the same lettering system to your threads.Ī & B are the browns (DMC 898 dark brown and DMC 434 light brown) that we used on the trunk of the tree. The threads in the kit are lettered (A, B, C, D, E, and G) to make it easier to explain the combinations as we work through this part of the project. We’re also going to be working with a very basic method of manipulating color. There are seven individual strands of Soie d’Alger in one piece of the thread as it comes off the skein, rather than the typical six you see in DMC or other stranded cotton. ![]() It comes in a very familiar format, since it’s not that different from working with DMC stranded cotton in concept and approach. I’ve chosen Soie d’Alger silk for this project because stranded, spun silk is an excellent introduction to silk thread. This week, we’re adding the fiery foliage. Last week, we talked about design transfer and embroidering the trunk and branches of the tree. We’re just waiting on a couple key supplies. #THINGS TODO PDF#This is a series of a stitch-along projects that develop here on the website and are available as PDF downloads for members on Patreon.Īlthough the first round of materials kits sold out, I’ll have more available in the near future. If you’re just joining in, Autumn Fire is part of the Stitch Snippets series here on Needle ‘n Thread. Woooohooo! Today’s the fun color day with Autumn Fire! We get to do two things that I just love doing, when it comes to embroidery:ġ. ![]()
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