Silk Shading Fox Owl Learn the beautiful embroidery technique

Learn the beautiful embroidery technique of silk shading to create this charming garden bird design of a long tailed tit

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Please note that the handbag mirror which is used to display the embroidery in the photograph is not included in the kit

Silk Shading Fox Owl Learn the beautiful embroidery techniqueLearn the beautiful embroidery technique of silk shading to create this charming fox 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 realistic