Pete and Owen at the Royal School

Surrey Life sent one of its reporters to the Royal School of Needlework for a day course. A very good time was had by the guys.
http://www.surreylife.co.uk/people/men-do-embroidery-too-a-day-at-the-royal-school-of-needlework-1-5150921

Many thanks to the Needlework Retailer for alerting us to this!

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© Copyright August 30, 2017 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Long and Short Tips

One of the techniques used in crewel embroidery is long and short stitch, which greatly resembles needle painting except it is done in a less free-form style.   You can achieve beautiful and realistic shading with this technique.  Kathy took a class with Owen Davies on this technique and kindly shares her tips for creating the best long and short stitched area possible.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2016/09/20/pineapple-long-and-short-shading/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright September 20, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.