Whenever you buy a Pink Ink design, you get one of these butterflies as a freebie to play with. I decided to play with one of mine. I painted the butterfly a couple of weeks ago, and confess I made a booboo - I put it on the radiator to dry, and of course it made the canvas that touched the ridges of the radiator dry much darker as it set the colour! duh I thought.
A couple of days ago I decided what the heck, I will try some embroidery stitches on it that I had seen demonstrated. The outline was done with a running stitch and then I wove another colour through the stitches.. I then embroidered the body, with a mixture of satin stitch and chain stitch, alternating the way the threads went in the different sections. I then embroidered part of the head with button stitch and stuck a clear gem in the centre. The antennae were done with back stitch and then a stretched french knot. I added a couple more gems on the wings, and coloured all the gems with alcohol pens.
Finally what to do to get rid of the lines across the middle ? Inspiration struck make it look like wood - phew think I have got away with it and I am now calling it a Moth on Wood rather than a butterfly!
A couple of days ago I decided what the heck, I will try some embroidery stitches on it that I had seen demonstrated. The outline was done with a running stitch and then I wove another colour through the stitches.. I then embroidered the body, with a mixture of satin stitch and chain stitch, alternating the way the threads went in the different sections. I then embroidered part of the head with button stitch and stuck a clear gem in the centre. The antennae were done with back stitch and then a stretched french knot. I added a couple more gems on the wings, and coloured all the gems with alcohol pens.
Finally what to do to get rid of the lines across the middle ? Inspiration struck make it look like wood - phew think I have got away with it and I am now calling it a Moth on Wood rather than a butterfly!
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