Sunday 25 March 2012

stumpwork sparrow

This is part of my swap package for the Anything Goes Needlework Swap on Craftster. My partner loves sparrows so I knew I wanted to do make a sparrow embroidery. I also recently bought the RSN guide to stumpwork and so the two fused together pretty nicely. I have to also give credit to this tutorial that I found incredibly useful, especially as it uses a bird for the example so it showed me how to add details at the end.  As a first attempt I think this worked really well  and I was pleased with my stitching on the bird, I wanted it to look realistic. The twiggy branches are tapestry wool couched on with embroidery thread, this looks really nice but the wool shows through a little from the back of the linen so next time I'll hoop up some cotton or calico behind the linen to avoid this.
Here is a detail to show how the bird is three-dimensional;

Please excuse the creases in the photos- I did iron the piece before sending and mounted it in a flexi-hoop but I don't have any photos of this.


14 comments:

  1. That's really, really lovely. Such a great little bird!

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  2. I know I already commented on Craftster but I just have to tell you again, this is STUNNING! When I first saw the thumbnail, I really didn't expect to see embroidery. I thought it was a real life bird!! Great work.

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  3. Stunning. I am in awe of your greatness!

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  4. Hey congratulations on being featured on &stitches.

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  5. This is fabulous! I just came over from &stitches!

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  6. Eu vim de lá...E choro de emoção de ver o seu trabalho,e vou dizer a mesma frase:Esse pássaro fala?Por que voar eu tenho certeza que sim.É fantástico o seu trabalho,continue,se aperfeiçoe(se é que é possível)experimente outros animais,faça flores,e árvores etc...invista nesta técnica.REPITO.Não exite nada mais perfeito,só o bicho vivo.E eu sou sua seguidora,mas levei um susto:Onde e como não tinha visto?Acho que preciso prestar mais atenção nos blog que eu estou seguindo...DEUS TE ABENÇOE E TE PROTEJA GRANDE ARTISTA.

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  7. I love stumpwork, it always amazes me. I would love to learn how to stitch it up one day.

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  8. Lovely! Just found your blog and I'm really enjoying looking through your archives! Lovely stuff! Embroidery is soooooooo addictive, I love it!
    Jules

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  9. WOW. I had never seen stumpwork before but now I need to find more examples! Beautiful.

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  10. Very nice indeed! Good to find another stumpworker here in the blogosphere! So many list it on their profile, but don't DO any. Sigh!=)

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  11. Thanks everyone, Elizabeth, your embroidery is beautiful! I'm just starting to learn stumpwork- will be posting some more soon

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