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for such a long time and in so doing The
forced me out of my comfort zone. It Digital Cloth
also gave me a chance to explore the
historical side and cultural differences
and uses of long and short stitch.
One new way of embroidering for me
was to use the straight stitch as a An ArTisTs HAven
solitary stitch with no splitting of And
it in rows as with the long and short
technique and using the background lifesTyle eMAgAzine
fabric to show through these individual Creative Beauty
stitches as part of the design palette.
No, it is not a new technique at all, but
it was a very different way of working lindA scAvio
for me, as usually I would always make
sure there were no gaps in my
stitching. Here the gaps between the
stitches became part of the embroidery
design to enhance the colour as needed.

Observation is a big part of my
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embroidery, I work from my own Holiday Issue 2
photographs for my nature studies and
picking that first palette of threads
then influences the background colour
I choose. I am slightly obsessive in
getting exactly the right shade for Coming
every part of my embroidery, but I
enjoy the challenge of creating a
realistic embroidery.

I embroider pretty much every day,
sometimes it is a small thread December 2020
painting to fit into my embroidered
jewellery range or it may be part of an
epic piece that will take hundreds of
hours but it will always be the humble The ART of
long and short stitch for me… although
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of course I do love a good French knot!

Thread Painting and Silk
Shading Embroidery –

Margaret Dier published by

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