Embroidery Made Easy: Beautiful Birds: Easy techniques for learning to embroider a variety of colorful birds, including a cardinal, a barn owl, and a puffin

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Blending Colors

Where there are several colors in an area of the pattern, you can blend stitches to create color gradients. When blending colors in smaller parts of a pattern where there are two colors, you can create a stripe-like effect by alternating the colors of your stitches with rows of teeny stitches.

When blending colors, it’s easiest to start with one color, leaving gaps between your stitches for the second color.

Leave bigger gaps where there are three colors in an area of the pattern, and alternate between adding different stitch colors across the area you’re stitching until you are happy with the balance.

When you want one color to be more dominant, add more stitches of that color. If you want to blend even further, you can make the thread thinner by using the same separating process as with two-strand thread, pulling one strand away from the rest, instead of two.

Then, with the single-strand thread, add more stitches of the color in the area where you want more of it, in the same way you might add dabs of different colors when painting. Thread painting works in layers, so the great news is, you can keep adding layers of color until your heart is content.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Walter Foster Publishing (July 12, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760375364
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760375365
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.45 x 11 inches