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Ribbon embroidery for a birthday present
step-by-step workshop for beginners by Little Owl SmartCrafts TM
"Happy Birthday!"design
by Sonie Ames` watercolour
Finished size: 27 х 20cm
The printed pannel is by watercolour by Sonie Amesan, an extremly tallented ameircan artist, aslo known as Rose Lady due to her amazing rose watercolours. Her wonderful life proves that it is never too late to learn, for she started painting porcelain in her 50th..
Work order
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1. Flowers 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11 и 12.
Take a №4 or 5 knitting needle, a Chinese stick or a pencil to work the petal loops - just put your ribbon around the stick while the needle goes to the back side of the fabric.
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2. Flowers 4, 6, 7 and 9 Flower calyxes are embroidered in light green stranded cotton thread, using straight stitches fancing around the petals. |
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3. Yellow flowers (the sign on the left-hand picture says: flowers and leaves). Use half-bow stitch or shortened ribbon stitch, as it is also called.
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4. Leaves.
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5. Stems and smaller twigs. Play around, changing the colour to get some sunlight beam effects.
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6. The sign.
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Welcome to our ribbon embroidery kits page.
Every kit has all the necessary material for embroidery + the detailed instructions + the description of all the used stitches. Our ribbon embroidery kit collection includes kits for all skill level: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.
Kits recommended for birthday presents are:
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