Australian Homespun – August 2019

STITCHERY GUIDE

Design area Thread Stitch

Grass Medium Yellow Green (3347) Long straight stitches in groups of three

Grass

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The tail-feather fi lling is

created with angled straight

stitches, forming shallow Vs, to give

the effect of the barbs of two feathers.

Again, Chloe recommends stitching

all the stitches in one colour fi rst,

leaving space between them, and

then going back and adding stitches

in the second colour in the gaps.

FINISHING

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Don’t remove the embroidery

from the hoop. Trim the surplus

fabric 2.5cm (1in) outside the edge

of the hoop.

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Thread a needle with a long

length of cream machine-

Step 13

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