Mother Hen Needle Book measures 9cm x 10cm wide (3 1/2” x 4”).
* LEVEL 1*
The MOTHER HEN Needle Book is an ideal first project if you have no prior experience with raised embroidery.
Recommend that you have a bit of experience with general embroidery stitches and are comfortable stitching with fine threads.
The detailed instructions and diagrams will help guide you step by step through the project.
IN THIS KIT YOU WILL FIND:
* INSTRUCTION BOOKLET with detailed, step-by-step instructions and diagrams
* Full size patterns & templates for the detached elements
* Light olive green print cotton with the design marked, ready to stitch
* Quilter's muslin backing fabric
* Cotton homespun
* Wool felt
* 14 stranded silk threads
* 3 stranded cotton threads
* Glass seed beads
* 5 needles
* Beading wire
* Press stud
YOU WILL ALSO NEED:
* 15cm (6") embroidery hoop, inner ring bound
* 10cm (4") embroidery hoop, inner ring bound
* Light coloured sewing thread
* Light olive green sewing thread
* Sharp, Fine embroidery scissors
* Sharp HB pencil (a mechanical pencil it perfect)
* Baking (or tracing) paper
* Tape
* Glue stick & Tacky glue
Highly recommended, but not essential:
* Curved, Blunt Tip embroidery scissors
* Hoop strand, weight or small clamp (To hold your hoop, allowing you both hands free)
MOTHER HEN is embroidered onto light olive green print cotton fabric with stranded silk threads, using mostly common embroidery stitches. Layers of felt are used to create the hen’s plump body, and her head and wing are embroidered separately before being attached to the main embroidery. Needle-woven picots form the petals of the large flower bud