Materials:
- 18 count canvas
- 2 DMC white floss
1 Kreinik #8 metallic braid your choice of color
1 Watercolors Sunglow or your choice, neutral color
1 Watercolors Fiesta or your choice, accent color
2 small beads
Acrylic paint -- your choice colors for the dragonfly
Include some metallic paint colors in your selection
1 bottle textile medium
brushes, cosmetic sponge
paper towels, water, hair dryer
INSTRUCTIONS:
Click here for CLASS CHART
and DIAGRAMS
With the canvas mounted on mini stretcher bars, stitch the
outlined areas as indicated with 6 ply white floss. Lay the stitches
with a laying tool.
Now, lay the stitched canvas over paper towels, and thoroughly
wet the threads with water and a cosmetic sponge. Mix some textile
medium into the colors you have chosen, and apply watered down
paint with a brush onto the wet threads. The colors should run
and blend into the threads and onto the canvas background. After
you are satisfied with the painting, dry the canvas either in
the sun or with a hair dryer.
Finish the stitching by filling in the background with 1 ply
Watercolors, and the Darning Wave Stitch. (Favorite Stitches
II, by Brenda Hart, p. 46)
Fill in the veins on the wings with Kreinik metallic. Fill
in the gaps on the body with accenting 1 ply accenting color
Watercolours.
Backstitch with metallic all around the wings. Apply one long
stitch along left side of each body segment with 1 ply accenting
Watercolours.
Couch antennae with metallic.
Sew on beads for eyes.
Note: Barbara decided to incorporate her Dragonfly Design
into a pillow, resulting in a stunning home accessory.
The pillow was finished by Rebel Blaze of Blazes
Distinctive Decorative Pillows.
Blazes Distinctive Decorative Pillows
397 N. Roche St.
Porterville, CA 93257
Phone: (559) 784-3200
