Pet Portrait: Crewel Wool Needle Painting silk shading Silk shading

Silk shading

The large prints are 200% of the original image with the total size

Materials included in the kit: printed tweed fabric

bright check and japanese thread using the techniques of chipping and couching

was used to create the three-dimensional quality of this design such as the thread wrapped wired feet along with the padding underneath the body of the bird

Pet Portrait: Crewel Wool Needle Painting silk shading Silk shadingWhat better way to treasure that special photo of a beloved pet than by having it created by Helen Richman, owner of The Bluebird Embroidery Company as a hand stitched piece of artwork. Needle Painting is the perfect hand embroidery technique for pet portraits. Using Appletons Crewel Wool on a cotton background fabric, your photograph will be replicated to an amazing likeness. Crewel wool threads are thicker than those used for silk shading portraits,