This kit is designed to be worked with the instructions contained in Japanese Motifs in Stumpwork & Goldwork (Page 108)
Using a combination of stumpwork and surface embroidery techniques, this small circular panel has been worked on ivory kimono silk, with a variety of silk threads, organza and beads. Inspired by a Japanese family crest of a stylized iris plant, this design features purple bearded iris flowers, with wired detached petals, and a mayfly (cleon dipterum), with detached gauzy wings and a beaded abdomen.
This stumpwork embroidery kit contains all materials required to work this project.
Kit Contents
- Ivory Duchess satin or Vintage kimono silk, quilter's muslin, tracing paper, organza, organdie, paper-backed fusible web, snakeskin, beads and coloured wires.
- Threads – Soie d'Alger silks (4 whole skeins), assorted silk, cotton, rayon, nylon and metallic threads.
Equipment Required
- 10 inch embroidery hoop, slate frame or stretcher bars
- 6 inch or 5 inch embroidery hoop
- 4 inch embroidery hoop
- Needles:
- Crewel/Embroidery size 10
- Straw/Milliners size 9
- Sharps sizes 10 and 12
- Tapestry size 28
- Chenille size 20
- Sharp Yarn Darners sizes 14 - 18
- Small sharp-pointed embroidery scissors and paper scissors
- Fine blunt-nosed tweezers (to shape wire)
- Small wire cutters or old scissors (to cut wire)
