Lifecycle of the Swallowtail Butterfly

Worked on ivory satin, this design features the stages of the life cycle of the Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio machaon – beaded eggs, caterpillars in various stages of development, a chrysalis worked in padded gold snakeskin, and a butterfly with raised detached wings – nestled within the stems, buds and flowers of the preferred host plant, Milk Parsley.

Kit Contents

This embroidery kit contains all materials required to work this project:

• Ivory satin, quilter's muslin, tracing paper, gold kid, felt, paper-backed fusible web, beads, wire and a Size 1 Milliners needle.
• Threads – Soie d'Alger Silks, Cifonda Art. Silks, DMC stranded Cottons, DMC Soft Cotton, assorted metallic, rayon, nylon and chenille threads.

Equipment Required

You will need the following equipment:

• 11” embroidery hoop, slate frame or stretcher bars
• 5" embroidery hoop
• Needles:
• Crewel/Embroidery sizes 9 and 10
• Straw/Milliners size 9
• Sharps sizes 10 and 12
• Tapestry size 26 or 28
• Chenille size 20
• Sharp Yarn Darners sizes 14 - 18
• Small sharp-pointed embroidery scissors
• Fine blunt-nosed tweezers to shape wire
• Small wire cutters or old scissors