Paint with thread

Meet embroidery artist Victoria Matthewson, who paints exquisite pieces of art with needle and thread – each one embroidered meticulously in luminous silk thread and each taking weeks or even months to stitch.

Stitch Trish Burr's Pansies in this stitch along. We tackle all the hurdles of needle painting together!

Today I offer you a new case study! So if you ever wondered about the correlation between the number of layers (rows) on long and short stitching and the quality of blending, today's post might answer some of your questions, The task when stitching these 3 shapes was to make a transition from yellow to blue. The first example has only 2 colors: yellow and blue. The second example has 3 colors: yellow → green → blue And the third example has 7 colors: yellow → 2 mid shades of yellow-green →…

What is thread painting? MCreativeJ shares more on this hand embroidery technique, along with patterns, kits, and resources.

Thread painting is not as hard as it looks. Debunk the myth that thread painting is hard and get tips on how to move forward.

Drawn with “embroidery” isn’t something new, while most of those thread painting is about animal and human. Apparently, Russian artist

Paint With Thread by Emilie Ferris is a richly illustrated step-by-step guide with five main projects for readers to follow, all inspired by the changing of the seasons and its impact on nature. With detailed tutorials, a separate stitch guide and all the information required to begin and finish each embroidery project.

Adding paint to hand embroidery—or adding embroidered elements to a painting—is a wonderful way to experiment with layering colors and textures, decorating fabric, and delving into the wonderful world of mixed media art. If you have been curious about mixing these beautiful art forms, this overview

Now, this is not exactly a “secret”... but it is also hardly ever brought up, although I do see beginners making this mistake. Congratulations on the 10th post of the needlepainting tips! Wow, who could have thought that there is so much to explore in this area of hand embroidery?? But let me tell you, I actually have more topics to cover! They are just waiting for their turn, haha. Today's topic, in my opinion, is quite important to grasp if you want to master needlepainting, especially, if…