Emily of The Floss Box shows us how to create dimension in an embroidered work by adding stuffed embroidered slips, such as the bird shown above. This is a basic stumpwork technique that even a beginner can manage. And just look at the fabulous results! See the tute.
And many thanks to Elizabeth Braun for giving the heads-up about this excellent lesson.
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Thank you so much… I had quickly added the bird to my Pinterest board of “birds to stitch” and I just realized it was a tutorial for embroidery slips!! –I joined the newsletter and really happy– I added this pin to my embroiderycross stitch guides board. but left it in my birds board too. 🙂 I have been embroidering for decades and never came across this term although I have known of it. This is so great! I just scrolled down and found a lot of clever fun ideas. Thank you so much for your site, Denise!