Garden Visitors, Dragonflies, Butterflies.
They open up so many possibilities for the embroiderer to imitate and add them to their craft items. I have created these 2 dragonflies with Hand Dyed Silk Ribbons and allowed the colours to be the highlight, along with the bright coloured beads for the body. You may desire a more subtle appearance in which case a softer tone Silk Ribbon could be used. 1st: Gather together some seed beads, bugle beads. Use these to create the body. I have added a second smaller bead to the eyes. These beads are mostly 11/0 to be in proportion to the size of the wings and have used 7 mm. ribbon. 2nd: Add the wings, starting with the top 2 and then the bottom pair. Take the ribbon through under the body keeping them even and in proportion to the size of the body. 3rd: Add some features as desired, a few French Knots at the tips as shown or embroidery stitches to imitate the markings. These will also help to keep the wings fixed to the fabric ...