If you follow me on Instagram you might have already seen this butterfly pop up. It is my first real attempt at needle painting and it was so much fun. I did “paint” with needles before but I never used actual needle painting techniques – just stitching like I would use a color pencil. Because needle painting always seemed very daunting to me, I decided to go with a pattern instead of whipping something up.
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Just in time, Emillie Ferris – one of my favorite pet portrait embroiderers – released a new needle painting pattern. The butterfly pattern took my heart by storm and I just had to try it out.
Here is a progress video showing the stages of embroidering this pattern:
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I had to chuckle a little bit that she says this pattern ONLY uses 15 colors because I usually use under 10 different colors for my projects.
But I guess for needle painting this is a low number indeed. The realistic effect comes with the different shades of each color and the complementary colors that emphasize the shades and lights even more.
The butterfly made it to my embroidery gallery wall. Can you spot it?
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