Tulip Vase

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Learn the easy way to form exquisite shading as you stitch with stranded silk—the simple to use silk. Easily create softly glowing flowers and leaves. Bullion and twisted cord enhance the gilded vase. Flowers are your choice of either red values and a gold vase or blue flowers and silver vase. This class is a great way for intermediate level stitchers to learn how to form realism and the appearance of depth. You’ll be amazed at what you can do!

Techniques learned while stitching Tulip Vase include: realistic shading the easy way with stranded silk (the simple to use silk!), directional shading, counted shading, textural shading, bullion couching with a contemporary method, a discussion of split complimentary and analogous color schemes, plus how to create depth and perspective through value placement.