Stitch Away Stress Week
"Virtual Tour"
Welcome back! Today we'll travel a little farther through Yellowstone - one of the most magnificent and unique places on earth.

Our Stitch Away Stress Week event is a 3-part study of Burnett and Bradley’s Yellowstone National Park ornament. We will explore color, texture and dimension to provide you with some fun and easy techniques to use on any canvas. So kick back and join us for the ride!
Part 2
Let's explore some great ways to add texture to your projects: 

  • Hill - Nobuko is an easy to use stitch that lends both texture and movement while the overdyed floss (3 ply) gives a realistic look. Chosen stitches represent a variety of directions that strive for replication of nature. (Note the hill is angled away from center, the sky is horizontal, trees are vertical, and the field is non-directional, resulting a balanced mix.)

  • Trees - Long Stitch crossing from left to right over one thread the full tree height with overdyed Boucle'. Its bumpy nature makes it a little odd to stitch with, but Boucle' does all of the work adding awesome texture.

  • Sign - Seldom do we recommend Continental Stitch, but by using an overdyed thread and stitching horizontal rows, we’ve given the sign board some interest with grain and softened the color. In addition, we’ve used Diagonal Satin Stitch with overdyed thread to replicate wooden sign posts. This can also be accomplished by combining two colors in your needle.

Nobuko
More fabulous national park ornaments!
Thank you for joining the fun and we hope you are enjoying the tips. Stay tuned for part three where we will share the tutorial as a .pdf to be saved or printed.

The parks may be closed, but lets sneak into Grand Canyon National Park .
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