A scene from a dreamscape, “Lighthouse Moon” incorporates a silken moon and organza clouds appliquéd to a painted canvas provided by teacher.  The mountains are defined with tulle.  Sky and mountains are overlaid with organza.  The lighthouse is stitched in long and short stitch with Splendor silk.  The mid-ground shore is stitched with Watercolours and the evergreen trees with floss using teacher’s own textured random stitch technique.  The barn and foreground “tundra” are appliqués.  The tundra foreground appliqué will be provided by teacher and students will add French knots by hand.  The ocean is laid floss and flat silk.  To bring the ocean to life, silver reflections are added using fil d’argent.

This is a set project class that provides teachable moments for color and design concepts.  Creating textural contrasts, using highlights and shadows to produce form, color concepts for aerial perspective, use of warm and cool colors, integrating machine stitching with hand embroidery, and random stitch methods are covered.

Teaching Time:  Two Day.  For a four-day class, students will paint the canvas, machine stitch the foreground tundra and have more in-depth color and design discussion.

Student Level:  Advanced Intermediate  

Project Dimensions:  Design Area Vertical:  10”, Horizontal:  14”, Depth N/A; Canvas size Vertical 16”, Horizontal 20”, Depth N/A

Ground Material:  24 count Congress Cloth with pre-painted sky

Threads and Kit Contents:  Needles, Pre-painted canvas; Rainbow Gallery Splendor Silk; Soie Platte, Anchor Floss; DMC Floss;” invisible” thread; organza, fabric, fine tulle, Watercolours thread,  “tundra” foreground attachment machine embroidered with a loose bobbin, instruction booklet

Estimated Kit Cost: $  90   Cost is for complete kit included painted canvas.

Student to supply:  usual stitching supplies including laying tool for silk, stretcher bars 16”X20”, light and magnification if needed, frame or frame weight that works will with large canvas