embroidered gumleaf 1 ©KarenSmith
18 Mar 2021

Making Gum Leaves From Silk Threads (updated post*)

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* Note from Karen March 18, 2021This is an updated version of my original tutorial posted back in Feb 2019.I have just re written and updated this tutorial and uploaded onto the www.instructables.com website – so thought I would update it here too, as I added a lot more info in the step by step processes. On a recent internet … Read More

embroidered gumleaf 1 ©KarenSmith
21 Jan 2019

Making Gum Leaves from silk threads

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Free motion embroidery on water soluble film I recently experimented with water soluble stabiliser, a film that is used in the machine embroidery process. I came across it on an internet wander, and I suddenly realised that I could use it with some Mulberry silk strands I bought nearly 2 years ago at a Halls Gap craft fair, from a … Read More