THE THISTLE BOOK
The full Thistle tutorial ebook in English.
In the project I am describing five variations of thistle embroidery:
- Welsh thistle: viscose tassel, ribbon elements and embroidery with glass seed beads
- Scottish thistle: fan feather layout, ribbon elements and sequin embroidery
- Irish thistle: seed bead tassel, stumpwork embroidery with woollen and cotton threads
- Icelandic thistle: long ribbon elements, chenille embroidery
- Arctic thistle: parallel feather layout, ribbon elements and cotton thread embroidery
You can mix the variations to get 25 different thistles.
Technical info:
The book is 65 pages long and it is full of pictures and explanations of all the variations of thistle embroidery: Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Icelandic and Arctic.
Each book is available in PDF and Epub formats in different of resolution. The book is designed for the 2page spreadsheet so I highly recommend checking Epub file. Additionally there is a A4 file with useful schemes.
During the livestream marathon in instagram account @polalab you will be able to check live workshops about each variation. The videos will be available during a period of time: from 21st February to 10th March.
In the additional chapter you will find alternative way to create thistle petals and a 3d pendant thistle embroidery.
In the chapter Inspiration you will find samples of mixing the variations as well as the embroideries of marathon participants. After I finish my personal project I will update the chapter with additional pictures.
You can check my embroidery artworks closely in my blog:
https://www.instagram.com/polalab/
or on the website:
Happy stitching!
The full Thistle Embroidery tutorial