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#Embroidery #Gardens Welcome to the first of a series of monthly videos exploring the connection between Helen M Stevens's garden and her unique embroidery style. A combination of video, stills, garden lore, embroidery techniques and tips to suit those who enjoy both "sowing" and "sewing"! Website: www.helenmstevens.info Facebook: Helensembroideryworld/ Instagram: hel...

An introduction to Helen M. Stevens' Online Virtual Exhibition, "Seasons in the Sun": recent and retrospective embroideries. Begin the Gallery experience at Helen's website: Go to www.helenmstevens.info/gallery

My own garden is a huge inspiration for my embroidery - and here, following many requests, I give you a little glimpse into it as well as describing how I look at flowers and leaves, analyse them and begin to determine how to stitch them "my way"!

Finished your embroidered masterpiece? Dreading all the work involved in mounting it up ready for framing? There is an easy way. Helen M. Stevens describes her own method of preparing the embroidery for admiration! If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe to the channel. Visit Helen's website www.helenmstevens.info and find her on Facebook: helenmstevensembroideries

I have had many requests to demonstrate this technique, so here goes! Floating embroidery is a method of stitching I created some years ago, allowing the threads to lie loosely on the surface of the fabric, giving the impression of "floating" in the air - or water. This is a "one person" made video, so any minor technical imperfections are mine - and any strange noises in the background of the ...

Pure silk hand embroidery with fine floss silk (Piper's 90 denier) A question I am frequently asked is exactly how I use the beautiful pallet of floss silks available from Pipers Silks - www.pipers-silks.com Here, I explain ho to judge gauge, get the best out of the fabulous sheen of floss silk and how to make sure that your embroidery lies flat. In short, how to make the most of this wonderful...

In this third installment of her videos working this delightful little motif, Helen described how to work Directional Stitching (Directional Opus Plumarium) to create a lifelike leaf motif.

Helen M. Stevens shows how to move into the second phase of working a pretty hand embroidered flower, using radial stitching, another of her signature techniques.

Helen M. Stevens demonstrates her signature technique of "Shadow Lining": the first step in creating a truly three-dimensional effect in floral (and other) embroidery.

By working honeycomb stitch over underlying directional stitching a beautiful effect is created - a "quilting" which suggests the texture and changing colours of a chestnut leaf in high summer.

A while ago I uploaded the previous video - so far my first and only - showing the inner component of this design: the butterfly. I have now added four concentric circles of floral and foliate design. Here is how it now reacts to sunlight ...

I often mention "DIRECTIONAL STITCHING" in my Facebook posts. Directional stitching is what creates a three dimensional effect in your embroidery... the light catches the sweep of the stitches, refracts back and so enhances the shine of the silk, bringing your subject to life. This is a beautiful, simple butterfly, worked mainly in white on black, so it is a perfect subject to show this effect.