Redwork Babushka

Today I thought I would have a go at drawing and stylising a Russian doll, then translate the drawing into Redwork embroidery

Electric Kettle Executed in Redwork Embroidery

Today I did a sketch of my electric kettle, turned it into a line drawing then embroidered it. Redwork is addictive, no household object is safe from the Redwork treatment, the more mundane the better! Find out more about Redwork, history and method here

Espresso Coffeepot Executed in Redwork

Yesterday I drew an espresso coffeepot, today I have turned it into an embroidery. I wanted to try Redwork. You can find out more about Redwork, the history and method here I traced my line drawing, of the coffeepot, onto my fabric, I don't have a light box so used my window to do this. I traced the image using a red propelling pencil, this gave ma a fine line, the same colour as my thread. The stitch I used was backstitch, couldn't be easier. The basic principal of Redwork is you only use a single colour in your design, it doesn't have to be red it could be black, then it would be called black Redwork. I really like the clean graphic effect this form of embroidery gives me.