This hand embroidery design is worked in detached chain stitch on hand dyed fabric leaving just the area of the leaf un-stitched. This design technique is described as the voided shape technique where the image itself is not stitched but the surrounding area is. If you want to have a go at this I've included full instructions in my voided shape quick stitch project.
A variety of yarns were used including commercially dyed stranded cottons, hand dyed stranded cottons and rayon threads.
To add a variety of texture some of the detached chain stitches were wrapped to make them extra thick. The veins of the leaf are stitched with a rayon thread.
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