The art of embroidery makes a great accent for a painting done on cloth! Using washes of black and gray acrylic paint on a traditional stitchery cloth results in a striking painting. But, when a pop of color is added with embroidery, it truly stands out!

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Stitch it Up!

Blick Studio Cotton Canvas Panel - 8" x 10" (front)

Blick Studio Cotton Canvas Panel - 8" x 10" (side view, single panel)

Blick Studio Cotton Canvas Panel - 8" x 10" (back)

Creativity Street WonderFoam Sheets - 10 sheets of Assorted Colors shown in fan

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8" General Purpose Scissors; 3&frac12;" Cut

Creativity Street 24 pc Embroidery Floss Set - 2 skeins of 12 colors shown vertically

Creativity Street Embroidery Floss Set - front of package shown

Blunt Tapestry Needle - Single 2 3/4" long needle shown vertically

Blunt Tapestry Needle -Set of 12 2 3/4" long needles shown vertically

Blunt Tapestry Needle - Size #13 in packaging

http://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/stitch-it-up/.
The art of embroidery makes a great accent for a painting done on cloth! Using washes of black and gray acrylic paint on a traditional stitchery cloth results in a striking painting. But, when a pop of color is added with embroidery, it truly stands out! For a PDF version of this lesson plan, along with the materials list, follow this link to the Blick website http://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/stitch-it-up/.