For the last sea
creature for this underwater scene embroidery, my choice is a seahorse. For
this, I’ve used pearl cotton no:8 thread.
I began at the tip of the tail. Here, I,ve made
2 rows of buttonhole/blanket stitch.
Then, slightly above the stitch, I made a
horizontal bar (straight stitch). Work buttonhole knots on this bar, facing
downwards. Continue making another bar and fill it with buttonhole knots. The
bar in the picture is the third one.
Filled with buttonhole knots.
Here, I’ve almost completed the tail. That is
the last bar. For the tip of the tail, I,ve used only one strand for the bars
and buttonhole knots. As the tail became wider, I use 2 strands for both. At
the end of the buttonhole knots on each bar, enter the fabric at a point a bit
further to give the skin a spiked look. The fin was done with
buttonhole/blanket stitch and a straight stitch for the mouth.
As you can see here, I’ve filled the stitches
with buttonhole knots. For the fin, please refer frilled buttonhole stitch.
The body was divided into 3 parts. The first
part has been filled the same way as the tail (2 strands). Work from bottom to
top.
The second part has also been filled.
And, this is the final part. This fellow is my
favourite.
I,ve come to the end of this underwater scene
embroidery. I’ll show you the full pattern in my next post since I’ll have to
stitch some more of the tiny fish that I’ve shown in my last post. From time to
time, I’ll try to embroider more sea creatures.
