Silk Ribbon Embroidery

[xstitcher]

Hi,
I would like to take up this type of embroidery and wonder if there is anybody out there who does it and can recommend what good starter supplies are necessary. I have a good chart book.
Since I live in Denmark I shall be buying all my supplies via the internet in the UK so any tips on good sites will also be welcome.

Thanks in advance.

[seekeerz]

I love this form of embroidery - and you can see the effect very quickly. What type of articles are you interested in making ? I've used little flower pictures to make gift cards, having padded the flowers into a cut-out card - looks very good.

I use dupion silk [?] for most of my projects and YLI silk ribbon and chenille needles, according to the width of ribbon, all of which you should be able to find on the net.

I'll check back and see how you get on - good luck skz

ps I'm just taking up Mountmellick embroidery, teaching myself from a book which should be fun !!

[xstitcher]

Thanks for your answer seekruz. I want to start with flowers for cards. Just now I seem to be up to my eyeballs in rush jobs so it might be a while before I get down to it, but have a DVD on how to do it and the finished results look so lovely. I'll keep you posted.