Description
Title: Peacock Feather Head
History: Digitized from an example photo of a golden-hued peacock tail feather.
Color Changes w/suggested colors:
01 – Half of long feather strands, starting with lower left/ 1/3 of feather head strands – Golden Bronze
02 – Half of long feather strands, starting with lower right/ 1/3 of feather head strands – Golden Yellow-green
03 – Final 1/3 of head strands, background outer ring of the feather’s ‘eye’ – Bright Leaf Green
04 – Shading on the inner half of the outer ‘eye’ ring – Golden Rust Orange
05 – Main background of ‘eye’ center – Bright Blue
06 – Darker inner ‘eye’ spot – Dark Navy
07 – Main ‘eye’ edge highlight – Very Bright Light Green
08 – ‘eye’ spot outer shading – Deep Blue-green
09 – ‘eye’ spot dark center shading – Black
10 – Quill – Bright Leaf Green
Tips:
1. Check out photos of peacock feathers – they have many color variations. Try out our favorite colrors, or just go wild!
2. This design has an interesting texture, even stitched in a monotone range. Off-whites, blues, greens, try your favorites!
carolyn –
this design ran just as expected…smooth and seamless
color changes are well placed for minimal thread cutting and great production.
I used this design on tartan wool with no topping and medium cutaway.
Love it!