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Download a Free Goldwork Beetle Pattern

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This free pattern will guide you to creating your own goldwork beetle embroidery design.

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Enjoy this free download pattern from Talisa May, an embroidery artist specializing in goldwork embroidery. Goldwork is an ancient embroidery technique that uses metal threads instead of normal embroidery thread to make beautiful pieces. It is most commonly used in military and royal regalia.

If you’d like to learn more about goldwork embroidery, why not join our course Goldwork Embroidery for Beginners. You will learn to combine ancient stitches with contemporary fibers to recreate the patterns and colors of insects in a beautiful yet realistic style.

By combining ancient stitch forms with contemporary metallic fibers, you can recreate the patterns and colors found in nature in a way that’s both beautiful and realistic. It’s a process embroidery artist Talisa May specializes in, using goldwork embroidery to depict insects and give them a second lease of life.

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