Thread Painting by Hand

Thread Painting

Also called needle painting or silk shading, thread painting is an embroidery technique that uses long and short stitch and random stitch to show natural shading.  This art form, where pictures are embroidered with the same approach as an artist would when oil painting, requires the artisan to select color and stitching techniques to create a work of art with depth of color and dimensional perspective. First practiced in China using silk, the technique has evolved around the world to include both Eastern and Western designs and newer threads in polyester, silk blends, and cotton.     

Thread Painting

Trish Burr Embroidery
Margaret Dier 
Helen M. Stevens (Facebook)

Locations for Thread Paintings for Sale

Gift Shop at the Southern Arts Society, Inc., Kings Mountain, NC
UnCommon Artisans, Kings Mountain, NC
​Stuart's Village Gallery, Waxhaw, NC

Silk Shading

Chinese Silk Shading: Margaret Lee 
​Royal School of Needlework 

2022 Completed Projects -See below
2023 Completed Projects-See pull-down menu above

"Found It"                         SOLD
​Original Design
"Daisies in Spring"                        SOLD
Design by: Darlene Godfrey
"Red Poppy"
Design by: Trish Burr. 
Level 3 Design

FOR SALE: Stuart's Village Gallery
"Little Bee-Eater"              SOLD
Design by: Trish Burr
Level 3 Design
"On Top of My World"
Design by: Darlene Godfrey
"Moonlight Butterfly"  
Design by T. Burr
Intermediate Level

FOR SALE: Southern Arts Society Gift Shop
Picture
"Nuthatch in Spring"   SOLD
Design by: T. Burr
"Azure Kingfisher"       GIFTED
Design by: T. Burr
Picture
"Monochrome Emperor Moth"            SOLD
Design by: T. Burr
Intermediate Level
"Azure Butterfly and Blossom"
Design by: T. Burr

​FOR SALE: Southern Arts Society Gift Shop
"Racquet-Tailed Roller"                 SOLD
Design by: Trish Burr
Level 3 Design
"Lilac-Breasted Roller"
Design by: Trish Burr
​Advanced Level

FOR SALE: Stuart's Village Gallery
Picture
"Mikaela's Dragon"       GIFTED
Original design by: J. Baxter
​Adapted from a drawing by: SM Bittler
"American Kingfisher"
Design by: T. Burr
Intermediate Level

​FOR SALE: Stuart's Village Gallery
"Little Pygmy Kingfisher"
Design by: T. Burr
Intermediate Level

FOR SALE: Stuart's Village Gallery
"Weeds and Butterflies"
Original Design
Picture
"Dog Rose and Butterfly" 
 Design by T. Burr, adapted     

FOR SALE: Southern Arts Society Gift Shop
"Helena's Anemone"     GIFTED
​Original Design
"Blue Dragonfly"     SOLD
Design by: Trish Burr
​Intermediate Level
Picture
"King Fisher at Sunrise"       SOLD
Design by: T. Burr
​Intermediate Level
"Bluebird and Blossoms"       SOLD
Design by: T. Burr
"Redoute's Anemones"
Design by: T. Burr
Intermediate Level

​FOR SALE: Stuart's Village Gallery
"Painted Bunting"     SOLD
Original Design
"Orange Breasted Sunbird"
Design by: T. Burr

FOR SALE: Southern Arts Society Gift Shop