The symbol of the upside down flying bat is found on doorways during the Chinese New Year festival. I used DMC's rayon thread to embroider the bat...that brought me no happiness. I watered, waxed and fought with that thread every inch of the way. The thread has a lovely sheen but really, no thread should be that difficult to work with. The Pekinese stitch was used to outline the bat's wings.
DMC's satin thread was used for the "auspicious clouds" drifting across the face of the moon.
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