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Embroidery is a delicate sewing craft that produces beautiful designs and even more beautiful embellishments on pillows, clothing or other accessories.
If you’re thinking about embroidering for the first time, embroidered flowers are a great place to start, as one of the most simple and beloved designs.
In this In this article we give you all the tips for embroidering flowers by hand.
Let’s get started!
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Flower embroidery tools
All you need are a few tools, which you can buy at your local arts and crafts store, or even some large supermarkets.
- Embroidery needle
- Fabric of your choice
- Embroidery hoop.
- Embroidery thread or multi-color thread.
- Water-soluble markers.
- Sharp scissors.
Instructions for embroidered flowers
Setting your hoop
The first step is to organize your hoop. Hoops come in both wood and plastic – both of which are suitable for embroidering flowers on many fabrics, be it a pillowcase or eans.
The hoops the goal is to make sure your fabric stays in place while you sew the pattern.
To install your hoop, loosen the screw securing the hoop. two hoops together, then place your fabric of choice on the smaller hoop.
Popular fabrics for embroidery proects are linen and cotton-linen blends. You should choose your fabric based on the complexity of the design, as certain fabrics hold up better than others. For example, cotton is more durable than satin and easier to work with.
Then you need to make sure they pull the fabric taut. Then place the larger ring on the fabric and re-tighten the screw.
Draw Your Pattern
Or, whether you are new to flower embroidery or have been doing it for years, it is best to start with a good foundation. Here, that would be a simple sketch of your intended design.
Take your water-soluble marker and make very light marks on your fabric to outline the floral pattern. It doesn’t have to be very detailed as you will only use it as a guideline to keep things in line.
Although the stitching should cover the outline, you should may find that parts of it are still visible by the time you complete your proect. That’s okay!
Running the fabric under a gentle stream of cold water will remove any remaining marks.
Decide which stitching technique you will use
There are several stitching techniques to choose from, and each technique will affect the look of your final proect.
You may find that you prefer one stitching technique in the whole design, or that combining several techniques better suits your style.
For the purpose of this article, we will focus on three different stitches: the running stitch, the stem stitch and the satin stitch.
These three techniques, used in combination, you can create simple embroidery flowers that also have a lot of sparkle.
The basting stitch, which z4cTafIlut pushing your craft needle into and across the fabric in a continuous motion, should design that you already have to sketch y traced on the fabric.
After you have outlined your hand-embroidered flowers; you need to fill them in. for satin stitch (which comprises using the needle to create stitches that extend over the entire surface of the obect) is great for padding in your designs.
Think of satin stitch as the paint on your canvas. It is during this time that your embroidery proect comes to life.
If you decide you want to keep one continuous color throughout, ust use one type of thread is fine.
However, if you decide you want multiple colors, xVzqZM6SNh to have a variety of colored threads on hand (and the patience to retread or retread multiple needles) to achieve the desired effect.
Finally, if your design calls for it, it’s time to sew your stems or vines. As you’ve probably guessed, this is where the apt title’stem stitch’comes in.
To perform this stitch, you must start with one straight line. stab forward. Next, you need to position the needle and floss under your fabric and then bring the needle to the side of the stitch. Continue this until you reach the end of your stem.
After you’ve completed your design, make sure you tie the knot tightly to avoid unraveling.
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Congratulations! Your hand embroidery flowers are now ready to gift to loved ones or sew into a larger proect such as a quilt or sweater.
Here is a video showing how to make a rose.
If you want to make a gigantic bouquet of embroidery flowers, simply repeat the above process with enough spacing between each, and remember: the more colors or sewing techniques you use, the more unique your result will look. Have fun!
Do you have any flower embroidery tricks?
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