Introduction to Botanical Embroidery
Preparing your hoop
A course by Coricrafts , Botanical Embroidery Specialist
About the video: Preparing your hoop
Overview
“Now, I will teach you to mount the fabric on your hoop, and leave it ready so that you can trace your drawing. ”
In this video lesson Coricrafts addresses the topic: Preparing your hoop, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Botanical Embroidery. Create embroidered compositions full of nature and color.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparing your hoop In this lesson, I'll show you how to put your fabric into the hoop so that you can trace your image. There are different types of hoops, whichever you choose is fine. The first thing I do is cut the fabric 1 inch, 5 cm, so that there's some excess fabric, a distance that leaves you some margin for handling the fabric. I like to leave the fabric square-shaped but another option is to cut it in a circle so that the corners don't get in the way when you're embroidering. When you're putting the fabric in these wooden hoops it's good to have a surface to lean on to get it as ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Botanical Embroidery
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Embroidery, Textile Design
Coricrafts
A course by Coricrafts
Layla Ortiz is a Mexican embroiderer who began her career in 2016. In addition to her artistic career, Layla is a scientist, has a postgraduate degree in biochemistry and currently works with HIV patients.
Since she started in the world of embroidery, she has sought inspiration from elements of nature and has created her own designs and drawings. Her work can be seen on social media where she has more than 40,000 fans and on the Etsy online store, where she sells finished pieces and patterns in PDF.
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