Upcycling with Embroidery
Materials and Supplies
A course by Kseniia Guseva , Embroidery Artist
About the video: Materials and Supplies
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you the materials and supplies we’ll use and tell a little about each of them. Bear in mind that if you’re using very bright and saturated colors or old threads, you have to check if they bleed in water, so you can wash your clothes afterward.”
In this video lesson Kseniia Guseva addresses the topic: Materials and Supplies , which is part of the Domestika online course: Upcycling with Embroidery. Learn how to customize your clothes with embroidered architectural patterns.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials Hi. In this lesson, I'll tell you about the materials and supplies you'll to need to embroider on clothes. The first is a thread. I use cotton 6-strand embroidery thread. As you see, it has fixed strands. You can use any amount to create different texture and experiment. Here, you have the color number. There are a lot of colors, more than 450 and I have all of them in the boxes. I'm using the brand DMC mostly, but there are also a lot of other brands like Anchor, Sublime Stitching, the whole world to experiment. The next supply you're going to need is a needle. I like to use tape...”
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Course summary for: Upcycling with Embroidery
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Areas
DIY, Embroidery, Fashion Design, Sewing, Textile Design, Upcycling
Kseniia Guseva
A course by Kseniia Guseva
Kseniia Guseva, also known as @faimyxstitch, is an embroidery artist from Saint Petersburg, Russia, who is now based in Berlin. She’s always been interested in creating and has tried everything: knitting, crocheting, cross-stitching, sewing, sketching, and beadwork until she finally found hand embroidery in 2016 and it became her medium of choice. She’s been embroidering every day ever since.
Architecture is one of her main interests, which is why she created a series of embroidered city patterns, depicting over 130 cities already. Kseniia also loves to experiment with upcycling and customizing garments like jeans, bags, t-shirts, and even sneakers.
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