Upcycling with Embroidery
Basic Stitches 2
A course by Kseniia Guseva , Embroidery Artist
About the video: Basic Stitches 2
Overview
“We finish off the lesson on basic stitching.”
In this video lesson Kseniia Guseva addresses the topic: Basic Stitches 2, 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
“Basic stitches Now, I'm going to show you the last sixth stitch. It's called long and short stitch and it's basically what it's called. We're going to make short and long stitches. I'm going to use two colors, the colors 931 and 3753. Let's start with lighter one. Use all the six strands. I'm going to draw a shape that we will embroider in. Come up, and make short stitch, and longer stitch. You're just making a row of alternating stitches. Place them close to each other, covering all space. Now, sometimes the thread gets tangled on the back and you will feel it because you won't be able to ...”
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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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