Hair Embroidery Stitching Techniques
A course by Señorita LyloEmbroiderer and Graphic Designer
A course by Señorita Lylo, Embroiderer and Graphic Designer
Embroider a scene that includes a hairstyle, hats, and textures, using a photo as your initial reference
When it comes to creativity, there are so many possibilities to explore. Loly Ghirardi, better known as Señorita Lylo, continues to experiment and is always looking for innovative ways to tell a story through embroidery. By applying different stitches and combining textures, she embroiders hairstyles that look just like real hair.
In this course, learn various techniques for creating hairstyles that stand out by giving them volume and and adding a unique finish to your embroidery. Using a photo, learn how to add a 3D effect to the textile of your choice.
This is the third of Señorita Lylo’s courses and includes more advanced techniques to add to your embroidery skillset. In her first course, she teaches the basics of embroidery in Basic Embroidery Techniques: Stitches, Compositions, and Color Ranges, and goes a step further in her second course: Advanced Embroidery Techniques: Stitches and Compositions with Volume.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 18 downloads
What will we do in the course?
2 minutes, 1 second
Materials
2 minutes, 36 seconds
Composition and synthesis 1
10 minutes, 14 seconds
Composition and synthesis 2
11 minutes, 59 seconds
Design transfer
5 minutes, 41 seconds
Laying the thread-hair 1
9 minutes, 56 seconds
What's included in this course?
Start off by getting to know Loly Ghirardi, also known as Señorita Lylo. Learn about her latest projects and discover how she got started creating her raised embroidery pieces. Discover her influences in textile art and discover what you’re about to learn in the course.
The first steps to creating your embroidery piece are choosing the materials you want to use, selecting the right photo, and tracing it either on photo editing software or with a pencil and some tracing paper. Once you have your outline, transfer it onto your garment or mount it in your hoop.
Next, get your needle and thread ready to start embroidering! Practice the basic stitches on a hoop to start creating the contours for your hairstyle (anything from braids, to a bun, to an updo with flowers). She also shows you how to create hats and their different textures.
Once you have practiced some of Señorita Lylo’s techniques, it’s time to start your final project. When you’ve got your hairstyle done, see some tricks for finishing off your piece so you can hang it or give it as a gift.
What is this course's project?
Embroider a scene that includes a hairstyle, hats, and textures, using a photo as your initial reference.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
For anyone who wants to go a step further with their embroidery, design their own compositions, and learn new raised stitching techniques.
Requirements and materials
You don’t need any previous experience with embroidery, but it will make some steps of the course easier to follow.
As for materials, you will need fabric or an item of clothing you want to customize, adhesive interlining, threads of various thicknesses, needles, pins, a hoop, and scissors. To trace your photo digitally, you will need a computer with Adobe Illustrator installed. If you choose to do it by hand, you’ll need tracing paper, a printed photo, and a pencil to transfer your design onto the fabric.
Reviews
- 5 months ago
O curso era sobre bordar cabelos e só aprendi 2 técnicas? Eu gostaria de ter visto técnica para cabelo ondulado, pra fazer franja com o rosto virado pra frente. O curso é mais do que básico e eu não aprendi nada que não pudesse achar mais que facilmente na internet
- 11 months ago
Me encanta su manera de explicar, te da todos los tips para un buen trabajo, es una instructora muy auténtica, me arrepiento de no haber tomado su curso antes.
- 1 year ago
Srita Lylo es una maestra extraordinaria. Sus explicaciones son muy claras. Me encantó hacer este proyecto.
- 1 year ago
Muy lindo curso. Excelente explicaciones!
- 1 year ago
Me gustan los detalles que maneja la señorita Lilo, para hacer los diferentes tipos de cabello y el volumen, me gustaron mucho las influencias y los artistas en los que se inspiro para hacer este curso. Gracias por compartir
Armed with her hoops, threads, and needles, she creates unique pieces and experiments using different mediums. Each project starts with a conceptual search and each stitch is accompanied by an anecdote, personal story, or place she's visited. Over time, she got the opportunity to teach everything she knows about embroidery and it is a vocation that comforts her and continues to inspire her more and more every day.
Content
- U1
Some things about me
- Who I am
- What I like
- What will we do in the course?
- U2
We start the process
- Materials
- Composition and synthesis 1
- Composition and synthesis 2
- Design transfer
- U3
Now to embroider!
- Laying the thread-hair 1
- Laying the thread-hair 2
- Embroidered hairstyles
- Embroidered hats 1
- Embroidered hats 2
- Contours
- U4
And now, to embroider on our garment!
- The hairstyle
- The outline and fill or pattern
- The hat
- We finish the garment
- FP
Final project
- Hair Embroidery Stitching Techniques
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FAQs
Creative embroidery involves applying innovative and personal techniques to traditional embroidery. In this course, you’ll learn how to interpret artworks, customize garments, design unique pieces, and experiment with materials and surfaces to express ideas and emotions through embroidery.
This course is aimed at people with intermediate embroidery skills, but techniques and concepts are explained from the ground up, so you can follow along if you have basic experience and a willingness to experiment.
You’ll need mouliné threads, needles, an embroidery hoop, embroidery scissors, heavy linen or other fabrics, heat-transfer markers, fusible interfacing, and access to Illustrator for the digital part. Having a lightbox and transfer paper is also recommended.
You’ll learn several digital and manual transfer methods, including using Illustrator to create patterns, transfer paper, heat markers, and a lightbox, adapting the technique depending on the fabric or garment.
The course covers techniques like Turkish stitch, knot stitches, blending threads, adding embroidered hair, and creating volume and textures to achieve three-dimensional and realistic effects in your textile projects.
Yes, the course teaches how to customize garments, repurpose old textiles, and apply embroidery on various surfaces like jackets, bags, scarves, and shop windows, giving them new artistic and personal value.
Yes, one module focuses on typographic embroidery, where you’ll learn how to design, transfer, and stitch phrases or words on scarves, garments, and other textile surfaces.