Realistic Embroidery Techniques

Overview

“I will show you how to choose shades of floss to suit your subject matter and creative vision. ”

In this video lesson Emillie Ferris addresses the topic: Choosing Floss Colours, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Embroidery Techniques. Learn how to create realistic embroidered pieces using the long and short stitch technique.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to choose your colors for your design But first of all, i'm gonna show you how to undo your thread from the skein. So all of your embroidery floss will come in a skein. especially DMC, it usually comes in a skein. When you're undoing it, you want to take these two plastic bits off. When you're embroidering, it's a lot easier if your floss is already wound onto some kind of bobbin. It's less likely to tangle and it's gonna lead to a lot less frustration down the line. I like to wind, my embroidery thread on little plastic bobbins. or I like to wind i...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Embroidery Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (1316)
• 39071 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (3h 13m)
• 11 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Embroidery, Textile Design, Traditional illustration