Realistic Embroidery Techniques

Overview

“The first stitch can be a little scary, but once you get started, you will lose yourself in the flow of the repetitive nature of embroidery. I will show you how to outline the butterfly and we will fill in the dark areas first. I’ll also explain the stitch directions for this butterfly (you can download this guide in additional resources). Despite being the "first" stitches, this is a rather long and important lesson, so I am dividing the contents into three entries. Let's get at it! ”

In this video lesson Emillie Ferris addresses the topic: Our First Stitches 1, 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

“Our first stitches In this lesson we'll begin the monarch butterfly. I've already transferred my butterfly pattern to the hoop. I made sure my pencil was sharp at all times and I used a lamp. You wanna make sure that you're very careful when doing the antennae and the little circles here. Most of all make sure it's neat and tidy as this will be your guideline for the entire embroidery process. If I was tracing this and I made a mistake, I would begin from the very beginning and have a new piece of fabric if I couldn't erase any of my tracings of white tack. It's that important to make sure ...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Embroidery Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (1310)
• 38782 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (3h 13m)
• 11 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Embroidery, Textile Design, Traditional illustration