Realistic Embroidery Techniques

Overview

“Now we embroider the two lower wings of the butterfly. Here we have more yellow tones that contrast nicely with the orange tones. Also, we embroider the final element, our butterflies tiny body. This part is relatively quick compared to our previous orange gradients. ”

In this video lesson Emillie Ferris addresses the topic: The Hindwings and the Body 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

“Okay, so I finished all of the upper wing. And I've also added in a few extra details I added in a bit of four hundred over here and I also did a second layer of split stitch on the top So you can see here it goes from 310, and then I used 898. just in the middle. And then I go back to free 10. when I go to the body. This just creates a lighter gradient and creates more of an illusion of sunlight touching the butterfly. So now I'm going to begin the lower wings. I'm gonna start with 780 and we're gonna do the big segment right in the middle. I'm going to use one strand of 780. And remember ...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Embroidery Techniques

• Level: Beginner
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• 4 units
• 17 lessons (3h 13m)
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• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Embroidery, Textile Design, Traditional illustration