Basic Techniques for Embroidering Letters

Overview

“Here I will teach the stem stitch for contour and filling, two ways to make the daisy stitch, loom stitch (or basketwork) and the French knot.”

In this video lesson Juliana Mota Giopato addresses the topic: Stem Stitch, Daisy, Loom and French Knot 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basic Techniques for Embroidering Letters. Create an embroidered composition combining letters, shapes, colors, and textures.

Partial transcription of the video

“French stem, daisy, loom and knot In this lesson, we'll embroider a font called Amatic. She is more gestural, so I put a plan, a drawing here on the side, that is more organic too, different from the "H", where we use the Helvetica font. And here we are also going to make curve points, a point called a French knot, which makes these balls here, the daisy, the stem to fill and the loom or basketwork to fill the butterfly's wing. To start, I will make the rod, and for that we will use two wires. I'll get a purple shade ... separate the two wires ... and put on needle number eight, which is th...”

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Course summary for: Basic Techniques for Embroidering Letters

• Level: Beginner
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• 4 units
• 17 lessons (2h 43m)
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• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Embroidery, Textile Design