Embroidery Techniques: Illustrating with Needle and Thread

A course by Yolanda Andrés , Designer, Craft Artist, and Embroiderer

Designer, Craft Artist, and Embroiderer. Madrid, Spain.
Joined February 2011

Learn to illustrate any image with a variety of embroidery techniques

  • Spanish with subtitles in English
  • 98% positive reviews (717)
  • 10236 students

Learn to illustrate any image with a variety of embroidery techniques

A course by Yolanda Andrés

Interested in exploring the possibilities of “painting” with thread? In this online course, Yolanda Andrés—an artistic embroiderer whose clients include firms and institutions such as Hermès, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, and Carolina Herrera—teaches you how to recreate any image or object with a needle and thread.

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What will you learn in this online course?

13 lessons & 9 downloads

Materials
5 minutes, 47 seconds
Transfer a drawing
7 minutes, 19 seconds
Stitches groups
2 minutes, 20 seconds
Flat stitch 1
18 minutes, 27 seconds
Flat stitch 2
18 minutes, 35 seconds
Cross points
8 minutes, 52 seconds
Spanish with subtitles in English
  • 98% positive reviews (717)
  • 10236 students
  • 13 lessons (2h 14m)
  • 9 additional resources (7 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish, English, Portuguese
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Embroider any image using the different stitching techniques seen throughout the course. Yolanda uses an illustration of a rooster as an example, but you can use any image you like.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Anyone who is interested in transforming an object or image into a unique, hand-embroidered piece.

Requirements and materials

No previous knowledge of embroidery is necessary for the course.

In terms of materials, you need a needle, a thimble, embroidery scissors, different types of colored thread, cotton fabric, an aqua brush, a box cutter, an awl, tracing paper, and cardboard.


Reviews

10236 Students
717 Reviews
98% Positive ratings
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Yolanda Andrés

A course by Yolanda Andrés

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Designer, Craft Artist, and Embroiderer

Yolanda Andrés studied fine art and graphic design at the Universidad de Salamanca, as well as painting at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles in Belgium. She also obtained a master’s in packaging from the Instituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Madrid.

Before focusing exclusively on embroidery, she served as art director for a communication agency for more than a decade. She currently runs her own workshop in the Lavapiés neighborhood of Madrid where she works on pieces for brands and institutions like Carolina Herrera, Zubi, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum shop. Additionally, Yolanda teaches classes at IED and the Escuela Superior de Diseño (ESD) in Madrid.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Presentation
    • My influences
  • U2

    Preparing to embroider

    • materials
    • Transfer a drawing
    • Stitches groups
  • U3

    Approach!

    • Flat stitch 1
    • Flat stitch 2
    • Cross points
    • Interlaced points 1
    • Interlaced points 2
    • Knotted and highlighted points
  • U4

    Uses and care

    • Applications of your embroidery
    • How to take care of your embroidery
  • FP

    Final project

    • Embroidery techniques: illustrating with thread and needle

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Embroidery Techniques: Illustrating with Needle and Thread. Craft course by Yolanda Andrés

Embroidery Techniques: Illustrating with Needle and Thread

A course by Yolanda Andrés
Designer, Craft Artist, and Embroiderer. Madrid, Spain.
Joined February 2011
  • 98% positive reviews (717)
  • 10236 students