Embroidered Illustrations: From Watercolor to Thread
A course by Gabi Goitía (Tejiendo Raíces)Embroidery Artist
A course by Gabi Goitía (Tejiendo Raíces), Embroidery Artist
Learn to design embroidery from scratch using an illustration and express your emotions stitch by stitch
Ever wanted to turn your illustration into a one-of-a-kind piece of embroidery? If you don't know how to illustrate or embroider just yet, don't worry! Self-taught embroidery expert Gabi Goitía, creator of Tejiendo raíces and cofounder of the embroidery club of Argentina, teaches you how to design embroidery from scratch, tackling the illustration in a relaxed way and translating it into stitches to start bringing your embroidery to life.
Learn to let loose artistically and draw your own watercolor patterns, then turn your illustrations into embroidery that expresses your ideas and emotions. By the end of this course, you'll have created your own piece of exquisite embroidery ready to hang up wherever you like.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 29 downloads
Materials
10 minutes, 34 seconds
Mood board
14 minutes, 34 seconds
Color palette
9 minutes, 31 seconds
Let's draw! 1
16 minutes, 51 seconds
Let's draw! 2
13 minutes, 34 seconds
Sketching the design
14 minutes, 52 seconds
What's included in this course?
Start by getting to know Gabi Goitía as she tells you more about herself, her professional journey from natural science to her discovery of embroidery, her main influences, and the sources of inspiration that motivate her to get creating.
Find out all you need to know about the materials to get your project off the ground. Gabi shares some resources for looking for inspiration and the basic concepts to start defining a color palette.
Time to get to work! Warm up with watercolor and sketch your first illustration. Work through an exercise drawing up a list of triggers or ideas to start improvising and see that you don't need to "know how to draw" to be able to create your patterns.
Then, prepare the needle and thread to turn your illustration into embroidery. Learn to transfer your design onto fabric, choose the appropriate stitches to convey your idea and develop it step by step. See how to work with lines, fills, and tiny details.
To complete your embroidery piece, Gabi helps you refine every last detail so that it's ready to display. She also gives you some tips for taking a great photo of your work to share it on social media.
What is this course's project?
Create your own piece of display-ready embroidery from scratch using a series of illustrations drawn by way of some fun exercises.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to start exploring their creative side and gain confidence in drawing and embroidery to create their own embroidered illustrations.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge is necessary.
In terms of materials, you need a pencil, an eraser, paper, watercolors, brushes of varying thicknesses, watercolor paper (or paper of at least 180GSM), cotton fabric (canvas, linen, tussah), an embroidery hoop, fine pointed needles (size 6 to 8), Mouliné and Perlé threads of varying colors, and glue.
Reviews
- 5 months ago
Es un curso muy claro y fácil de comprender. Me gusta mucho el trabajo de Gabi.
- 1 year ago
Gabi is a talented embroiderer and a gifted teacher. I definitely recommend her course!
- 1 year ago
Es un curso espectacular, Gabi explica de manera encantadora en un modo sencillo que te envuelve en el bordado!!
- 2 years ago
Me encanta cómo explica Gabi Goita todo lo relacionado con el bordado, me ilusiona aprender con ella.
- 2 years ago
Es muy bueno, excelente explicando Gaby Goitia, he aprendido como armar mi diseño y paleta de colores, que es muy importante al momento de bordar , para poder optimizar nuestros trabajos,
Cofounder of the embroidery club of Argentina, she also teaches classes and workshops to share knowledge with others, a process she is passionate about. She is currently dedicated to creating illustrations using needle and thread as well as watercolor and digital media.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation
- Influences
- U2
Initial ideas, materials and drawings
- Materials
- Mood board
- Color palette
- Let's draw! 1
- Let's draw! 2
- Sketching the design
- U3
Let's change the language: embroidery
- Assembling the pattern
- Linear stitches: back stitch and stem stitch
- Fill stitches: satin stitch and split back stitch 1
- Fill stitches: satin stitch and split back stitch 2
- Detail stitches: daisy stitch and French knot stitch
- One more layer: depth and texture
- U4
Finish your embroidery and show it off!
- Close the embroidery
- Photography and Publishing
- FP
Final project
- Color in embroidery
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to create embroidery patterns from your illustrations, blend watercolor and embroidery techniques, choose color palettes, transfer your designs onto fabric, and use various stitches to craft botanical and creative compositions.
This is an intermediate-level course, perfect for those with basic knowledge of embroidery or watercolor who want to combine both to develop more advanced creative projects.
You’ll need watercolor paper, watercolors, fine brushes, fabric, an embroidery hoop, mouliné threads, embroidery needles, scissors, a pencil or heat-sensitive pen, and access to digital tools like Canva or Pinterest for mood boards.
You’ll learn to create watercolor illustrations that you’ll then turn into embroidery patterns, blending textures, colors, and details from both mediums to make original, expressive textile pieces.
You’ll discover how to create botanical patterns, transfer them to fabric, and use stitches like backstitch, stem stitch, daisy stitch, French knot, and fills to compose floral motifs and leaves with depth and texture.
You’ll learn to gather images on Pinterest, create collages in Canva, and select color palettes to organize your visual references and conceptualize your embroidered compositions.
You’ll be able to create original textile pieces from your illustrations, master mixed watercolor and embroidery techniques, and professionally present your work digitally.