Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques
How do you transfer a pattern to fabric?
A course by Gimena Romero , Textile Artist
Learn to use texture and color to bring your embroidery to life
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About the video: How do you transfer a pattern to fabric?
Overview
“We'll look at the technique that I use to transfer patterns to fabric and how to attach them. Remember to eat a good breakfast before moving onto this part, because you'll need extra arm strength :) ”
In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: How do you transfer a pattern to fabric?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques. Learn to use texture and color to bring your embroidery to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“HOW DO YOU TRANSFER A PATTERN TO FABRIC? How to transfer a pattern to the fabric. Actually, it's an extensive topic. A good embroidery starts from this. There is an incredible amount of work to be done before we start to embroider. It's a whole process: fabric preparation, hoop preparation. In fact, in haute couture embroidery there are transfer teachers who specialize exclusively in a good transfer of the pattern from the drawing to the fabric. You will find in the attached materials the patterns that you will use during the course for the final figure. We will see them later, but I'm goin...”
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Course summary for: Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques
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Category
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Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design, Textile Illustration, Traditional illustration
A course by Gimena Romero
Gimena Romero was born in Mexico City in 1985 and lives between her hometown and Barcelona. She graduated in visual and plastic arts from the National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving, 'La Esmeralda' of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA), and attended the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Lyon (France).
She has won several international awards. She began her career in the world of haute couture embroidery in Lesage (Paris) and in 2014 she began working as a guild apprentice of gold thread embroidery in Seville. Her work has been exhibited in locations around the world.
She has also collaborated on published works of fiction, poetry, and textile research with Thule Ediciones and Editorial Gustavo Gili. Her book 'Hebra de Agua' was selected as Book of the Year in 2016 at the 'Teixim la Ciutat' Festival held in Sant Cugat in Catalonia (Spain).
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