Painting with Thread: Textile Illustration Techniques
How do you transfer a pattern to fabric?
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
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, Traditional illustration
Gimena Romero
A course by Gimena Romero
Gimena Romero is an artist and writer based between Mexico City and Barcelona. She trained in various schools in Mexico, Spain, and France and has received multiple awards and mentions internationally.
Her work has been displayed in various exhibitions in countries like Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, Portugal, Ukraine, and Spain. She has several publications under her belt in the areas of narrative, poetry, and textile research with Thule Ediciones and Editorial Gustavo Gili. Her book Hebra de Agua was awarded Book of the Year at the 2016 Teixim la Ciutat festival in Catalonia.
She has also conducted research into embroidery and the body with Lausín embroidery at the UNAM Faculty of Arts and Design in Mexico. She loves life, dogs, and biscuits.
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