Colorful Hand Embroidery 101: Learn to Stitch from Scratch
Finding Your Inspiration and Sketching Your Idea
A course by Kristen Gula , Fiber Artist
About the video: Finding Your Inspiration and Sketching Your Idea
Overview
“Learn the method I use to discover the meaning or purpose of a project and how that fuels the creativity needed to complete it. I will also teach you different ways to create your rough draft sketch. ”
In this video lesson Kristen Gula addresses the topic: Finding Your Inspiration and Sketching Your Idea , which is part of the Domestika online course: Colorful Hand Embroidery 101: Learn to Stitch from Scratch. Learn to embroider with pride by making a vibrant statement piece filled with layers, colors, and textures.
Partial transcription of the video
“Finding Your Inspiration and Sketching Your Idea So far, we went through our materials, learned some embroidery basics, transferred our patterns, and learned all our stitches, but before we get stitching on our project, we'll go over my process on how I come up with ideas, set the mood for my pieces, find inspiration, and how I turn those into embroidery patterns on paper and a tablet. The process I like to use whenever I come up with my embroidery patterns or anything in general, is I like to first start and set the intention or what I'm trying to communicate with my work. I ask myself que...”
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Course summary for: Colorful Hand Embroidery 101: Learn to Stitch from Scratch
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Areas
DIY, Embroidery, Textile Design
Kristen Gula
A course by Kristen Gula
Kristen Gula is a self-taught fiber artist from St. Louis, Missouri. She specializes in hand embroidery, and founded her online store, Gulush Threads, in 2013. Shortly after launching her business, she started her own YouTube channel to teach embroidery tutorials, which boosted her online presence, earning her 98K followers. Since then, she’s travelled throughout the U.S. and Canada teaching hand embroidery workshops.
In 2018, she published her first book 200 Embroidered Flowers, which has since been translated into German and Japanese, and boasts a 4.6 rating on Amazon. Kristen has featured in The Crafter’s Box podcast, as well as publications like St. Louis Post Dispatch, Ladue News, Koel Magazine, Vail Daily, and St. Louis Magazine.
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