Embroidery and Color: Create Textile Landscapes
The back stitch
A course by Célia Bruneau , Embroidery Artist
About the video: The back stitch
Overview
“Now let's move on to the backstitch. This is one of the simplest stitches, frequently used: it allows you to create pretty lines to embroider details, letters or a logo, for example.”
In this video lesson Célia Bruneau addresses the topic: The back stitch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidery and Color: Create Textile Landscapes. Learn to embroider with different colors and stitches to make a decorative cushion or other textile piece inspired by a natural landscape.
Partial transcription of the video
“The back stitch In this lesson, we are going to talk about another embroidery stitch. It's called the back stitch. This is one of the simplest and most used stitches. As we saw in the previous lesson, I will resume my thread with four strands. By the way, I reused the strands that we had put aside. I'll thread it through my needle, tie a knot so that I can start my embroidery. It is a point that allows you to make lines. It can also be used to create handwritten letters, for example. Here I drew a curved shape. You can make a straight shape, as you wish. I'm going to start by stitching my n...”
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Course summary for: Embroidery and Color: Create Textile Landscapes
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Embroidery, Interior Decoration, Sewing, Textile Design, Traditional illustration

Célia Bruneau
A course by Célia Bruneau
A trained stylist, Célia Bruneau is an artist who is inspired by natural environments, and her approach to embroidery is intuitive and spontaneous. She lived in Paris for nine years before leaving to travel the world, and now creates hand-embroidered pieces full of color and softness in Paris, the countryside, and beyond.
She makes custom pieces and has collaborated with ICICLE and Combo Magazine. She has also appeared in the likes of ELLE and Konbini.
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