Abstract Color and Design for Embroidery
Practicing Your Stitches
A course by Jen Smith , Fiber Artist
About the video: Practicing Your Stitches
Overview
“Finally, I’ll teach you the three stitches I’ll use in the project to practice before getting started. I highly recommend you practice your stitches before you start any project. ”
In this video lesson Jen Smith addresses the topic: Practicing Your Stitches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Abstract Color and Design for Embroidery. Learn how to design and stitch a vibrant piece with striking color combinations to create a unique decoration for your home.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Practicing Stitching In this lesson, I'll show the stitches I'll use in my final project. Right now in the process, I'll be using a hoop that is filled with empty fabric for our practice stitches, scissors, embroidery floss, and my embroidery needle. This is also when I'll start using my hoop stand. This is an under-the-leg hoop stand I use to stabilize my hoop when I'm stitching. All you need to do is position your hoop in the frame, tighten the screws so it will hold it in place for you. Then, go ahead and pull a bit of embroidery floss. We don't need a lot, these are practice stitches....”
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Course summary for: Abstract Color and Design for Embroidery
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Embroidery, Fiber Arts
Jen Smith
A course by Jen Smith
Jen Smith is an American fiber artist based in Los Angeles who specializes in embroidery. She grew up in a creative household with a photographer for a father and a maker for a mother. Jen later went on to study marketing at university and worked in the advertising industry for a number of years, before pursuing a career as an artist. She first started experimenting with embroidery in 2017 as a creative outlet, before turning it into a career two years later.
Since then, Jen’s work has been featured in various publications, including on the cover of Love Embroidery Magazine. She also recreated the cover of Morgenstern’s novel The Starless Sea for Doubleday Publishing’s cover reveal. She sells her work online in various forms, from earrings to embroidery patterns, and shares her designs with over 110K followers on Instagram.
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