Embroidery and Fabric Painting for Beginners
A course by Polina OshuArtist and Surface Pattern Designer
A course by Polina Oshu, Artist and Surface Pattern Designer
Use colorful markers and embroidery threads to create garments and decorations that express your personality
“For me, a stitch is equal to a paint stroke. It's impressive to see how simple threads can transform my home decor and daily outfits into colorful artwork with volume and texture.”
Artist and surface pattern designer Polina Oshu specializes in creating floral illustrations for textiles, decorative paper, packaging, and more, for clients such as Marks & Spencer and Penguin Random House.
In this online course, Polina teaches you how to express yourself through stitching and painting on textiles. Discover how to combine color, texture, and detail to reveal your ideas in the form of textiles. Give personality to garments with colorful paints and threads.
This is Polina’s second Domestika course, in her first Botanical Patterns in a Sketchbook: Conquer the Blank Page, she teaches you to create floral and abstract patterns filled with color and creativity.
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 22 downloads
Expressing Yourself
2 minutes, 37 seconds
Materials
9 minutes, 0 seconds
Shapes and Composition
9 minutes, 27 seconds
How to Transfer the Design and Paint on Fabric
9 minutes, 0 seconds
Inspiration, Color Palette, and Sketch
9 minutes, 17 seconds
Transferring the Design to Fabric and Coloring with Paint
11 minutes, 51 seconds
What's included in this course?
Begin the course by getting to know artist Polina Oshu. Discover the creative career that has seen her work across graphic design, illustration, embroidery, and beyond, and hear about the influences that inspire her.
Learn how to express yourself through art before finding inspiration to fuel your creativity. Polina then takes you through the tools and materials needed for the course, from markers to thread.
Hear how to select colors for your project based on temperature and tone. Next, explore shape and composition, learn to transfer your design, and paint on textiles. Polina then guides you through a series of embroidery stitches and techniques.
Time to start your final piece! Start by getting inspired, choosing a color palette, and creating your initial sketch. Then transfer your design onto your shirt, and add color using paint before incorporating the stitches from earlier in the course to take your design to the next level.
To wrap up the course, Polina shares her advice for taking care of your work, applying these techniques to home textiles, and sharing your art with the world.
What is this course's project?
Decorate a denim shirt with a floral composition made using paint and embroidery techniques.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone with an interest in learning to customize their clothing or home textiles.
Requirements and materials
No previous knowledge is required.
In terms of materials, you will need: ⦁ Acrylic paint markers ⦁ Embroidery threads ⦁ A needle ⦁ An embroidery hoop ⦁ Tracing paper ⦁ Chalk or pencil ⦁ Scissors
Reviews
- 1 month ago
Es de mis cursos favoritos, se explora muchisimo la creatividad, lo recomiendo sin dudarlo.
- 4 months ago
me encanta el curso, me encanta su forma de bordar, me gustaría que ampliara mas el como borda porque a veces se queda corto el tiempo del video para ver su proceso, pero recomendado al 100%.
- 5 months ago
Very nice course for beginners. Inspirative teacher.
- 10 months ago
Very useful course,i highly recommend it !
- 11 months ago
Excelente curso. Explica muy bien y te inspira.
After getting wide recognition online by amassing over 128K followers on Instagram, clients began contacting her to purchase her illustrations. Since 2017, she has been creating commissions for clients such as Marks & Spencer, Lush, JucyJudy, Impression Originale, among other brands.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Me
- Influences
- U2
Preparation
- Expressing Yourself
- How to Find Inspiration
- Materials
- U3
Theory and Practice
- Color
- Shapes and Composition
- How to Transfer the Design and Paint on Fabric
- How to Embroider
- U4
Production
- Inspiration, Color Palette, and Sketch
- Transferring the Design to Fabric and Coloring with Paint
- Embroidery
- U5
Care and Display Tips
- How to Take Care of the Design and Home Decor Options
- Sharing Your Work
- FP
Final project
- Embroidery and Fabric Painting for Beginners
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FAQs
Yes, this course is designed for beginners and requires no prior experience in embroidery, painting, or textile art. You'll learn all the basics you need to get started.
You'll need basic embroidery supplies like fabric, embroidery floss, needles, a hoop, textile paints, sketching tools, and optional items like Posca markers and carbon paper for design transfer.
You'll learn to combine embroidery and painting, create floral motifs, use color theory, master design transfer, and add texture to textiles, while developing your own artistic style and self-expression.
Yes, you'll learn techniques for embroidering on shirts, second-hand clothes, and other garments, including fabric preparation and design transfer.
The course teaches various methods like using air-erasable markers, carbon paper, and paper stencils to safely and accurately transfer your designs onto fabric.
Yes, you’ll discover how to design, paint, and embroider custom pillowcases and other home textile items as part of your creative projects.
Yes, you'll learn how to use complementary colors, gradients, and tonal contrast to create visually dynamic and harmonious textile art.