Embroidery and Fabric Painting for Beginners

Overview

“There are a lot of different techniques that you can use to transfer your design and paint on textiles. I will show my two favorite ones: creating a stencil with transparent paper and drawing directly on fabric. If you're not comfortable with either of them, I left a couple more options in the Additional Resources section of this unit. Be aware that before getting started with this step, make sure the piece of fabric you're using for your practice is washed and ironed. It would be ideal to have one of 100% cotton. Be sure to wait at least a couple of hours before progressing to the next lesson. This will ensure that your piece is completely dry. ”

In this video lesson Polina Oshu addresses the topic: How to Transfer the Design and Paint on Fabric, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidery and Fabric Painting for Beginners. Use colorful markers and embroidery threads to create garments and decorations that express your personality.

Partial transcription of the video

“ How to Transfer the Design and Paint on Fabric I find this step of transferring the drawing on fabric one of the trickiest. There are plenty of options on how to do it. One of the most popular approaches is using carbon paper. When you put a special carbon paper for textile onto your sketch and fix them on the fabric. Then you carefully outline your sketches, and as a result, you have the same outlines of the color of your carbon paper on the textile. I prepared a selection of articles and video tutorials of various approaches. You can easily find the transferring technique you are the mo...”

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Course summary for: Embroidery and Fabric Painting for Beginners

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (89)
• 4374 students
• 5 units
• 14 lessons (2h 1m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  DIY, Embroidery, Painting, Pattern Design, Textile Design, Upcycling