Embroidered Needle Lacemaking

Embroidered Needle Lacemaking

“Well done for getting to the end of the project! I am really honoured you chose this course and I hope you have enjoyed learning about needle lace while pushing your embroidery skills in a new direction. Throughout the course, you have learned some general distinction to make when looking at the ways laces are made. We also went through coming up with a suitable design before transferring it to the fabric. You have practised some stitches and techniques useful to secure and pull the fabric, all in order to create openings in the surface. Finally we’ve also looked at ways in which lace can be played around with and re contextualised. If you have started by making the Anatomical Heart project, I hope you will be inspired to create your own design! I would really encourage you to have a quick look back at Unit 2 Lesson 1, explaining the different types of lace. Maybe you will want to try a different style, like more geometric or more organic? This course is designed to be a good basis to try either of those, so you can feel equipped to go into that rabbit hole of lace making. Do also check my pinterest profile here. You will find some dedicated inspiration in the Contemporary Whitework board, but might also find more in other sections. Either way here’s a little recap to help you navigate your project:

1. Draw a design, while keeping in mind that all motifs featured have to be linked together. Be aware of what’s the ‘positive space’ as well as the ‘negative space’ (what will be cut away). For this I like to spend the time doing a paper version cut with a scalpel, but that is optional.

2. Choose your materials.

3. Organic motifs which don’t play on the structure of the fabric offer you more choice as to what you will stitch on. However if you want to incorporate pulled thread stitches, then make sure you choose a fabric which will allow that and that the weave is big enough for you to count it.

4. Secure your fabric by using the buttonhole stitch (or experiment with alternatives..!) for all edges where the fabric will be cut.

5. Add some embellishment : this could be pulled thread patterns, or needle lace stitches like Brussels stitch. Again that is also open to experimentation.

6. Create the bridges / bars which will connect your design.

7. Cut away the excess fabric.

Partial transcription of the video

“So now that we're coming to the end of the course, let's just have a little recap on all the hard work that we've been doing here. So you've come up with a design and you have secured all the edges before adding the embellishments and cutting away. And what you're ending up is a piece of needle lace of your own making. One tip I would like to give you is to, above all, trust the process along the way. Sometimes you work on a design and you're not completely sure that this is going to work, you've got doubts and so on. I really encourage you to just stick to it. Sometimes it just doesn't com...”

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Course summary for: Embroidered Needle Lacemaking

• Level: Beginner
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• 2486 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (3h 2m)
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• Category

  Craft, Fashion

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Textile Design