Embroidery Technique with the Back Stitch
Curves
A course by Gimena Romero , Artist and Researcher
About the video: Curves
Overview
“You will learn how to make an open figure limit and work spiral fillings. Also, I'll talk about how to make your point depending on how open or closed your curve is. Remember that the movement of your embroidery is super important when making curves. ”
In this video lesson Gimena Romero addresses the topic: Curves, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidery Technique with the Back Stitch. Learn to create unique images using just one embroidery stitch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Curves Let's work the curves, everyone's nightmare in back stitching. To further control your point, will need to make it smaller. The more closed or sinuous is the figure or the more closed the curve, becomes the smallest point. The longer, makes the longest point and gives movement to the embroidery. Even this type of curves is used to make stuffing, as spiral stuffing, that I show you now. work on this part of the pattern and see what size I'll make my loop. When grabbing curves, it is always better to have the working thread out of its curve when working these forms. In that small relie...”
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Course summary for: Embroidery Technique with the Back Stitch
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Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design

Gimena Romero
A course by Gimena Romero
Gimena Romero is an artist and writer based between Mexico City and Barcelona. She trained in various schools in Mexico, Spain, and France and has received multiple awards and mentions internationally.
Her work has been displayed in various exhibitions in countries like Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, Portugal, Ukraine, and Spain. She has several publications under her belt in the areas of narrative, poetry, and textile research with Thule Ediciones and Editorial Gustavo Gili. Her book Hebra de Agua was awarded Book of the Year at the 2016 Teixim la Ciutat festival in Catalonia.
She has also conducted research into embroidery and the body with Lausín embroidery at the UNAM Faculty of Arts and Design in Mexico. She loves life, dogs, and biscuits.
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