Stitch Your Style: Personalize Your Wardrobe with Embroidery
Simple and Complex Stitches 2
A course by Erin McDonald , Embroidery artist and course instructor
About the video: Simple and Complex Stitches 2
Overview
“In this second part of the lesson, you’ll use the long-short stitch to fill petals with blended gradients and practice the leaf stitch for a botanical look. You’ll refine spacing, use a knotless start, and add accents for texture, creating vibrant, dimensional floral embroidery.”
In this video lesson Erin McDonald addresses the topic: Simple and Complex Stitches 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stitch Your Style: Personalize Your Wardrobe with Embroidery. Learn to personalize canvas shoes with hand embroidery, mastering floral designs and essential stitching techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now that we've outlined the petal, we can move into the fill stitch. This is a long short stitch and it's exactly what it sounds like. It's a series of long and short straight stitches used to fill in a space And it's a really great stitch for blending colors. We'll start by bringing our needle up about halfway in the middle of the pedal. and we'll place it straight in the middle of the top. Now we'll move to the peak over here. And you'll notice that I'm angling these stitches. inward inward so that we can have a nice petal shape. First, i'm gonna make my long stitches I find this a little...”
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Course summary for: Stitch Your Style: Personalize Your Wardrobe with Embroidery
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Embroidery, Textile Design, Upcycling
Erin McDonald
A course by Erin McDonald
Erin McDonald is a self-taught embroidery artist renowned for her intricate floral designs and innovative approach to fiber arts. Her journey into embroidery began in 2010, following a life-altering car accident, where she discovered the therapeutic power of stitching. This newfound passion provided her with a creative outlet and a positive focus during her recovery. Overcoming personal challenges, including addiction and a stint in prison, Erin transformed her life, supported by her family and the serene beauty of East Tennessee, which heavily influences her work. Her dedication to the craft led her to launch High Crafting, now the largest embroidery channel on TikTok, where she shares her expertise and love for embroidery with a global audience.
Erin combines her background in business and marketing with her artistic skills to run a successful enterprise selling embroidery patterns, kits, and tools. Her popular products, such as easy-to-use stick and stitch patterns, reflect her commitment to making embroidery accessible to all. Erin's work is deeply inspired by a vintage floral aesthetic and the vibrant natural beauty of her surroundings. She draws on the rich artistic legacy of her ancestors, adding her unique touch to everyday items. Her story is one of resilience and creativity, inspiring others to transform personal adversity into artistic triumph.
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