About the video: Our First Stitches 3
Overview
“Moving forward with the detailed work, gentle Emillie Ferris reveals a crucial technique: outlining all those tiny circles with split stitches using 310 thread before they disappear under your work. After marking them clearly, she shows her special color blending magic - adding random black stitches into brown areas to create a natural transition between colors. Remember, there's no strict rule here - trust your artistic eye to guide you! ✨”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Our First Stitches 3, which is part of the Domestika online course: Embroidery Techniques Specialization. Master embroidery techniques with realistic stitches, color theory, and design transfer to create intricate wearable art.
Partial transcription of the video
“When you're embroidering, you'll begin to notice it's actually becoming a little bit difficult to see where all of these little circles are. All of these ones here. The ones that were difficult to trace as well. So if you are worried about losing sight of them, you can go around every circle with split stitch in 3-10. This will help you keep an eye on where they are so you don't end up stitching over them and missing out a circle. So I'm going to anchor my thread near this circle and I'm just going to go around them. So I'm demonstrating this larger circle here. Don't worry about these bein...”
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