Embroidery Techniques Specialization

Overview

“After the wings, Emillie Ferris guides us through the butterfly's body. She uses tiny split stitches for the head and antennae, carefully anchoring them for durability, then creates realistic eyes with unique horizontal stitching. Her blend of brown and black threads adds texture, while horizontal stitches on the lower body perfectly capture a butterfly's natural shape! ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The Hindwings and the Body 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

“So once you've finished embroidering the lower two wings, you can embroider the body. But for the purpose of this video I'm going to skip that step and I'm going to start embroidering the body first. So first of all I'm going to outline all of the body in split stitch using one strand of free 10. Here I'm going to skip the split stitch outline as we're going to be filling that with 898 and I'm going to start the split stitch over here. So just a little tip when you're embroidering the head, these are going to be the tiniest split stitch stitches you've done on the entire butterfly. It's goi...”

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Course summary for: Embroidery Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (40)
• 4580 students
• 9 units
• 46 lessons (7h 15m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Botanical Illustration, DIY, Embroidery, Hand Lettering, Jewelry Design, Naturalistic Illustration, Pattern Design, Sewing, Textile Design, Traditional illustration, Typography, Upcycling