Sewing and Design Specialization

Overview

“This lesson dives into adding color depth and texture to your floral embroidery using layered stitches. Amanda McCavour demonstrates how to apply light, medium, and dark shades to create shading and outlines, bringing dimension to leaves and petals. Practice with various stitches, including spirals, tiny circles, and starbursts, to build layers of vibrant detail. Experiment with color changes for outlines and bobbins to achieve a polished and unique finish!”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Basic Stitches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sewing and Design Specialization. Master sewing techniques: from using a sewing machine to creating garments like dresses, trousers, peplum tops, and backpacks.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, you're going to learn a few more stitches and how to apply them to a floral design. In the additional resources section of this course, you'll find a template. On this template there's some different designs and patterns of stitches that you can trace onto water-soluble fabric. I've used different colors to indicate where the light colors go, where the medium colors go. and the different kinds of stitches. I'd recommend using water soluble pens when you're drawing this much on the surface of the water soluble fabric. I've traced the template onto the water soluble fabric bac...”

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Course summary for: Sewing and Design Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (79)
• 19193 students
• 11 units
• 83 lessons (15h 52m)
• 36 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Fashion

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Botanical Illustration, DIY, Embroidery, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Pattern Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Textile Design, Upcycling