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. And I'm going to start stitching by tracing the red lines on my embroidery pattern. This will be the lightest shade in the design. I've threaded the top of the machine with the lightest color of thread. I'm going to use one color in my bobbin so that I'm not switching my bobbin out frequently, but you can choose to switch the colors of your bobbins if you would like. When I'm doing this radiant stitch pattern, I like to move around the flower in a clockwise motion. This feels the most natural...”

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Course summary for: Sewing and Design Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (40)
• 8773 students
• 11 units
• 83 lessons (15h 27m)
• 36 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Design, Fashion

• Areas

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