Guided Project: Create Stunning Stained Glass Embroidery Landscapes
Building Texture with the Back Stitch
A guided project by Melissa
Joined April 2002
About the video: Building Texture with the Back Stitch
Overview
“It's time to move on with the piece and incorporate the back stitch. We use this kind of stitch to create texture within a layer. ”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Building Texture with the Back Stitch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Project: Create Stunning Stained Glass Embroidery Landscapes . Create stunning stained glass-inspired embroidery landscapes using satin, back, reverse chain, and couching stitches.
Partial transcription of the video
“Building Texture with the Back Stitch Next, we're going to use the back stitch to add texture to our design. I'm going to work with our purple clouds up at the top. We'll start by bringing our needle up slightly inside our shape here, and then make a nice, small stitch towards the edge. I'll leave a space away from that stitch I just made, and then go back down in the hole of that last stitch to connect my two stitches together. I'm going to follow this bottom line of my cloud as I fill in this first line. There's no right or wrong for how long or short your back stitches should be. I usual...”
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Course summary for: Guided Project: Create Stunning Stained Glass Embroidery Landscapes
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design, Traditional illustration

Melissa
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