Guided Course: Create Your Own Punch Needle Bag with Pattern
Color and Stitch Planning
A guided course by Micah Clasper-Torch , Fiber Artist, Designer, and Educator
Joined February 2020
Joined February 2020
About the video: Color and Stitch Planning
Overview
“Let’s get creative with colors and stitches! This is where you can really make this piece your own. Color planning is an important step, especially in constructed pieces. I will also discuss outline, contrast, and how to think about the placement of each of your colors in the pattern. ”
In this video lesson Micah Clasper-Torch addresses the topic: Color and Stitch Planning , which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Course: Create Your Own Punch Needle Bag with Pattern. Create a unique punch needle bag by designing, planning colors, transferring patterns, and constructing with detailed embroidery techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now that you have your design all planned and drawn out, In this lesson, it's time to start thinking about yarn, color, and stitch technique. When it comes to colors in your piece, I recommend having at least three colors, I personally tend to use around five or six for most of my designs. When planning colors, you'll want to think about things such as the outlines in your piece, Do you want those to be outlined in a color, or do you want the blocks of color right next to one another? What colors might you want for small details? You'll also want to think about the way that the different co...”
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Course summary for: Guided Course: Create Your Own Punch Needle Bag with Pattern
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Punch Needle, Textile Design
Micah Clasper-Torch
A guided course by Micah Clasper-Torch
Micah Clasper-Torch is a fiber artist, designer, and educator based in Los Angeles, California. She received a BFA degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and the Politecnic University of Milan. From there, she went on to work in the art and commercial fashion industry for ten years alongside companies like Ralph Lauren and Coach. Micah later moved back to Los Angeles to focus on creating a range of products from fiber art including clothing, rugs, wall hangings, and mixed media artwork.
She draws inspiration from her travels, the natural world, and architecture, using materials like fabric, yarn, thread, and paper to keep the traditional crafting technique alive. Her work has been displayed in art galleries and private collections as well as being featured in books and magazines such as Koel Magazine, Mollie Makes, Love Embroidery Magazine, and Amy Oxford’s Guide to Punch Needle Rug Hooking.
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