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Tutorials for Hand Embroidered Leaves Flowers October 3, 2013 Tutorials for Hand Embroidered Leaves Flowers Do you want to add more variety to your hand embroidery projects by stitching different types of leaves or flowers? After all, when you look at flowers and foliage in their natural setting, they’re rarely exactly the same!
Stitch Fun: Star Stitch – for Stars and Snowflakes In hand embroidery, when you’re embroidering “off the grid,” it’s sometimes difficult to stitch a geometric shape like a star, without a wonky finish Today, as part of the Stitch Play series, I’ll show you how to use this “star stitch” to make some perfect little stars and snowflakes – just in time for winter and Christmas stitching
Little Pieces of Embroidery – Covered Buttons and More! Perhaps you have some old vintage embroidered linens that are worn out, but still have usable and pretty bits of embroidery on them? Well, that are lots of things you can do with little bits of embroidery Two finishing approaches that come to mind and are pretty wildly popular are jewelry and covered buttons (which can be used in so many ways)
A Wee “Embroidered” Casket – Fun! – NeedlenThread. com Mini Embroidered Casket Printable Pattern Here’s the PDF for the printable paper mini-casket: Paper Mini Casket paper box (PDF) The paper casket assembles to a wee three inches high You can find the instructions for assembly here, although it’s really just a matter of cutting on the outer lines, folding on the dotted lines and gluing all
Embroidered Greeting Cards: Free Patterns - NeedlenThread. com July 21, 2007 Embroidered Greeting Cards: Free Patterns If you like embroidery and like making your own greeting cards, or even if you have never combined embroidery and paper crafts, you can get some really good ideas for designs – and plenty of free designs – at Stitching Cards
Hand Embroidery vs. Machine Embroidery - NeedlenThread. com Any Other Tips for Recognizing Vintage Machine Embroidered Pieces? So, the two definite things I look for when wondering if a vintage piece is machine or hand embroidered are carried threads in a logical, systematic patter, and obvious bobbin threads, depending on the type of machine embroidery
Finish Work: How to Frame a Piece of Embroidery I use a pencil and lightly draw the position of the mounting board on the back of the embroidered piece That way, if anything gets knocked or the work slides about, it’s no big deal After folding the embroidery over the board (it’s inside there), I realized it needs to be trimmed
Hand Embroidery: Lettering and Text Index – NeedlenThread. com Hand Embroidery: Lettering and Text 8: The split stitch works great for embroidered writing, especially when worked with a non-stranded thread, like floche or perle cotton This tutorial shows you how to embroidery letters using split stitch and it talks a bit about threads, too
10 Hand Embroidery Stitches for Stems Branches Stems and branches – you’re bound to run into them at some point in hand embroidery! Whether it’s tree branches, wispy herbal shoots, curly vines and tendrils, heavy stalks, or stylized stems on stylized flowers, it’s highly probably that at some point in your embroidery journey, you’ll have to make a decision on the stitches to use to interpret these types of growing things To help