Showing posts with label Embroidery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Embroidery. Show all posts

Spice up your jeans with couching stitch

Do you feel that your jeans are too boring and ubiquitous for your personal style? If yes, then try to jazz up an old pair of jeans by stitching a curved band at the bottom of each leg. See how you can do couching stitch.  
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Sun umbrella on a pillow case

The sun umbrella is a fresh stitching design, that will convert a boring pillowcase into an outstanding, embroidered textile. The project is easy, suitable for those starters that want to practice three of the most basic stitches: straight satin stitch, back stitch & blanket stitch. 

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Pattern development / Experimenting with tonal values

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Tonal values / Hand embroidery 
Tone is how dark or light a color is. There are many ways to achieve tonal values in painting and sketching. But what about embroidery?
There are several methods to create the effect of tonal grading with thread and one of them is the method of pattern development.