SIMPLY STUNNING HANDMADE EMBROIDERY

Simply Stunning Handmade Embroidery

Lovely home decoration gift. Here’s a pretty pattern for hand embroidery.

The Christmas gift, decor idea and project.”The Mexican Poinsettia”, known as the Christmas Flower with beautiful Big Bright Red petals looks simply stunning on any table cloth, napkin, pillowcase, shirt or dress. It is beautiful, creative gift! There’s always something so delicate and artistic about embroidery.

Learning to embroider is not as tough as you might think, (with a bit of practice).

It can be a beautiful gift for anyone who values handmade folk art.

Simply Stunning Handmade Embroidery

Required Materials Needed:

The basics you need are actually pretty straightforward.

• Needles a pack of embroidery needles-vary wildly in size (buy a variety pack to find the size you like the most for each project.) It’s important to pick the right needle style, and look for quality. There are three types of needles: embroidery, chenille and tapestry

  Embroidery needles are the thinner — they’re usually long with a very sharp point designed to move easily through embroidery. Embroidery needles usually have a large eye that’s easy to thread with your floss of choice. All three needles come in a range of sizes where the higher the number, the thinner or smaller the needle. If the embroidery design you’re creating calls for thin or fine floss, you’ll want to use a thinner needle

• A water soluble pan for embroidery transfer
• Embroidery scissors small and sharp, perfect for trimming floss cleanly and closely
• Embroidery floss (six stranded) – go to your local craft store and pick out colors you like. Floss is available in cotton, silk, satin, or pearl cotton. The most common hand embroidery floss is 6-strand cotton. The strands can be divided according to how fine you want your finished embroidery piece to be. The fewer the strands, the more fine the finished design.

Once you’re ready to start cut the floss the length of your forearm (from fingertips to elbow). This will make sure the pieces aren’t long enough to twist or knot as you stitch. If the floss gets fluffy or dull-looking as you’re working, that’s your cue to switch to a fresh piece.

NOTE

-Test out needles and floss size before you actually begin an embroidery project. That way you get a feel for what works best.

-If you are working with dark fabric, you can try sketching your design with tailor’s chalk or a light colored pencil.

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