Stitch embroidery is a rather complicated and time-consuming process that requires special care and precision. To embroider means to make even seams and stitches that will fit snugly together. Using the embroidery technique, you can work with different fabrics. Below are diagrams for beginners that will help you understand the basics of this technique.
Stitch embroidery of flowers and trees
In order to embroider flowers or trees with satin stitch, you need to prepare a fabric that needs to be stretched on the hoop. To create a large fragment of the picture, you need to lay the stitches across the desired area. After that, the needle must be brought to the front side, and always in the lower part of the site, and then injected into the starting point.
After a few stitches have been completed, you can see a mirror image of the embroidered fragment. The stitches should be slightly larger than the work area. For this purpose, the needle is injected beyond the contour line of the site. This is a special technique that allows you to hide all lines transferred from the template, they will also not be highlighted at the edges of the stitches.
Not only large images can be embroidered with a stitch, but also small fragments, for example, flowers, or rather, flower stems, for embroidery of which you will first need to lay the “forward needle” stitches along the contour of the entire stem. After they are completed, it is necessary to make short stitches, and so that they are perpendicular to the contour line.
Stitch embroidery: patterns for beginners
In order to rationally use the thread when embroidering with satin stitch, it is necessary to use a method for laying a new stitch, in which the needle is brought to the front side so that it is closer to the end point of the stitch. By embroidering in this way, you can get small rows of stitches along the outlines.
To prevent the fabric from wrinkling when embroidering, pull it tightly over the hoop. And in order to get good stitches, you should perform them in 2 steps, namely: first, bring the needle to the front side of the embroidery, stretch the thread, and then pull the needle inside out and stretch the thread completely to get an even stitch on the front side.
Separate fragments of flowers and trees can be embroidered according to the stitch pattern on clothes:
Patterns for embroidery with satin stitch leaves are varied. For example:
You can download patterns for embroidering trees and flowers below, they are easy to complete if you follow all the embroidery rules:
It is also worth noting a variety of satin stitch embroidery, namely Chinese embroidery, which allows you to create many extraordinary patterns. This type of embroidery differs from others in its execution technique, as well as in its semantic load, which implies both the use of certain colors and the use of special lines.
- fabric for embroidery;
- hoop;
- floss green;
- needle;
- felt.
Lay them on a piece of felt, circle and cut out. If you know how to draw, then apply the drawing directly to the felt. Cut out the blanks. Ideally, if the felt is green.
Fix the felt in the drawing by filling in the outline of the sheet. Secure it with tiny stitches along the outline in several places.
Use one or two strands of green silk or cotton thread to cover the felt as follows: start at the tip of the sheet. Make one stitch "lazy chamomile" to form a neat sharp tip.
Then continue with stockinette stitch, placing the stitches close together to cover the felt.
From the first stitch, lay the thread at an angle. Do a needle prick on the outside of the sheet outside the felt. This will help you form a neat edge. See the picture below as a guide. Pay attention to how the felt is fixed along the contour.
Now let's add the central vein on the leaf. Take two strands of floss and lay a chain stitch from the top point to the middle. Then just pull the thread to the end of the sheet and pull the needle down.
Then extend the stem with a freestanding stitch, see photo below. Also use two threads of the same green color.
Now let's make the leaf stalk more dense. 1. Make a long straight stitch and form a stem. 2. Next, we wind the main thread along the entire length. The loops should be laid out on top of the thread, as if covering it. Reach the end, take the needle to the wrong side. Tie a knot and cut the thread.
Delicate daisies, made with three-dimensional embroidery, will surprise you with the simplicity and ease of execution. Chamomile flower can be captured in many ways. For example, with the help of three-dimensional embroidery, which will make the flower more realistic.
Maiden flower - chamomile
You can capture the image of chamomile in many ways. This time I offer volumetric embroidery.
We will need the following:
- Fabric - the basis for embroidery
- hoop
- Embroidery threads in white, yellow and green
- Embroidery needle
- Scissors
- Pencil
Note.
Where does any embroidery begin?
Of course, from the diagram.
Therefore, for starters, look at a few patterns by which you can embroider flowers. Or take any of yours. Transfer the selected scheme to the fabric.
Then we stretch the fabric on the hoop and proceed to embroidery.
Chamomile petals will be elongated loops. Each of them must be secured with an additional stitch so that it does not “run away”. The middle of the flower is made with an interesting seam, which is called the "French knot". Such small nodules need to fill the entire center.
Petal loops can be cut with scissors or left as is.
Then we make the second, and then the third flower. We will embroider the leaves with a stitch, and we will make the stems with a chain stitch.
You will not notice how quickly a clearing of delicate daisies will bloom under your light hands.
This method can be used for embroidery of different colors. For example, if you take the blue color, you get cornflowers, and if you take orange, then you get marigolds.
Have a good mood! And may there always be a place for flowers in your house!
To embroider flower petals, loop and half-loop stitches, various knotted stitches, looped stitches, buttonhole stitch, goat stitch, various star stitches and numerous varieties of these stitches and their combinations are suitable.
Sew the desired number of stitches, directed from the central circle or oval of the flower.
A buttonhole stitch consists of a series of individual loops arranged in a pattern. To make a loop, the thread is fixed on the wrong side, brought to the front side at point 1 and taken down, holding it with the thumb of the left hand.
Then, from point 2 to point 3, a stitch is made equal to the length of the loop (a). The resulting loop is fixed with a small stitch at point 4 (b).
The figure shows the sequence of making a flower with a loop-attached stitch
This seam of the needlewoman is also called the seam "daisy":
The body of the butterfly is embroidered with simple elongated stitches. In this way, it is good to embroider with a melange thread (with a color transition).
Irises in a basket
We will need:
base fabric (it is recommended to choose a fabric of uniform weave), scissors, floss in five colors (multicolor Anchor 1325, light brown, yellow and two shades of green)
1. We embroider a basket. First, we embroider vertical stitches in an odd number (for example, 9 stitches) with a height of 12 threads through 2 warp threads. We step aside 2 more threads and begin to fill the basket in a woven way. We perform horizontal stitches as close as possible to each other, for example, through 1 warp thread. Most of the seams are done with a thread folded in half (1 thread folded in half, or 2 threads of a skein).
Let's make buds, for which we sew three short stitches of different lengths from the end of the stem or one loop attached with one or two straight stitches.
Simple and beautiful!
Delicate daisies, made with three-dimensional embroidery, will surprise you with the simplicity and ease of execution. Chamomile flower can be captured in many ways. For example, with the help of three-dimensional embroidery, which will make the flower more realistic.
Maiden flower - chamomile
You can capture the image of chamomile in many ways. This time I offer volumetric embroidery.
We will need the following:
- Fabric - basis for embroidery
- hoop
- Embroidery threads in white, yellow and green
- Embroidery needle
- Scissors
- Pencil
Note.
Where does any embroidery begin?
Of course, from the diagram.
Therefore, for starters, look at a few patterns by which you can embroider flowers. Or take any of yours. Transfer the selected scheme to the fabric.
Then we stretch the fabric on the hoop and proceed to embroidery.
Chamomile petals will be elongated loops. Each of them must be secured with an additional stitch so that it does not “run away”. The middle of the flower is made with an interesting seam, which is called the "French knot". Such small nodules need to fill the entire center.
Petal loops can be cut with scissors or left as is.
Then we make the second, and then the third flower. We will embroider the leaves with a stitch, and we will make the stems with a chain stitch.
You will not notice how quickly a clearing of delicate daisies will bloom under your light hands.
This method can be used for embroidery of different colors. For example, if you take the blue color, you get cornflowers, and if you take orange, then you get marigolds.
Have a good mood! And may there always be a place for flowers in your house!
Stitch embroidery is interesting and varied. Let's decorate the product together and it will become unique. You can embroider anything: tablecloths, pillows, clothes, jewelry, towels, napkins, scarves, and so on. For beginners, you can advise a simple stitch embroidery. It is better to start with a small pattern. It is important to understand that the essence of this embroidery is even stitches that are close and very tight to each other.
Stitch embroidery can be different: two-sided and one-sided, straight and oblique. Technique and type of embroidery: simple, artistic, convex surface, slotted, dashed, voluminous, satin, white, Vladimir, Russian, Poltava.
If you want to learn how to embroider with satin stitch, you do not have to memorize all the stitches and techniques right away. You can start with a couple of stitches that are useful for embroidering flowers, butterflies, small drawings, animal figures.
Embroidery is possible on different fabrics. Neither the weave, nor the color, nor the composition matter. It all depends on the thread you are sewing with. If you took Mouline threads for work, then it is better to take cotton fabric: cotton, linen, burlap. If the threads are silk, thin cambric, satin or silk will work well. Dense fabrics are suitable for Iris threads.
What will be needed for work? You will need a needle. Choose the right needle for the job. The choice of needle depends on the fabric and threads, we also take into account the pattern. The thinner the needle, the more professional your work will look. Next, we use hoops or frames for work, as you like. On the hoop, the fabric is more stretched, which is important for the pattern and the convenience of the embroiderer.
You will also need small scissors, a thimble, and carbon and tissue paper. Who knows how to draw, it's easier, you can just draw a picture on the fabric with a pencil.
If you don't have the ability to draw, use carbon paper. To do this, put carbon paper on the fabric, place the pattern printed on the printer on top. We chip off this design with pins and draw around the contour. Let's break it down and get to work.
Different techniques can be used in different details of our embroidery. For example, large details can be embroidered with long stitches, and narrow stripes, small details can be embroidered with short small stitches. Techniques are often confused with types of embroidery. It must be remembered that one type of embroidery can be done in different techniques.
Let's start with a straight stitch. It will be enough for a novice craftswoman to know this seam in order to do the simplest work. From the straight stitch came the name of the simple species. The stitch length is different, from 1 mm to 7-8 mm. For example, in a white surface, this stitch outlines the outline of the pattern.
You can embroider large details and contours with a straight stitch. It is not suitable for small parts. It is also used to fill the inside of the part.
Straight stitch can be done at any angle. Leaves are embroidered with open herringbone stitches, fragile long stems are made with a fern stitch, you will create a smooth, flawless line with a stem stitch. A split stitch is needed for contour lines.
Wedge and chevron stitches can be sewn on the sides of the design to fill in the empty space. The finished dot looks like a coffee bean, the grain is used for the effect of light and shade inside the part.
Satin stitches are the next most difficult step in embroidery. The surface is used to give the pattern subtle tint transitions. Using silk threads, you can embroider landscapes, portraits, genre scenes. Such a surface is called artistic.
Varieties of surface: shadow, attached, one-sided, two-sided, slotted, white, counted, flat and convex.
A convex smooth surface is needed to give the pattern additional relief. The flooring is embroidered with a simple stitch, and then they act in the opposite direction. Increase the height of the part and make it convex and embossed.
The herringbone stitch performs the motif of the leaves. It is carried out with diagonal stitches close to each other.
Cross stitches are made with crossed threads. This technique can be used to highlight the center of a sheet or the middle of another shape.
The embossed herringbone seam is very beautiful, diagonal cross stitches are superimposed on each other in it. Embroider the center of the sheet with a Romanian stitch.
Braided stitch consists of groups of stitches embroidered in clear rows. The emphasis is on chiaroscuro. If you have already mastered the previous techniques a little, you can try working with a shadow surface. It helps to create an interesting and beautiful color transition from one to another on the product. Such a transition is called a gradient.
Common stitches. Chinese knots subtly shade and complete the pattern. Rococo stitch we often see inside flower arrangements.
We embroider the iris step by step using the simple stitch technique.
For work you will need:
- Silk threads: dark purple, purple, white, orange and green.
- Fabric (linen, chiffon, kapron, batiste, and so on). Here is chiffon.
- Hoop.
- Scissors.
- Fine needle.
Our work is done on chiffon, so there is no need for tracing paper or carbon paper. We put the fabric on the drawing, fix it with pins and draw on the fabric with a pencil or pen.
Here it is shown how to embroider one flower, but if you wish, you can embroider the whole composition. We will embroider with silk in one thread.
We decorate the petals of the lower part of the iris with a dark purple color. Leave the distance between the stitches for white.
Let's start embroidering the next petal. First, we will embroider the bend of the iris petal.
