Hand Embroidery Sampler Ebook - CurrClick

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This forms the border of where you will begin and end your embroidery stitches. 2 . ... By hand, stitch out each embroidery line following in the following order and ...
Embroidery Sampler Materials and Supplies: Fabrics: 1 9” X 15” White Top Fabric 1 18 1/2” X 12 3/4” Backing Fabric 1 18 1/2” X 12 3/4” Batting 1 1/2 2 1/2” X fabric width for Borders

48” 48”

Floss: Green Blue

54” 24”

Red Black

Other: 1 48” Ribbon for Ties 2 Embroidery Needles 1 Instruction Sheet 1 Embroidery Diagram

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Yellow

Instructions: 1. With a blue washout marking pen, draw lines 1” from the lengthwise edges of your white piece of fabric. This forms the border of where you will begin and end your embroidery stitches. 2. Using the blue washout pen, draw 12 lines across your fabric, spacing the top and bottom lines 1” in from the edge, and the others 1” apart. 3. By hand, stitch out each embroidery line following in the following order and color, following the instructions for each stitch on pages 3—6.

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Green Chevron Stitch Blue Chain Stitch Red Feather Stitch Black Outline Stitch Using pattern on page 2, draw design on fabric with blue washout marker. Satin stitch leaves green. Satin stitch flowers red and yellow, alternating each. Row 6: Green Stem Stitch Row 7: Blue Eyelet Stitch Row 8: Red and Yellow Lazy Daisy Stitch, alternating colors. Row 9: Black Blanket Stitch Row 10: Red French Knots Row 11: Yellow Herringbone Stitch Row 12: Blue with red Couching Stitch

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Row 1: Row 2: Row 3: Row 4: Row 5:

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4. Apply the borders: ..Cut two 2 1/2” wide borders 14 1/2” long. Pin and sew these borders to the sides of the sampler section. Press entire seam allowance toward print fabric (A) ..Cut two 2 1/2” wide borders 12 1/2” long. Pin and sew these borders to the top and bottom sides of the sampler section. Press entire seam allowance toward the print fabric (B).

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5. Applying the batting and backing: ..Using your completed top piece as a pattern, cut the backing and batting fabric to the exact size of the front. ..Layer these three layers in this order: 1. Quilt batting 2. Quilt top, right side up. 3. Quilt back, wrong side up (C ). ..Pin all three layers together, all the way around the four edges. ..Stitch at 1/2” all around the quilt, leaving 6 inches open (do not stitch) to turn your quilt. D. ..Clip across the corners (D). ..Turn your sampler quilt right side out. ..Carefully poke your corners out square, using a large knitting needle. ..Hand stitch (slip stitch) your opening close (G). ..Lay your sampler quilt out flat. Do not press—this will flatten the Batting (E). 6. Quilting the sampler: ..Lengthen your stitch length to 3.5. E. ..Place pins lengthwise, centered along all 4 borders and in the center section, about 1” from the seam line. ..Topstitch the outside edge, about 3/8” from the edge. Also, topstitch 3/8” on both sides of the border seams (F). 7. Finishing: ..Add ribbon bows to the 4 corners. 1. Divide your ribbon length into 4 equal pieces. 2. Bar tack the middle of the ribbon to the corner. 3. Tie your bow.

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Basic Hand

Stitching

Slip Stitch - is what you use when you don’t want the stitches to show. You will use it to hand stitch openings closed. Slip the needle through the edge of the fold of the top fabric. Then, with a small stitch, pick up a thread of the lower fabric. Repeat. Stitches should be about 3/8” long.

Satin Stitch Design:

Hand Embroidery Stitches Chain Stitch

Using 2 strands of floss, bring needle up from the backside. Form a loop of thread in front of you. Put your needle into the fabric very close to where it came out. All in one motion, bring it back up about 1/4” away, pulling thread up over the top of the original thread loop. Repeat this sequence. Anchor the last stitch by going over the top thread and taking your needle down. through the fabric. undernest

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The looped feather stitch is a fun to make, decorative stitch. Draw lines on your fabric as shown, using a wash out marking pen. Using 2 strands of floss and beginning at the top, bring your needle up from the backside on 1. All in one motion, insert your needle at 2, and bring it back up at 3, passing the floss under the needle point. Put your needle through at 4 and bring up at 5, again keeping the thread under the needle point. Repeat this sequence, making your feathers 3 to 5 stitches wide and then changing directions.

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Feather Stitch

Back Stitch

The back stitch is used mainly for outlining. Using 2 strands of floss, bring your thread up from the backside about 1/8” in from the starting point of the design. In all one motion, put your needle down at the starting point, and bring it back up 1/8” beyond your original thread. Keep repeating this sequence. Work to make your stitches come to, but not into any existing stitches.

Satin Stitch

Satin stitches fill in an area. Using 2 strands of floss, and beginning from the wrong side of your fabric, bring the needle up at the end of your design. Stitch straight stitches closely together to fill in a solid shape. You may angle the stitches however you desire. Floss should be close, but not overlapping.

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The stem stitch can also be used as an outline stitch. Using 2 strands of floss, bring the needle up from the backside. Take a short back stitch while holding the loop of the floss to one side. Bring the needle halfway back along the stitch, pulling the stitch into place, while taking another small stitch. Pull this stitch into place, and follow the sequence of taking small stitches halfway back from the stitch you just made. Consistently hold the loop on either the inside or outside edge of the design.

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Stem Stitch

Blanket Stitch

This is a nice stitch for appliqué as well as for finishing edges. Using 2 strands of floss, bring the needle up at A. You will insert at B and come out at C all in one stitch. B will be located about 1/4” away from the last stitch, and goes through the fabric. C is where it simply hooks under the thread from the last stitch. C becomes A for the next stitch. Repeat this sequence.

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Lazy Daisy Stitch

Cute flowers! Using 2 strands of floss, bring your needle up from the backside on a dot near the middle of your flower. Form a loop of thread in front of you. Put your needle into the fabric very close to where it came out. All in one motion, bring it back up about 1/4” away, pulling thread up over the top of the original thread loop. Make a small anchor stitch over the top of the floss loop to hold it in place. Bring your thread up at the next tiny dot and repeat this sequence.

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French knots are used for a variety of things...eyes, flower stamen, etc. Depending upon the size of your desired know, use either 2—4 strands of floss. Bring your needle up from the bottom side exactly where you want your knot to be. Holding your floss with one hand, take your needle and wrap the floss around it 3 or 4 times. Now direct your needle back down through the fabric, only a thread or two away from where you came up, and holding the floss taunt, pull it through.

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French Knots

Herringbone Stitch

The decorative herringbone stitch is a simple, interwoven stitch, which is worked left to right, with backstitches. Using 2 strands of floss, bring your needle up from the back side at 1. Take your needle through the fabric from 2 to 3, and again through the fabric at 4 to 5. You are now where you began the pattern., and you may continue to repeat this sequence.

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Couching Stitch

The couching stitch is an easy stitch used to accent or outline a design. Using 2 strands of floss, bring your needle up from the back side, and lay it down following your design line from the back and moving forward. Cut your floss, leaving enough to finish your line. Bring another needle with floss up and put a small stitch over the top of your main thread, which you are holding in place with your thumb. Repeat these stitches about 1/4”

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Eyelet Stitch

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Using 2 strands of floss, and beginning from the wrong side of your fabric, bring the needle up at #1, and go back down in the center. Repeat the rest of the way around, always coming up from the back, and going down in the center. Tension on your thread will create a hole in the middle, creating an “eyelet”. Draw the pattern for this onto your fabric in the shape of a square.

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The decorative chevron stitch is made using backstitches. Using 2 strands of floss, bring your thread up from the back side at 1. Take your needle through the fabric from 2 to 3, again through your fabric from 4 to 5, then from 6 to 4, then from 7 to 8. You are now back at 1 and may continue to repeat this sequence.

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