Class 4: Getting Started

What materials will we need?

Embroidery hoop, scissors, needle, threads, transfer pen, floral fabric, sampler.

Do we need to prepare anything?

If you prepare your design (photocopy of floral fabric), including directional line/stitch direction, tonal bands and colour scheme (thread colours). Also, if you outline the first section of your floral fabric with the transfer pen, that would be great.

Threads of Connections

I’m relaunching my private Facebook group called Threads of Connections. Hopefully it will grow to be a lovely place for you to share your embroidered adventures & inspiration, support & encourage each other! It would be fantastic if you shared the images of your fabrics, colour schemes, stitch notes & embroidery designs.

Recording & Presentation

The presentation is available here as a downloadable PDF. The Recording of our class is below …

Suggestions

If you would like to outline your petals in back stitch and then begin the embroidery, ready to continue next week. If you feel you need to, you can return to the sampler and practice the long and short stitch a bit more before working on your finished piece. The tutorial for the long & short stitch are just below and I’ve managed to add them to our Facebook group!