Download the 6″ embroidery pattern with quote here.
Get Your Free Embroidery Pattern – in two sizes Simply print it out and then trace the design onto your fabric (I held my fabric up against a window so that I could see the design behind the fabric more easily). Once you’ve gone through a few tutorials and are confident enough to start your first embroidered hoop art, feel free to download my pattern and try your hand at embroidery.
Now let’s get to the floral embroidery pattern I used in the photos. If you’re looking for some free tutorials, this great YouTube playlist “Beginner Hand Embroidery: Learn Hand Embroidery with Me Series” by TLCinspirations is another great resource.Īnother fun resource for learning about embroidery is my Embroidery Pinterest board where I’ve pinned hundreds of inspirational ideas as well as great photo tutorials. This is a great foundation course that teaches 25 basic stitches – at this point, I still haven’t even gotten through the entire course – I was too excited with all the stitches I learned in the first 4 lessons. The first place I went was Craftsy where I took the amazing “Design It, Stitch It: Hand Embroidery” class by Jessica Marquez. There are tons of tutorials and courses out there on hand embroidery. As soon as I found this little saying, I knew it was perfect for her. She’s sweet, kind, generous and caring but she’s also fierce in her beliefs, convictions, and the love she has for her friends and family. This particular embroidered hoop art is a birthday gift I made for my lovely mother-in-law Lynda. Being the instant gratification person I am, I spent all of an hour or two watching video tutorials then, I grabbed the materials, made my design and got down to it. I’m not telling you this to brag but rather to prove just how easy it is and how quickly you can learn to hand embroider simple designs. The embroidered hoop you see pictured in the photos is my second attempt at embroidery. You name it, crochet, soap making, pottery and now let’s add embroidery to the list.
My claim to fame is that I seem to be particularly adept at picking up old lady hobbies (my husband teases me constantly). I’m now positive, with every new hobby and skill I attempt, that I was an old west homesteader in a former life. If you’re curious, go check out Instagram and search the hashtags #hoopart, # embroideryart and # handembroidery. Today’s embroidery designers are cutting-edge, graphic and humorous (and often R-rated). There’s a ton of incredible designers out there who are anything but old and stodgy. I’m more of an instant gratification kind of girl.Īs far as embroidery being old school, it’s making a triumphant comeback and soon you’ll see it everywhere – mark my words (you can’t see it but I’m wagging my finger at you). I’m the last person in the world to take on anything that’s too hard or time-consuming (case in point – my running shoes still look new and have hardly logged any hours on the pavement). Hand embroidery is so challenging and tedious – oh, and it’s sooooo old school! Let me be the first to correct you on both points.
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