Embroidery Designs | Hand embroidery stitches | Stitch and Flower-97 https://youtu.be/SPkBH7gzlHI Store: http://handembstitch.blogspot.com/p/embroidery-store.html Options for embroidery designs are limitless. The whole world of pictorial art awaits the embroiderer, who may choose pre-printed illustrations and painted backgrounds, or select artwork fro another medium to stitch. For those who have illustration talent, embroidery offers the same creative possibilities as painting. Even simple line drawings become gorgeous works of art when filled in with beautiful, colorful threads. Pre-Printed Outlines Fabric with printed design outlines have been popular for a century or more, and they've served as many a young stitcher's introduction to working with a needle and thread. Often they're sold in kits that contain all the necessary threads as well as a picture with a key to indicate thread colors and specific stitches. Pre-Printed Fabric This method offers the stitcher painted color blocks for the background of the design; only the actual foreground motifs need be stitched (outlines are provided), not the entire fabric surface. These are usually sold in kits which come with illustrated keys to indicate the thread colors and type of stitches to use. Stamped Cross Stitch Although we usually think of cross stitch as a counted thread technique, pre-printed cross stitch designs are available that indicate cross stitches on a ground fabric. Because it is impossible for the printer to line up the stitches with the grain of the fabric perfectly, the stitcher follows the stamping, not the fabric weave, so the tecnique falls under the category of embroidery instead of counted thread. Pre-printed designs on fabric include designs that require only embroidery accents, designs with painted backgrounds only, and designs with outlines only. Designs You Transfer Onto Fabric These methods offer the option of combining your choice of fabric, thread colors and embroidery design. Iron On Transfer Designs This method is similar to pre-printed outlines except you iron the design onto your choice of fabric. Many iron-on transfers are available in a wide range of styles to suit contemporary tastes. A revival of interest in old embroidery designs has sparked publishers to re-issue transfers for popular subjects. Transfer Pens And Pencils These inexpensive tools enable you either to trace a design onto paper, then iron the design onto your fabric (yielding a mirror image), or to draw directly onto your fabric. Some are designed to wash out of the fabric after stitching. Others leave marks which intentionally fade after a brief period of time (from eight to 48 hours) to use when you know you will have sufficient time to complete the stitching. Manufacturers offer various colors of pencils and pens to enable you to transfer onto both light and dark fabrics. Direct Tracing If the design fabric is light in color and weight, it's often possible to place the fabric over the design outline and draw directly onto the fabric, using a fabric marking pen. The marks then wash out when the stitching is completed. Always test wash the fabric before transferring. Dressmaker's Carbon This allows you to transfer a mirror image of a design onto fabric. Pricking and Pouncing This is one of the oldest methods of design transfer, and requires a sharp needle (the eye end may be inserted into a wine cork to make it easier to handle) or tracing wheel to pierce the design paper and either pounce powder, tailor's chalk, r a fabric marking pen. This method is popular with quilters, so you can find supplies for this method at quilting shops. Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Hand-Embroidery-Designs---Everything-You-Ever-Wanted-to-Know&id=4358083] Hand Embroidery Designs - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know Laserdisc by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/honor/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/Creativestitches Twitter: https://twitter.com/flower_stitch Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/117507621859835144033/+StichandFlower Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/tuhin_designer/hand-work Hand embroidery stitches tutorial Bullion knot stitch | Hand Embroidery stitches Hand Embroidery for Beginners Embroidery stitches Hand Embroidery Stitches - Basic Embroidery Stitches Hand Embroidery Stitch Flower Designs Hand Embroidery Designs | Double cast on stitch Hand Embroidery Designs | Hand embroidery stitches