Blending embroidery

Now, this is not exactly a “secret”... but it is also hardly ever brought up, although I do see beginners making this mistake. Congratulations on the 10th post of the needlepainting tips! Wow, who could have thought that there is so much to explore in this area of hand embroidery?? But let me tell you, I actually have more topics to cover! They are just waiting for their turn, haha. Today's topic, in my opinion, is quite important to grasp if you want to master needlepainting, especially, if…

Today I offer you a new case study! So if you ever wondered about the correlation between the number of layers (rows) on long and short stitching and the quality of blending, today's post might answer some of your questions, The task when stitching these 3 shapes was to make a transition from yellow to blue. The first example has only 2 colors: yellow and blue. The second example has 3 colors: yellow → green → blue And the third example has 7 colors: yellow → 2 mid shades of yellow-green →…

Color blending or mixing is admittedly one of those areas in commercial machine embroidery digitizing that are easier said than being done. The advice on the subject is rampant and easily accessible. But, it is an altogether different story when we are actually talking about execution. Embroidery digitizers, especially the new ones, find it hard to wrap their heads around such advice, which is often deemed as an airy-fairy affair. The cause for this negligence is that actual color or…

Split back stitch, although typically used to follow lines and curves, can also be used to fill in all sorts of shapes in hand embroidery. This simple and fun technique allows for so much flexibility, provides a unique texture to your finished work, and is one of my very favorite alternatives to satin stitch. In this beginner friendly tutorial, I've provided instruction in written, photo, and video format for how to use split back stitch to fill in all sorts of shapes in hand embroidery.

AMV Embroidery on Instagram: "Loved creating this piece, it was a challenge working a little bigger and having the colours blend together but I think I pulled it off? 🌈 This will be available on my Etsy from tomorrow at 6pm GMT"

Embroidery by Kseniia Guseva on Instagram: "Join us to create the 34 stitches that can add volume to your embroideries. The samplers include surface, raised, and needlelace stitches. Yes, you can needlelace with a needle, not only with bobbins! 👌 The samplers are available for my patrons on the „Insider“ tier. You also get access to lots of content: 10+ mini patterns 26+ stitch tutorials 25+ embroidery tips textures for embroidery theme often months: current one is stumpwork In…

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