Do-it-yourself embroidery on clothes - is it so difficult?

It is unlikely that anyone will be left indifferent to a blouse or jeans embroidered by hand with cross stitch or satin stitch. Do-it-yourself embroidery on clothes not only decorates the product, but also gives it significance and individuality. To create decor, you need to choose the right threads and patterns, familiarize yourself with embroidery techniques, hone your skills on old things and, with patience, get to work. Embroidery can be either manual or machine. In any case, a unique design or logo is created, indicating that the textile product belongs to a specific craftsman.

Where to begin?

If you really want to embroider an expensive blouse with wonderful flowers, and at the same time a person has never held needles in his hands, then, of course, first you need to acquire your first embroidery skills. There are many master classes on satin stitch, cross stitch, and cutwork embroidery. You need to look through them and decide on the operating technique.

For beginners, it is better to start with a cross. After practicing a little on a separate piece of fabric, you can begin to create a pattern on clothing. On a shirt, an excellent area for embroidery will be the collar, as well as cuffs and pockets - that is, those parts of the product that are always visible.

To simplify your work, you need to choose schemes with repeating fragments. At the initial stage of creativity, they will not cause difficulties.As you gain experience and improve your skills, you can begin to create complex multi-color compositions on the back, chest or sleeves of the product.

How to prepare clothes and choose threads?

Embroidery is a long and painstaking process, so you should not decorate a product that will fade or shrink during the first wash. To protect yourself from these troubles, before starting work you need to wash your blouse or jeans in the mode specified by the manufacturer.

Threads for embroidery must be selected especially carefully. Only branded floss threads meet all the requirements for strength and aesthetic appeal.

3 main signs of high quality embroidery threads:

• resistance to fading;
• bright and clean color;
• matching the shade to the license plate.

Experienced craftswomen prefer the following manufacturers:

• DMC (France);
• Madeira (Germany)
• Anchor (UK);
• "Gamma" (Russia);
• Bestex (China).

If you have to use floss from an unknown manufacturer, then the threads must be checked for color fastness. To do this, a small skein is wrapped in white cloth and rinsed with hot water. It is better not to use threads that color the fabric for embroidery.

Satin embroidery

Satin stitch embroidery is appropriate on jeans, a plain T-shirt, and a knitted sweater.

For work you will need the following materials and tools:

• pencil;
• floss threads;
• scissors;
• hoop.

Decorating a product with embroidery takes place in several stages.

1. The selected design or logo must be transferred to the fabric. To do this, you can use a special marker designed for drawing on fabric.
2. A piece of material with the displayed pattern is pulled onto a hoop.
3. Embroider the design using satin stitch, observing every line and all the outlines of the prepared pattern. The more the threads are added, the more voluminous and natural the image will be.

Jeans embroidered with satin stitch look original and exclusive. Such an unusual design decorates everyday clothes, turning them into a weekend outfit.

Cross-stitch

For those who master the cross stitch technique, embroidering a blouse or jeans with exotic flowers, dragons, peacocks and other designs is as easy as shelling pears. The main thing is to choose the pattern of the image you like, buy threads of a suitable color and canvas.

If the pattern has been selected, and grandmother left some stock of floss at home and only canvas is missing for the work, you can make it yourself. To do this, take a piece of light cotton fabric and pull the cross thread and weft thread through so that a square is formed. The homemade canvas is ready - you can get to work.

The canvas is applied to the area where the design is planned to be placed, and together with the material of the product, it is secured in a hoop. According to the pattern, a logo or selected image is embroidered. When the drawing is ready, the canvas threads are carefully removed using scissors or tweezers.

Clothing with cross stitch looks stylish, elegant, and fashionable, which is why it is in great demand.

Machine embroidery

Previously, about 20 years ago, exclusive machine embroidery on your clothes could only be done to order in an atelier. Modern sewing machines have many useful functions, one of which is the ability to embroider. In addition, there are inexpensive embroidery machines that can be used to create colorful compositions from cotton or silk threads.

Embroidery is not only an interesting, but also a useful activity that calms the nervous system, develops fine motor skills, and develops perseverance and attentiveness. Clothes hand-embroidered with floss look unusual and beautiful, always attract curious glances and cause admiration.