The link below will open the PDF of the design. Needles: #9 crewel, #7 crewel, #24 or 26 tapestry. You’ll want a hoop or a frame to mount your embroidery in while you stitch. #8 perle cotton in red, #78B from the Vintage Collection Tools #12 perle cotton in pink: 43B from the 72 color collection box The House of Embroidery perle cottons I used are: I pulled a massive amount of threads for this, but didn’t use as many as you see in the photo. I picked it, in short, because I like it. I chose natural colored linen because I love reds and greens and pinks on the natural background, and I was also considering some white blossoms, which stand out more on a natural colored background. If you only have white linen or green linen or pink linen – go for it! If you want to work on black, work on black! Use whatever fabric you like or you want to use. If you’ve got fabric in your own stash, pick something you like. If you’re just practicing, and you don’t want to invest a lot, use cotton muslin or twill or something similar. You can use whatever fabric you want to use! Just understand that the outcome may be different, as is always the case. It is also part of the natural colored linen sampler pack that I launched last Friday and subsequently ran out of (I’m re-stocking those – if you emailed for advanced notice, I have you on the list!) It is the same linen used on the Sea to Stitch projects in Elisabetta Sforza’s book. Ground Fabricįor this project, I chose a natural colored linen called Manuscript Vellum here in the States. Really, the easiest approach – and it wouldn’t make that much difference – is #2, unless you have stash. I didn’t have a chance to touch base with retailers or distributors to try to figure out their thread numbering. So I’ll describe the collections the threads I used came from, and the color number within that collection, and you can try to hunt it down. I have never quite been able to get my head around their numbering system. They always seem to be numbered differently, depending on how you’re buying them. The problem with HoE threads is figuring out how they actually number their threads. You can try get your hands on the House of Embroidery threads I’m using. Perle doesn’t come in as many colors, but they’ll have something close.Ĥ. DMC’s colors across the perle cottons and stranded cotton are the same, so you might be able to find the same reds or light pinks that we’re using in DMC stranded cotton also available in DMC perle. Take the DMC stranded cotton numbers for colors like red or light pink that are already on the list, look for DMC perle in #8 or #12, whichever is relevant, in the same color number or something very close. The finished look may be slightly different, but that’s ok!ģ. Pick from among the DMC stranded cottons you have, and either use a few strands of those (3 for perle #8, 2 for perle #12). If you have stash, substitute from threads you have in your stash that you think will look great, because they probably will!Ģ. There are several choices for the perle cottons:ġ. While foraging, I came across a few House of Embroidery perle cottons that worked for me. DMC stranded cotton is fairly widely available!īut what I don’t have is a good selection of perle cottons in the finer weights, 8 and 12. I want these tutorials to be as accessible to as many people as possible, with as little trouble as possible when it comes to getting threads. Whenever I start a project and I have the design and fabric situated, the big chore is picking threads.įor these tutorials, selecting threads involves foraging through my DMC stranded cotton drawers. Today, we’ll talk about materials and I’ll give you the design! Let’s go! You should know how to transfer a design and set up your project for stitching. I’ve tried to keep everything, from the design to the techniques, accessible to all levels of stitchers. The series is suitable for beginners and beyond. Each strawberry is embroidered in a different technique, so that you can experience several ways to stitch your own scrumptious berries. In this series of tutorials, we will journey through embroidering a stylized, simplified bunch of five strawberries. Today, we venture into a new little project: embroidered strawberries!
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