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What is the technique of embroidering and embelishing a finished painting, without damaging the painting itself? 

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What is the technique of embroidering and embelishing a finished painting, without damaging the painting itself? 

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This website is helpful in a sense that it lists off the names of stitches to use, but it does not seem to tell you how to produce the stitch. More or less, this source is just explaining why you should use it and a little tip when producing the stitch, but not how to fully do the stitch. More research into how to do each stitch is needed.

The patterns you can produce would also be nice within a painting, to produce depth and interesting characteristics.

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Learning hand embroidery is fun and relaxing, plus it's an easy way to create beautiful art with fabric and thread. Getting started in embroidery means understanding some basic embroidery stitches. Most patterns only require a few basic stitches, learn these 15 embroidery stitches, and you should be able to tackle most embroidery projects.

Woven wheel stitch looks like a more advanced embroidery stitch, but it's actually quite simple. Start with a star of straight stitches and then weave the working thread to form a flower. Soon you have a stitch that will fill your hoop with amazing florals.

Definitely the most advanced stitch on this list, bullion knots are not for the faint of heart. But they are a stitch you should learn. Think of them as a really long french knot that can make gorgeous roses. Practice making them small and then start making them bigger. You'll be glad to know this one.

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15 Basic Hand Embroidery Stitches You Should Know

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Learning hand embroidery is fun and easy with these 15 essential stitch tutorials. Beginners and experienced stitchers will use them often.

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Embroidering beads inclused a special bead needle, when doing long rows of beads. Includes good tips for singualr beads as well as rows up to 3.

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I have a framed piece of my watercolor art that has been printed on a piece of white fabric. I ironed on some interfacing to the back to stabilize the fabric and prevent the stitching from being seen in the front.

When choosing your beads, keep the color, size, and shape in mind. Since this is a small piece (it is in a 4 inch hoop just to give you an idea) I chose small delicate beads. I tried to choose some beads with sparkle since that is what the original fish really looked like. I chose colors that coordinated with the fish and underwater theme. I use my beading needles for these small delicate beads and the cotton fabric is nice and light. I used one strand of regular embroidery thread.

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HOW TO EMBROIDER WITH BEADS - Pam Ash Designs

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I love to add the sparkle and dimension to my embroidery. One way of doing this is by adding beads to your work. They come in so many varieties of colors, shapes and sizes and can really add that special something to your embroidery piece.

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Note:
- Using the needle they you sew with to create the holes [I have used smaller needles that hold fabrics together for this, but larger holes make sense to allow more thread to pass though!]
- linked to this following page

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SUPPLIES:

PAINTING OR PICTURE TO BE FRAMED - I know I'm a weirdo but I think tiny briefs are adorable. I thought this picture would be a fun laundry room addition.

NEEDLE - For embroidering canvas. The canvas is pretty tough so a sharp needle with a thicker base would be great, such as a size 5. It is always tricky to recommend the perfect needle since I Just grab an unmarked one from my messy stash. Experiment until you find one that pushes through with relative ease and does not leave a huge hole in the canvas.

SCISSORS - For cutting thread.

GLUE - I used mod podge to glue my painting to the canvas. Be sure that you are using a matte that dries clear. I used the glossy and it was a little messy looking unless you do the entire surface. I didn't want to do that since I thought the watercolor would smear.

FOAM BRUSH TO APPLY GLUE - This is optional, really, but I do like it for evenly applying glue. You could use an old paintbrush. I've even used my fingers sometimes in a pinch.

EMBROIDERY THREAD - I like to use the six stranded cotton embroidery thread. Choose colors that complement your painting.

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EMBROIDERING ON STETCHED CANVAS - Pam Ash Designs

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I don't know about you but I find framing a picture very expensive these days. I have a stacks of artwork laying around and lately I've been wanting to do something with it. In my earlier days I used inexpensive paper to paint on that would not justify the cost of an expensive framing job.

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This article is a lot more useful than the '15 baisc embroidery stitches to know' article. Eash stitch style comes with a tutorial video, showing the technique in action and how it should be produced in a basic form.
The following list is what stitches I believe I could use when embroidering a canvas:
1. Running stitch - nice for a decorative border, or sundays etc. good accent stitch
2. Back stitch - good as an outline stitch
3. French Knot - could be tricky but would look nice as 'highlights' etc.
4. Feather Stitch - interesting, doesnt include going back though the same hole [canva's don't stretch like materials do, due to the acrylic and primer layers.
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By Bailey Bastings
RELATED: Embroidery 101 | Easy Hand Embroidery Tutorial For Beginners
How many hand embroidery stitches do you know? With patience and practice, you'll get the hang of this special sewing skill in no time!
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17 Different Types of Hand Embroidery Stitches

Basic Embroidery Stitches

Learning all the different hand embroidery stitches is not as difficult as you think. Embroidery is a handicraft that uses yarn and needle to create a beautiful design pattern.

You can certainly create and have fun at the same time by simply creating your own embroidery pattern.

But before you can make different hand embroidery designs, you need to learn the types of stitches in embroidery we're about to share! Enhancing your skills on embroidery stitches is one way of producing an embroidery masterpiece.

Learning all the embroidery stitches can be challenging and daunting. But let me tell you this: embroidery is super easy!

Just think of it this way - it's just coloring with thread! Keep reading as we share 17 types of hand embroidery stitches we can't live without.

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1. Running Stitch

The running stitch is mostly used to create an outline of an embroidery design.

This kind of stitch used for sewing almost anything from clothing to embroidery. Also known as straight stitch, the running stitch is the easiest to learn.

2. Back Stitch

The back stitch is a thin-line stitch commonly used in outlining a design before filling with satin stitch and a base of many composite stitches. It is also used if you want to add fine detail to your embroidery work design.

3. Split Stitch

The split stitch is a basic embroidery stitch often used for delicate lines and curves. It looks like a mini-chain stitch when done continuously.

It's great to use in outlining designs like floral stems.

4. Stem Stitch

Do you have a project that involves embroidering flower stems?

The stem stitch will get the job done - it's beginner-friendly and known to be one of the easiest. Often used in creating an outline of most embroidery stitches, it's ideal to use for curved or straight lines.

5. Satin Stitch

Want to add texture to your design? The Satin stitch is basically an easy stitch used in covering certain designs (like a leaf) which leaves a smooth, satin-like appearance.

Some embroiderers create an outline of the design first using straight stitches to make sure the satin stitches naturally lie within its parameters.

6. French Knot Stitch

This knot or stitch is usually used in creating fine details, such as eyes, in a design pattern. Although not commonly used, you can embroider the French knot stitch to fill the center of flowers or round shape designs.

7. Chain Stitch

This stitch is one of the most basic embroidery techniques that forms a chain-like pattern after a series of looped stitches. The chain stitch is particularly used for straight or curved lines.

8. Lazy Daisy Stitch
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The lazy daisy stitch is a type of stitch is frequently used for making floral and petal designs of most embroidery patterns. It is not made continuously, rather, you have to make a loop and create a small stitch at the end of the loop, which later on creates a look of a daisy petal.

9. Feather Stitch

The feather stitch is also known as a single coral stitch. You'll love it once you've learned how to do it because of how attractive and easy it is to do this stitch.

10. Seed Stitch

The seed stitch is also considered a running stitch. Some embroiderers also call this a rice grain stitch.

It is basically done by making a running stitch in one single direction until it fills the whole design just like the image shown above. Check here for more details.

11. Herringbone Stitch

Herringbone stitch is a versatile stitch used to hem garments. It is also known as the catch stitch or plaited stitch. If you'll try to recreate this, you might want to draw parallel lines to make sure you're getting even spaces in between. See the tutorial here.

12. Detached Chain Stitch

To come up with the perfect lazy daisy flower embroidery design, you must know how to perform one of the basic embroidery stitches which is the detached chain stitch.

Also known as a single chain stitch, this stitch is perfect for making flowers and leaves. It is usually sewn similarly to a standard chain stitch but only with just one "link."

13. Fly Stitch

When making a fly stitch your end results should look very much similar to a flying bird when seen from afar. Measure its distances and create numerous stitches like this in a row to resemble a flock of flying birds in your embroidery piece.

It is usually made just like how you make a detached chain stitch, but instead of creating a petal of a flower or a leaf, you make it into a V shape or a soft curve instead.

14. Woven Wheel Stitch

Referred to as a single stitch, the woven wheel stitch makes one of the most amazing embroidery techniques which is the rose-like stitch. Thus, it is also known as the woven rose stitch.

It's an easy-to-learn embroidery stitch design that may look complicated because of its numerous stitches all bundled in a circle to form a slightly-bloomed rose flower.

Just start with a star of straight stitches then work through with your thread to form a flower. You'll have your roses lined up in your tapestry in no time!

15. Couching Stitch

This stitch uses two strands of thread at the same time. One thread remains on the surface of the fabric, while the other holds it in place with tacking stitches.

Couching stitch, in the sense of embroidery, is a process that involves laying a section of your thread onto your fabric and stitching it onto your work.

16. Blanket Stitch

A blanket stitch is made to make borders or decorative lines or as an edge to your embroidery.

This stitch is one of the basic hand embroidery stitches that can be used along the sides of a fabric hem. It can also be a decorative frame or a design to stitch elements in place on an embroidery project.

Starting the blanket stitch is usually the difficult part, but once you get the hang of it, the rest is easy to do. Add variations to the stitch by adjusting the distance and length of the stitches.

17. Bullion Knot

For anyone who loves floral embroidery designs, the bullion knot or the bullion stitch is a must-learn type of embroidery. This will have you producing roses of all kinds on your fabric work!

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One of the most advanced embroidery stitch the bullion knot starts with a basic center and a really long French knot, followed by - you guessed it - bullion knots!

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Watch the video below about basic embroidery supplies by Michaels Stores:
Give yourself a pat on the back for finally learning how to do these hand embroidery stitches. Practice them, and we're definitely sure you'll get far!

You can create so many original hand embroidery designs with these basics. If your first several attempts didn't turn out right, don't worry.
Which of these embroidery stitches do you love doing the most? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. UP NEXT: Editor's Note: This post was originally published in March 2017, and has been updated for quality and relevancy.
Just keep practicing and sooner or later, you'll master them all. Happy stitching!

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17 Hand Embroidery Stitches Every Sewer Should Know [INFOGRAPHIC]

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My recent experiences with people using this embelishing/embroidery technique is from tis trend on tik tok, the social media platform. The first time was back in 2015 when an artist friend and teacher of mine embelished her portraits with opals in star constellations. These are the only times I have properly seen embroidery and paintings combined like this.
This diy tutoral is amaturish, but brings a lot of information to the table, listing off ash they go what materials they use and how they go about the embroidery phase.
In this they discuss what paint medium they will use - Acrylic because it is the quickest to dry, where as water colour would not work for the 'paper medium' (the canvas), and oil paint would take too long to dry for her ambitions of completing this task within the video/one day/nght.
They list off where you can find images and what to search/look for, when doing this style.
Doing a two tone background for this trend includes doing two tone thread. For example she used black thread on the white background, and white thread for the black background. This creates a unique contrast when viewing the piece.

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I TRIED THE EMBROIDERED LINE ART TIK TOK TREND

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This trend from social media has brought about a few amatureish diy videos on how to produce a line-work art piece, by painting a canvas in two tones, often a colour and white. The stitch often used is a backstitch and creates a pretty seamless line.
Each tutorial also indecates to produce the holes first though the front of the canvas/image front, and then start sewing once the guideline holes are produced.
Using an image on paper of what you wish to put in embroidery on the canvas is also often used, eg: getting linework piece printed out and then peircing various holes along the lines while it is placed against the canvas to pierce all the way though the canvas. The paper is then removed and you can see holes in the canvas where the thread can now go though easily.

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Embroidery and painting canvas DIY (step by step)

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I am an acrylic paint artist, and work with a range of mediums, including embroidery and sewing. I wish to bring these two things together to create more magicl pieces and to bring my paintings more texture and enhance them for their full potential. My art style is very abstract and light, and I am hoping that with bring embroidery and embelishing to the table I will be able to create textures that I wouldn't be able to do myself to my level of abilities.
This trend or technique, however you look at it, seems to suit best with Acrylic paints due to the dry time, and preparing what you want the final outcome to look like on a separate sheet of paper, if it were to be a line work. I tend to use projectors as I work on large scales, or just freehaand them if they're on smaller scales.
Moving forward with my experimentation, I have smaller canvas' that are also magnitized, that I can practice on, and hopefully gift onwards if they turn out okay enough to my own personal standards for myself.
I will be using acrylic paint, alongside D.M.C thread - the standard thread supplied by most craft stores (spotlight and lincraft).
I will be focusing on Acrylic paint and standard pre-made canvas' for this research assignemnt, but will look further into stretching my own canvas, and using other mediums like oils and watercolour. The aim for thos is finding the right technique for my current practice.

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Alongside the other videos I have viewed, this is quite the same as the other tips.
In here, they taped the image down that they hand-drew themselves onto the canvas afer it has dried after painting.
One thing to note is, they have mentioned the wooden frame behind the face, implying that it will be difficult/unable to sew though there when completeing the embroidery stange. Something to keep note of.
With the slipt of colour down the middle, it is important to have holes on the lines, so that you can have a clear crisp line between the colour changes.

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embroidering on canvas for a gift ~ tik tok inspired ~ tutorial

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This video has good techniques for water colour on canvas material with then embroidery over the top after it has dried. This will me a technique that I try out eventully, but it is not the direction I want to tak for my artwork.

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Embellished Prints on Canvas: (Almost) Everything You Need to Know

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Embellished Prints on Canvas: (Almost) Everything You Need to Know

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- many artists embelish their paintings to enhance them from a 'regular' painting
- It can bring 'flat art work' to life.
- A canvas can be embelished with textured paint and tools, along with jewls, beads, resin, and embroidery.
- Working larger areas first and then coming back in to add in smaller details is a way most artists work.

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When choosing to decorate your home, do you include embellished canvases? If not, then you are missing out! Embellished canvases can add that something special to any room. It's simple, elegant, tasteful, and definitely something you should have in your home.

What are embellished canvases?

Embellishing a canvas is something that many artists do. It involves a special kind of technique that artists use to add detail to a painting. It's where they leave extra paint on it that pops off the canvas. This provides the piece of art with texture and can really add to the deeper meaning of the painting. You can view my collection of embellished prints of landscape, abstract and other modern styles.

Why are embellished prints on canvas better than regular prints?

This questions can be answered a number of different ways. For starters, if you're looking for a painting that has that extra something, then what you're really looking for is an embellished print. When your prints are embellished, they stand out and have so much more detail than any other kinds of painting. They are better simply because it adds to the complexity of the piece and people will certainly notice it! A seemingly flat piece of art can come alive with the right embellishment.

The Process of Embellishing on Canvas

This process can seem extensive at times, but true artists have their own processes and ways of embellishing their pieces. Although they may differ in technique, the process is generally the same in each piece. The embellishing of a printed artwork can start after the print is stretched over a wooden frame. The artist waits until larger areas of embellishment is done and then continues with the embellishment of smaller details. Basically, the embellishment process can be done with different palette knives. The shape of each palette knife can help in creating a different effect on the canvas. Narrow palette knives help in creating lines while wider knives are used for wider areas that need emphasis and texture.

The Types of Paints Used to Embellish

The types of paints used to embellish are different sometimes. Typically, the paints used to embellish are thicker and can add depth and maximum detail. These include paints like specialized acrylics and oil paints. However, oil paints tend to drip more than acrylic and they also take a lot longer to dry. Acrylic paints work a lot better because they are a lot thicker, tend to mesh better with the original paint, and look better overall. Many people use a gloss gel medium and mix it in with the acrylic paint to better match the sheen that the original painting gives off.

Should you have embellished prints in your home?

The answer is quite simple: YES! These beautiful pieces of art can add so much more to a room than just a regular painting. They are more detailed and hold a deeper meaning than the regular ones. If you are someone who enjoys fine art, then you must have an embellished piece in your home - there's no doubt about it!

Embellished prints on canvas are something special that everyone should not only know about, but have in their home. They will give your home décor that added value that so many houses are missing.

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When choosing to decorate your home, do you include embellished canvases? If not, then you are missing out! Embellished canvases can add that something special to any room. It's simple, elegant, tasteful, and definitely something you should have in your home. What are embellished canvases? Embellishing a canvas is something that many artists do.

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The next few enturies will be steps in qhich I took when creating a minature painting following the 'trend'

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The next few enturies will be steps in qhich I took when creating a minature painting following the 'trend'

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Step 1: Paint the canvas a two toned colour

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Draw out the image in which you wish to embroider on the canvas. In this case, what I have drawn ins a Rocker Cover RB30. I have done this as my partnet is a mechanic and a "Car Guy", in basic terms and this is something he can stick to his toolbox etc. Once I drew out the image, I created a series of holes along the lines, in places where I would think I would need to create a stitching pint.

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Photo of peircing the canvas.

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With a basic backstitch, I started from the back, moved one stitch length over and pulled it back though, moved a stitch length over and b=came back up, but then went back a stitch length and back down into the canvas back.

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going back into the canvas one stitch length backwards. After this, you just continue on until you have completed the white backgriund side with the coloured thread.

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When drawing up my image, I did not keep in mind the wooden framw, so some of my threads will be difficult to create. In this case, I had to try and get my thread though the hole and around the wood and back out the back, you can see I the next two photos how this occured.
The needle in question has had to come in on a diagonal slant as I have drawn over the wooden frame below it.

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This image shows that I had to push on the canvas one direction, and the wood frame the opposite so that I could reach inside and find the hole I created for the passageway.

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After completing both sides of the image, I then had to go in and paint over the pencil markings with white paint on the white side, the red side did not need the same attention. I assume to avoid tis, would have been a better idea to use a printed out photo and punched the holes like the images in the research do. Another way would be to erase the markings before threading. The issue I have with this is not knowing which direction you need to be going in next. Another solution for this would be to draw the image on the back, possibly mirrored so that it was right on the front, and doing it that way.

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After completing, I like to fasten down my threads on the back to reduce the chance of fraying and it coming apart.

The back befrore being glued down:

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The threads after bing blued down and dried. I completed this step though using a normal standard gluestick, and using my finger to flatten down and make sure the glue and thread were fully combined for it not to budge. This is the final step.

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With this painting, I used a photograph of my sister and her partner, and created it as a gift for them as they moved into their new home during this research period.
Below is an image of the painting completed, and the next photograph will be a completed piece with the outlining done with the embroidery thread.

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This is the painting completed, and on display on my sisters fridge. The outline of the black thread brought the image together perfectly.

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This is the photograph of my sister and her partner that I had referenced from for this painting.

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This research task gave me insight on how to embelish and embroider a painting, and I know that I will be able to take this to an amazing stage in my artworks. I still have much room for improvements and developments, and I am excited as I take this path of learning and enhansing my work.