A Compilation of Embroidery How to Videos!

Here's a small compilation of Embroidery videos from uTube to give you ideas for Stitch Club and exploring the medium further!

This one starts off slowly but gets really good!

 

The music is too much but the embroidery effect is very nice!

 

This embroiderer has a fan!

For a 3 dimensional petal effect; the video starts slowly but one begins to see that this effective stitch could create beautiful decorative structures:

For a folkloric rose effect:

This one is for Spanish speakers only!

Men at work!

When you practise some of these, you might start to imagine other scales, applications and materials.

For instance, the Elizabethan Flying Needlelace Embroidery might be remade in old polyester cord, rope or recycled metal - such as copper coaxial cable (that fills landfill from all discarded old television sets).

You might make your own sequins for they are just plastic circles with colour foil applied. For instance, you might stamp out circles from old plastic bottles and iron them with hot-stamp foil (make sure you place Teflon sheet between iron and foil).

The folkloric rose might be givien a new aesthetic using recycled yarns from Amy Twigger.

I look forward to discussing more ideas together!