Hello, welcome back, and we have skipped the intro again so we can
just get right into it!
This is a 4-part mini-series-within-a-series, where I try and reuse a bunch of scrap fabrics
from my "Style Pile" box.
That has become... boxes.
In the last 2 episodes, we made a fox plushie and an eyemask, and in THIS episode, we'll
be using our scrap fabrics, and two new materials - embroidery threads and a wooden hoop - to
make some embroidery hoop art.
Scrap fabrics are GREAT to use for embroidery, especially as you can get embroidery hoops
in just about any size you need.
So those really pretty but TINY fabric scraps that you can’t bear to throw out, well,
you can get teeny tiny hoops just for those!
These little hoops are from an Etsy store, and they make cute tiny hoop art knick-knacks
or pendants for necklaces.
So, this is how to set fabric into an embroidery hoop:
First I found a piece of scrap fabric that was slightly larger than the embroidery hoop
that I wanted to use.
I cut this scrap down to size, but I also made sure that it’s at least a couple of
inches wider than the hoop all the way around.
Then, I opened the embroidery hoop up… and I placed the small hoop down at the back…
and I put the fabric on top of this.
The bigger hoop then goes on top of this...
"pop!"
- then I tightened the screw to hold
it all in place.
And if your fabric’s really cute, you could even leave it like this, or you can paint
on it, draw on it… or… you can do some embroidery!
Which is what I’m going to be doing in today's video.
And I’m going to do some timelapses for a couple of the hoops that I made, showing
you some essential stitches that I use all the time in embroidery along the way.
So – let's go!
On this floral scrap piece of fabric, I free-handed a heart shape with some erasable chalk, then
I did an outline of this heart using a back-stitch, and I filled in the shape with a satin stitch.
And I’ll have links to more detailed videos showing you how to do all of these stitches,
as well as how to thread an embroidery needle and how knot your thread, in the description
box below.
So you'll be totally sorted to make your own hoop art.
On this plain cream-coloured piece of scrap fabric, I drew an outline of a tree with a
water-soluble marker, and then I did a satin-stitch for the tree trunk and branches with brown
thread, and an OUTLINE stitch for the tree’s leaves,
and then I filled in the tree’s
leaves with a long-and-short stitch.
This stitch is really similar to satin stitch but it's useful for filling in larger shapes
than what a regular satin stitch can handle.
Also, I did little guide stitches around the circle-shape of the leaves, to guide my long-and-short
stitches.
And I actually put this one into one of those mini-hoops – I’m going to make it into
a necklace pendant!
Lastly, to finish off the hoop, and to make the edges all nice, first I folded them in
like this and I REALLY roughly hand-stitched it into place, pulling the thread tight to
make the fabric all fold in, all around the edges, like this.
Now, I know it doesn’t look that pretty, but that doesn’t matter, because I’m about
to cover that up.
To make it nicer on the back, I grabbed some more scraps that were big enough, traced around
the hoop with some chalk to get the approximate size of the hoop, cut this out, and cut it
smaller around the edges, abouuuut 5/8ths of an inch from the edge, and then I placed
it on the back of the hoop, and I hand-sewed the edges to the first piece of fabric, but
I did this a bit more neatly this time.
I’m… still not that great at hand-stitching, as you can see… and I did kind of rush this
one... but that doesn’t matter.
Because you can’t see the back of the embroidery hoop once it’s hanging up anyway.
To hang up the hoops, I got a piece of twine and I threaded it through the top of the hoop,
and then I tied a little bow, and then I put it on a hook on the wall!
I’m currently making a little section of embroidery-art and photos on the wall in my
stairwell, and these are all the other hoops that I’ve added to it so far!
This daisy one here was made with fabric from an old pair of black jeans, and I did this
cute daisy stitch on them – I showed you all how to do this stitch back in Style Pile
episode 17!
This daisy stitch is useful for covering large amounts of fabric really quickly.
I’ve also made this little guy, also using that scrap jeans fabric...
Luci requested that I make this one for him, because one of his favourite animals are frogs.
I made this rabbit one with a checkered fabric leftover from Style Pile episode 14 – now
after this experience, I don’t recommend using fabric with stripes or checks for hoop
art because it’s REALLY hard to get it to sit in a frame without the fabric going all
wobbly and wonky!
I might end up cutting this one out and making it into a patch instead!
And the most recent one that I’ve made is this floral pattern, that I traced out of
a Japanese Embroidery Pattern book, on that same cream scrap fabric as the tree pendant.
The outlines are done using a split stitch, and the flowers are all French Knots!
And I’ll put links for all of these stitches in the description, so you can all learn how
to do them too.
So I’m going to keep adding more embroidery art to this wall, because I’ve recently
fallen back in love with embroidery and have been practicing it, like, everyday!
So, get ready to see some more embroidery videos pop up on my channel too, because I’m
currently obsessed.
Thanks for watching, stay tuned for part 4 of this scrap-busting mini-series, and I’ll
see you all next time.
Bye!
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