How to embroider a large flower without using needle painting technique
I will soon propose to you a new design that I am currently embroidering.
It consists among others of two large flowers of more than 8 cm in diameter and of course with large petals.
When I started to embroider the first of these petals, I say decidedly, no, you would not be happy because I know that many of you are not yet comfortable with the technique of needle painting.
So I thought about it, did some testing and here’s what I propose, adapted from weaving technique.
For the orange flower
This is a simple grid embroidered with satin stitch.
Embroider the outline and the grid lines of the petal with split back stitch 1 thread.
In this example, I used a fine Stef Francis silk thread.
Fill one ” box” of two transversely with satin stitch 1 thread but in staying inside the grid lines.
Now fill in the remaining ” boxes” in satin stitch 1 thread vertically and covering the grid lines.
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this. I wouldn’t have thought of it. It came out great.
Thank you