Description
This project is worked with a variety of surface embroidery stitches, along with needle lace techniques and loom weaving patterns, both modified for use as embroidery stitches Order a full kit and you will have everything you need to complete the project. If you order the online stitch dictionary, you will have access to instructional video clips that guide you through every stitch and technique used to work the project.
Contents of the packs are as under:
Pattern and Print:
- Full instructions, diagrams, stitch guide and colour images of original work.
- The Almost Autumn design screen-printed onto an Ecru cotton twill.
- The ink is indelible.
- Dimensions 300 x 160 mm
Materials Pack
DMC Stranded Cotton Threads:
- 25 skeins: 150, 151, 208, 209, 210, 211, 500, 501, 502 x 2, 503 x 2, 504, 610, 611, 612 x 2, 613, 3350, 3354, 3731, 3733, 3781, 3813, 3866
Special Threads:
- 4 bobbins perle #12: 211, Ecru
Miyuki Beads – 2 gram packs:
- 1 pack x 15° 556
- 1 pack x 15° 574
Needle Pack:
- Size 7 Embroidery
- Size 8 Embroidery
- Size 10 Embroidery
- Size 22 Chenille
- Size 11 Bead Embroidery
- Size 26 Tapestry
Online Stitch Dictionary:
This dictionary gives you the stitches and techniques for the Almost Autumn project.
In it you will find video clips of all the stitches and techniques used in this design. Along with each video clip on the tuition page there is a page that gives you step-by-step written instructions with illustrations.
Each video clip is worked as a sample stitch or technique on a shape (usually a circle) or a line. The downloadable instructions include a template for the shapes, or they set out the length of the line you should draw on your doodle cloth when you experiment with the stitch or technique. Most of the samples are worked with thicker thread than those used in the project. This is for the sake of clarity, so that you will see exactly how each stitch is formed. When attempting the techniques, particularly those that are challenging, it is advised that you do so on a doodle cloth using the same thread and/or beads, which are mentioned in the short paragraph below each video clip. Do each one as many times as you like, perhaps changing to finer thread and smaller beads. When you feel that you understand what you are doing, you can move onto the project.
Divided into categories and thereafter listed alphabetically, the stitches and techniques in the video dictionary are as under:
Embroidery Stitches
- Backstitch
- Backstitch – Whipped
- Blanket Stitch – padded and striped
- Buttonhole & Blanket Stitch
- Chain Stitch Variations
- Chain Stitch – Detached
- Fly Stitch Variations
- French Knot Variations
- Herringbone Stitch – Interlaced
- Herringbone Stitch – Raised
- Long and Short Stitch
- Outline Stitch
- Outline Stitch Padding
- Split/Chain Stitch Combination
- Split Stitch
- Trellis Couching — Basic
- Trellis Couching — Woven
- Twisted Thread – Making
- Twisted Couching
- Up and Down Buttonhole Stitch – basic, double and striped
Needle Lace Techniques
- Almost Autumn Filler
Needle Weaving Techniques
- Checks and Stripes no. 8
- Texture no. 5
Bead Embroidery Stitches
- Beaded Backstitch
- Beaded Drizzle Stitch
When you order this dictionary, our website will email you the access document to the private domain where you will find this dictionary. If you order it with the full kit, your kit will be shipped to you but the access document will still arrive by email. This is because you will need to click on the link provided in the document which will take you to the tuition page. Which you can do manually but, when you get there, you will be asked for a password and that’s not so easy to type in. I’ve had lots of fun making up the passwords and you will need to copy and paste them into the little box that asks for the password. It will be all but impossible to do it any other way.
You will also receive a templates document. All of the templates are the same shape and size as those used in the video demonstration so that if you choose to, you can work identical samples.
The intention of this video dictionary is to provide you with as much instruction as is possible, without physically being in the same room as you and teaching you in person.