Embroidery bears with a heart will be an excellent gift for your beloved on Valentine's Day.

January 2, 2018 handmadebase

On the eve of February 14, everyone tries to prepareoriginal gifts for your loved ones. What if you try to make something for your other half yourself? In this master class, I suggest making a gift for Valentine's Day with your own hands - embroider a teddy bear with a heart. This embroidery can be given to anyone, but if you add the inscription "I love you!" to the teddy bear, you can even add a name (as you can see in my example), then the gift will be ideal for your loved one. For this work you will need:

Canvas size 26 * 21 centimeters
Threads of a floss of GAMMA firm of five colors (if you do the inscription, you will need one more color)
Needle, preferably with a blunt end and an enlarged ear
Feather frame (optional)
Simple soft pencil, ruler, scissors

Embroidery, like any creative work, givesan opportunity to show your imagination. In this work, there are no pre-prepared specific thread color numbers, they can be chosen at your discretion. The main thing is to observe the number of colors, and the shades can be changed at your discretion. The hoop is also optional, as is more convenient for everyone. I usually embroider without a hoop, the canvas is starched enough. It is more convenient to use a special needle - for cross stitching with a blunt end (especially for beginners), it does not cling to the fabric. Canvas is sold in separate pieces in packages, and by the meter. The latter option is more profitable and convenient. When all the materials and tools are prepared, you can start working. My example shows the main pattern with the bear itself, and an additional one - with the inscription. The main pattern is divided into squares measuring 10 * 10 crosses. To make it easier to embroider, you need to similarly divide the fabric into squares using a ruler and a soft pencil (see photo).After finishing the work, the pencil can be easilywash. Instead, you can use a dark thread: it is threaded into a needle and a simple stitch is used to separate it, when the work is finished, the threads are pulled out. You should always start embroidering from the darkest area, from the darkest thread. One thread of floss consists of six threads –They are called a skein. One thread is pulled out of the common skein (which must first be cut to the desired length) and folded in half. A loop is formed at one end, and two threads at the other. These two threads are threaded into the needle. The thread on the canvas should be secured so that there are no knots. The embroidery is considered high-quality if there is not a single knot on its back side. Therefore, the new thread is secured as follows: the first stitch is made, the needle enters from the back side and comes out on the front side. A small loop is left on the back side, the thread from the front side again goes to the back, forming the first half of the cross. The needle is threaded through the loop, and the thread is pulled completely. Thanks to this procedure, the thread is securely fastened to the fabric without knots. Crosses that are embroidered correctly leave a pattern in the form of even columns on the back side. When the thread ends, before cutting it, it is secured like this: the needle is passed under the posts that are located next to each other. All this is shown in one of the photographs (a fragment of an embroidered heart).In my case, the guy's name was added to the inscription. You can easily add the name yourself.The letter consists of crosses, 5*7 in size (Ume, the only exception is the letter "L", it turned out to be larger). The specified embroidery size (26 * 21 CM) includes the inscription, the embroidery size without the inscription is 68 * 62 CROSSES. When the embroidery is finished, it needs to be washed. Any embroidery should be washed by hand, very carefully. This should be done in warm water and only with mild shampoo so that the threads do not fade. Rinse the embroidery in water of the same temperature so that it does not stick. You need to wash carefully, lightly rubbing the fabric with your hands to clean the dirty places. You do not need to wring out the washed embroidery. It is better to put it on a white clean towel, and it will dry itself. Dry embroidery should be steamed through a wet cloth from the back side so that the crosses do not lose volume and shape. Next, the picture can be framed. Of course, you can do it yourself at home, but it would be better if you contact a framing workshop. Choose the frame frame that you like. The embroidery is framed, covered with a sheet of fiberboard at the back, a special tape is attached so that it can be hung on the wall, and covered with glass at the front. Now dirt and dust are not a problem for the embroidery, it will be stored in the frame for a long time.

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