Embroidery for Beginners at home (photos)

February 18, 2017 handmadebase

Content

Selecting embroidery equipment
Machines for different embroidery
Consumables
Subtleties in machine embroidery
- Available chassis machine embroidery for beginners
Video: free running machine embroidery
Embroidery and its types
Video: machine embroidery Richelieu

Machine embroidery is a modern twist in the worldart. Until the 19th century, needlewomen hand-embroidered patterns on clothes and household items. Until the first sewing machine that embroidered various patterns was presented in France. Since then,
has taken its rightful place in the world of modern handicrafts. Today it is the most popular way to quickly and efficiently create any design on canvas.
Embroidered paintings are a wonderful gift,because a sewing machine can convey the full realism of an image, which is not always possible for manual craftsmen. Working with the unit does not require special skills in handling a needle. It is enough to purchase high-quality embroidery equipment and learn how to adjust it.
If the craftswoman wants to create amazingpaintings on modern embroidery equipment, then you need to familiarize yourself with some recommendations regarding the choice of consumables, equipment and styles of work in machine embroidery. Our master class will help with this.

Selecting embroidery equipment

Sewing machines for embroidery are divided into two types:
Professional (for businesses)
This equipment is high class and designed forproduction of several images simultaneously. The machine has several heads and needles, wide hoops for creating large pictures. On such equipment you can embroider in different styles - beads, rope, sequins. Professional machines work quickly and efficiently, but are quite expensive and bulky for home use.

Household
Machine embroidery for beginners machine embroideryshould start with work on small household sewing machines. The difference of such a unit is the low speed and the ability to embroider only one product at a time. In addition, a person must be present near the working machine to change the upper thread at the right moment.

Machines for different embroidery

Free-motion embroidery on a machine is carried out atthe help of a craftswoman who holds the hoop with the fabric and guides it in time with the machine. The equipment has a specific task set, but the embroiderer's experience plays a huge role in creating the picture.
The most popular computer embroidery is carried outdirectly by the machine, in which the designer sets the program. The embroidery equipment is connected to the computer, where intricate designs of patterns are displayed, unique patterns and photorealistic images are created.
With the help of computer embroidery you can createportraits, magnificent landscapes, images of animals, birds, plants. A computer program can create the most original images that a person's imagination is capable of.
The video shows how machine embroidery is created.

Consumables

To embroider pictures on sewing equipment, you need to purchase some consumables:

embroidery threads. They are selected depending on the fabric and embroidery method. The most popular are polyester, viscose and acrylic threads;
fabric for embroidery. You will need canvas and interlining (tear-off or non-tear-off);
for complex patterns or a certain tissue need additional consumables such as Termogaz, water-soluble film or adhesive spray;
for creating Photo Stitch software is required, by which the wizard will create photorealistic designs for embroidery images. Such programs can be downloaded from the Internet.

Subtleties in machine embroidery

Free Motion Machine Embroidery for Beginners
Free-motion machine embroideryTo get startedThe woven material must be secured in a hoop. The fabric has a design that will be machine embroidered. The fabric must be very tightly stretched so that the needle can accurately pierce the fabric and the stitching is even.
If the design is large, then the fabric is moved to the next section until the entire pattern is embroidered. Small fabric is finished in pieces so that the hoop can tightly grasp the entire canvas with the pattern.
In machine embroidery for beginners there is onerule. Craftswomen should try working on the machine without a thread at minimum power, since at first there may be mistakes when embroidering, the needle may break, and the threads may tear. To do this, place the hoop under the needle in the machine and begin to carefully and slowly bring out the fabric under the working needle, creating a pattern. When the craftswoman feels confident in working with embroidery equipment, then you can thread the thread and embroider fully.

Video: free running machine embroidery

Embroidery and its types

Computer embroidery Photo Stitch quality depends on several important factors:

high-quality photos, which will make the master design;
ability to work in a still image editor;
selection of quality materials for the job.

The photograph should be chosen with a very clearimage. There must be a large object for embroidery in the foreground (faces, objects, landscape), otherwise it will be difficult to remove the background during photo editing.
Next, the photo needs to be processed incomputer program. One of the best and most understandable programs is Pattern Maker. The master must carefully monitor the change of tones on the scheme and the final result will be a high-quality design for working on a typewriter.
For photo embroidery the photostich technique is used,that is, the "photorealism" of the embroidered image, which is obtained by very tightly fitting stitches of a certain length, directed along the pictorial line. The technique can use both two shades of threads, and several. That is, pictures embroidered from a photograph can be in sepia, single-color or color.
Machine embroidery of paintings using the photostich technique requires excellent proficiency in working with a photo editor in Photoshop, Paint, Photo, and CorelDRAW.
Modern needlewomen often switch to machine cross stitch. The quality of embroidered pictures remains high, and the craftswoman can complete the work much faster.
Causes of defects in embroidered paintings

incorrectly selected hoop size, poorlystretched fabric, threads stretched in the machine correctly, embroidery needle size is not correct, the speed specified for operation, wrong, wrong selected stabilizer;
improper planning change stitch length, the majority of short stitches, the high density of overlapping stitches;
initially thorough processing of images and the creation of professional design, circuit, will not allow to prevent errors in the next embroidery.

Openwork Openwork embroidery machine embroidery machine, in French - slotted, so patterns, embroidered with a very light and airy on this technology.

"Richelieu"
"Bannerlets"
Cutout lace
Cut stitch
Openwork can be created in several types:

Richelieu. With or without braids, this is a pattern that is trimmed with satin or satin, the fabric is cut around it;

Ties. This is the formation of an openwork mesh, which is obtained by pulling the threads together using a specific method;

Cut-out lace. The mesh is inserted into the cut fabric and sewn in to form a pattern;

Cut-out satin stitch. Holes are created in the fabric, arranged in a certain order. Then the holes are processed with a satin roller;

Openwork. Threads are pulled out of the fabric in a certain order, then the remaining ones on the fabric are connected as per the pattern.

Openwork embroidery can be decorated with other styles, so it is often combined in combination with a variety of techniques. The video presents the types of openwork embroidery.
Before working on openwork embroidery, use a sewing machinemust be set to a certain mode. To do this, remove the presser foot and the rail, set the equipment to the embroidery mode and carry out all the necessary processes.
Modern machine embroidery can createmany original works. If a craftswoman learns to master the skills of this handicraft, then she can confidently recommend her works, thereby establishing a rather successful business.