![]() Keep reading to see all of the different patterns, plus lots of tips for making fun friendship bracelets. You’ll find all sorts of fun and easy designs, like the chevron friendship bracelet pattern, a simple braid, the candy stripe friendship bracelet, and so much more. Please feel free to share your stories and photos with me… I may even (with your permission of course) showcase them with my social media community.Need a little inspiration for your next friendship bracelet project? Check out this list of the very best friendship bracelet patterns for beginners. I can’t wait to hear what you think and how your attempt at embroidery goes. Download the 7″ embroidery pattern without the quote here.Download the 7″ embroidery pattern with quote here.Download the 6″ embroidery pattern without the quote here.Download the 6″ embroidery pattern with quote here.Get Your Free Embroidery Pattern – in two sizes Simply print it out and then trace the design onto your fabric (I held my fabric up against a window so that I could see the design behind the fabric more easily). Once you’ve gone through a few tutorials and are confident enough to start your first embroidered hoop art, feel free to download my pattern and try your hand at embroidery. Needle threader (not a requirement but it can help make threading easier).Fine tip marker or soluble pen (I used the Fine Water Erasable Marker by Clover).Fabric such as linen, cotton or muslin (great for practicing).Embroidery hoop – there are many sizes available – I used a 7″ hoop for the hoop art in the photos.Embroidery floss – cotton or pearl cotton.Luckily there are only a few supplies you’ll need to get started and generally, they are pretty inexpensive. The centers of the flowers – the french knot.The daisy flowers – lazy daisy stitch (the purple and pink flowers /also the dark green leaves around the blue flowers).The blue rosettes – the spider web rosette stitch.The writing – the back stitch (also used for the branches).Below, I’ve listed some of the specific tutorials I used to learn the stitches I chose for this project (click on each to go to the tutorial) Now let’s get to the floral embroidery pattern I used in the photos. If you’re looking for some free tutorials, this great YouTube playlist “Beginner Hand Embroidery: Learn Hand Embroidery with Me Series” by TLCinspirations is another great resource.Īnother fun resource for learning about embroidery is my Embroidery Pinterest board where I’ve pinned hundreds of inspirational ideas as well as great photo tutorials. This is a great foundation course that teaches 25 basic stitches – at this point, I still haven’t even gotten through the entire course – I was too excited with all the stitches I learned in the first 4 lessons. The first place I went was Craftsy where I took the amazing “Design It, Stitch It: Hand Embroidery” class by Jessica Marquez. There are tons of tutorials and courses out there on hand embroidery. As soon as I found this little saying, I knew it was perfect for her. She’s sweet, kind, generous and caring but she’s also fierce in her beliefs, convictions, and the love she has for her friends and family. This particular embroidered hoop art is a birthday gift I made for my lovely mother-in-law Lynda. Being the instant gratification person I am, I spent all of an hour or two watching video tutorials then, I grabbed the materials, made my design and got down to it. I’m not telling you this to brag but rather to prove just how easy it is and how quickly you can learn to hand embroider simple designs. The embroidered hoop you see pictured in the photos is my second attempt at embroidery. You name it, crochet, soap making, pottery and now let’s add embroidery to the list. My claim to fame is that I seem to be particularly adept at picking up old lady hobbies (my husband teases me constantly). I’m now positive, with every new hobby and skill I attempt, that I was an old west homesteader in a former life. If you’re curious, go check out Instagram and search the hashtags #hoopart, # embroideryart and # handembroidery. Today’s embroidery designers are cutting-edge, graphic and humorous (and often R-rated). There’s a ton of incredible designers out there who are anything but old and stodgy. I’m more of an instant gratification kind of girl.Īs far as embroidery being old school, it’s making a triumphant comeback and soon you’ll see it everywhere – mark my words (you can’t see it but I’m wagging my finger at you). I’m the last person in the world to take on anything that’s too hard or time-consuming (case in point – my running shoes still look new and have hardly logged any hours on the pavement). ![]() Hand embroidery is so challenging and tedious – oh, and it’s sooooo old school! Let me be the first to correct you on both points.
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