Hello everyone! I'm excited to share my latest 3D embroidery tutorial with you, featuring a heart wreath design adorned with roses and lovely tiny flowers.
I've just published this tutorial on my YouTube channel and wanted to share it here on the blog as well.
In a previous video, I introduced a simplified version of the needle weaving bar stitch technique, demonstrating how to create a single-stemmed raised rose embroidery.
For those who may have missed it, you can watch the video here.
This technique allows for creating woven strips that aren't attached to the fabric, and it was well-received.
Now, I've refined this technique to make it even more user-friendly.
In my latest video, I show you how to create beautiful roses using a palette of red, yellow, salmon, and burgundy, and arrange them into a heart-shaped wreath, complemented by charming tiny flowers.
I've also developed new techniques for crafting these delicate flowers, which I believe will add charming details to your embroidery projects.
Here's how I apply the needle weaving bar stitch technique with my personal approach:
I work on a scrap fabric stretched in an embroidery hoop.
I thread a blunt-tipped tapestry needle with about 50 cm of thread and tie a large knot at the end. Leaving the knot on the top side of the fabric, I pass the needle to the back of the fabric and pull the thread through completely.
To create strips approximately 0.5 cm wide and 2-2.5 cm long, I make a straight vertical stitch at each of the three corners of a rectangle. These stitches will secure the weaving threads of the woven bar at three corner points.
Finally, I bring the needle to the front of the fabric at the fourth corner point. I then pass the needle and thread under the three stitches in succession to form the warp threads.
I start weaving between the two vertical threads from top to bottom. Once the weaving is complete, I cut the knot I initially left on the front side and carefully undo the stitches to release the woven strips from the fabric.
This is how I prepare my 2 to 2.5 cm woven strips. It's easy, isn't it?
Now, I start stitching these woven strips onto the base fabric of my embroidery project. I arrange them in a spiral pattern, starting from the center and working outward, securing them with nearly invisible stitches to create the form of rose petals.
As you can see, it's quite an easy process.
You should see how easy it is to create the three flowers I've included in my design.
An idea struck me while experimenting with needle and thread, and here are the results.
The technique is quite simple, similar to casting on stitches when starting knitting.
I move forward by leaving loops over my Brazilian embroidery needle, adding different sizes of needles alongside to create flower petals.
Finally, I tighten everything by passing the needle and thread through all loops, resulting in a magically woven flower.
It resembles the appearance of flowers created using the cast-on stitch method. I'm sure you'll love it.
