Category: Free Inquiry

In today’s post, I will show you how I embroidered my sweatshirt. Since I bought this sweatshirt (about a year ago), I wanted it to be a DIY project. My idea was to add fun patches, but of course, it never happened. So today, I will make a mini DIY project.

I did not follow any tutorial because I am just making a smiley face. The process was straightforward. I used the embroidery hoop to secure the area I would work on, then I traced the smiley face, and I embroidered it using black embroidery floss.

It took me only 15 mins!!! I like how it looks and I have looked for more inspiration. I love this one :

I hope to learn how to embroider letters and keep adding to my sweatshirt. I had enjoyed this project, and I am looking forward to wearing my ‘new’ sweatshirt.

This week, I decided not to follow a tutorial, but to try something that I have seen before. I have decided to embroider something on a pair of socks. My idea was to embroider a heart on white socks, but I couldn’t find plain white crew socks. So, I will use these socks that I found at the dollar store:

As I mentioned, my idea was to embroider a heart, but then I remembered spring is coming. Therefore, I decided to practice the lazy daisy stitch from my first post. The lazy stitch is quite simple to make, I was impressed that it took me 20 mins to finish this project.

I think they don’t look bad, but I still need more practice. As I was writing this post, I checked on Etsy for handmade embroidery socks. I found that they cost $17, of course, they have a prettier design but 17$! wow! Maybe this project will be the beginning of my business… Just kidding 😜

P.S. I hope you are enjoying the cherry blossoms around town 🌸

Inspired by last week’s post and trying to use embroidery in a more purposeful way, I found the idea of making these embroidered cards.

As I had some old cards from previous crafts, I decided to give it a try. The project took me approximately 1 hour. Here are the instructions I followed:

1) I chose the design ⭐️

2) Traced it on the card

3) Punch holes with the needle all along the drawing to mark the border of the star

4) I embroidered the card using the backstitch

Final Product:

I like this project 🌟 I could even try it with my future students as a Valentine’s or Christmas craft.

Until next time,

R.

This week, I will show you how to display your embroidery projects. For this post, I have gathered three ways to display your projects.

First, you can display them using an embroidery hoop. You just need to cut ou the excess fabric around the embroidery hoop. I like how it looks. Though, I am not sure about buying a different embroidery hoop for each project. Here is a video showing the process I mentioned:

The second option to display an embroidery project involves using a photo frame. I think it is easy to do and looks good. It could even be gifted as a birthday present. This video shows how to frame your embroidery piece :

Lastly, my favourite option. I like the idea to decorate your notebooks. I think it adds personality to your notebook and looks great.

For now, I will leave my projects in the embroidery hoop, or put them in a binder, but later, I would love to try decorating a notebook.

Until next time,

R.

As I was looking for inspiration for this week’s inquiry entry, I found a heart pattern that I loved:

As Valentine’s Day was coming, I thought this will be a great entry for this week. I looked up a tutorial on YouTube and I found this one:

I liked this video because is well explained, seemed easy to follow and I will be mostly using the satin stitch that I learnt last week.

This was my process for this week projecthttps://reynabc.opened.ca/2022/02/09/embroidery-stitches-for-beginners-%f0%9f%aa%a1/:

Here is my final product:

I liked how my project looks. I can see how the hearts got better as I kept practicing. Although the purple heart on the upper right is not even (it is the first heart I embroidered), I decided to leave it as it is as a reminder of my embroidery journey and that love does not have to be perfect 😉

The hardest part of this project: embroider the heart shape
Easiest part: placing the fabric in the embroidery hoop
Time to complete the project: 2h

Thanks for reading and happy valentine’s day 💗

R.

My next step in my inquiry is to learn and practice some basic stitches. I am using this video for reference:

I started by placing the fabric between the embroidery hoop, that was easy! Everything was going well until I got to the Bullion Knot!

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am using embroidery floss from past projects. Well, that kind of floss was too thick for the bullion knot. So, I had to buy new embroidery floss. I was a bit disappointed because I had planned to work on my inquiry last Sunday afternoon, while I watched a movie, as Kasey suggested 😊, but because of this ‘problem,’ I had to pause everything. So, on Monday I went to get more embroidery floss.  I found some at Walmart for .72 cents each.

It was a good decision to buy more embroidery floss because the French knot stitch is also better made with the new embroidery floss I got.

And here is my final work!

• My Top 3 favorite stitches: french knot, fishbone, split.
• Hardest embroidery stitch: bullion knot.
• Easiest embroidery stitch: straight.
• Total time to finish this project: 1.5 hours.

I am happy with my mini-project. Of course, I need more practice, but I think it’s looking good.

Until next time,

R.

After deciding on my inquiry topic, it was time to gather the materials. My research lead me to the website Wandering Threads embroidery where the following materials were listed as essential:

-Embroidery floss
-Embroidery needles
-Embroidery hoops
-Fabric (Cotton, wool, linen, felt, or even denim)
-Scissors
-Pencils

I had embroidery floss from other crafts, but I still needed the rest of the materials. The places in Victoria where you can buy the materials that are close to my house are Michaels, Walmart, and Dollarama. You can also get the materials online, on amazon.

I tried to order my materials through Amazon, but for some reason, even using a prime account, the materials would arrive until February 24! So, I decided to go to the physical stores. I headed to Michaels. I have been there before, and I knew I would find everything I needed there! I enjoy going to Michaels, but I always end up buying more than I need. Surprisingly, this time I bought just what I needed for my project, but I still wandered for about an hour in the store. I guess embroidery has become popular because I could not find fabric at Michaels. So, I went to Walmart, and there, I found the fabric!

So far, I have spent :

At Michaels, I realized they sell embroidery kits that included all that I needed even the pattern. I was tempted to buy one, but I decided that it is better to start my project from scratch. Later, I remembered that you can also order the materials online, so I made this video to show you the variety of embroidery materials they have at Michaels.

Thanks for reading,
R.