Trendsetter

Slow down your sewing with Hand Embroidery!

EASY STITCHES TO LEARN:

Straight, satin, French knot, Lazy daisy, outline, bullion knot, and fishbone stitch.

EMBROIDERING PLACEMENT IDEAS:

Around necklines, cuffs, collars, pockets, the back of a garment, yokes, pockets, hemlines and on sleeve caps.

Sublime Floss is sold in a presentation pack of seven coordinating colours. The floss is smooth, shiny, colourfast, and won’t bleed. Each floss contains 8m (83/4yds) skeins of quality 100% cotton six-stranded floss.

Sublime Floss

THE TREND

Subtle or bold, the High Street is full of garments with beautiful embroideries like skirts, jeans, T-shirts, shirts, knitwear, dresses and blouses.

Have you ever wanted to add some embroidery to a garment but weren’t sure where to start.

Adding embroidery to a handmade garment can make it extra special. It’s also a wonderful way of extending the life of garments in your wardrobe by using it as a way to disguise a hole or tear!

YOU DON’T NEED MANY TOOLS TO START EMBROIDERING:

• An Embroidery hoop to keep the fabric tight while you’re stitching

• Long thin embroidery needle

• Embroidery floss

• A sharp pair of small scissors

• A stencil and water soluble pen or iron-on transfer TIP: You might also need an embroidery stabiliser if your fabric is stretchy too.

TRANSFERRING A DESIGN TO THE GARMENT OR FABRIC:

Alison Glass has a wonderful selection of Embroidery Iron On Transfers which gives a little taster of embroidery and how you can use it to decorate your clothing or your home. Each set includes an 81/2in x 11in sheet of transfers plus a copy of The Little Book of Basic Embroidery and is packaged in a coordinating 41/2in x 53/4in envelope. The designs work well as small projects or can be combined to create larger pieces. There are seven design packs including Seventy-Six, Lucky Penny, Clover Sunshine, Ex Libris, Field Day, Diving Board and Road Trip.

Embroidery Transfer by Alison Glass