![]() In the middle of each yellow diamond, I’m putting a little green seed bead. I used one strand of Satin Floss by DMC for the green lines, and two strands of the same for the pink and yellow. Keep your pattern close by while you stitch, so you can remember what the holes are for! In fact, it’s best just to cut shorter lengths if you don’t want to waste thread. Remember that paper is harder on thread than fabric is, so you may have to change your thread out more often than you would with fabric. I cut up a bunch of tiny little tape squares and line them up on the edge of the table so that I don’t have to stop and cut every time I start a thread. When you start a thread, you tape the tail to the back of the card. It’ll be nice and bumby on the underside. Once it’s all pierced, peel off your paper pattern. If you haven’t peeled off the paper pattern, the holes are still stuck together. The paper pattern and the card stock will stick together, so don’t worry about the pattern shifting. You can see I missed some spots on the left there. In some parts of my design, I didn’t quite hit the intersections on the graph paper.Īfter you’ve pierced the card, hold it up to the window or a light to check your piercing. The graph paper intersections will keep the design symmetrical. Make sure you put the dots (or pierce the paper) where the graph paper intersections are – not necessarily where your design is drawn. To make this easier to see, I would suggest drawing your design with a lighter black pen, or with a pencil, and then using a red pen to put dots on the paper wherever you’re going to need a hole. Those are the starting and stopping points for your stitches. Then, holding your piercing tool – or cork and needle – or tambour hook – vertically, pierce the pattern in each place where the graph paper lines converge with the pattern. Line up the edges with your card, and lightly tape a couple edges onto your piercing mat or felt or whatever you’re using… ![]() These will be stitched with straight stitches.Īnd since the card doesn’t have any text on the front, why not cover the whole thing? It’s still looks kind of plain, so…Ĭut your pattern paper to size (I made a mistake and cut mine a little short on one end, but that’s ok). I could’ve stuck with just a decorative edge, but that’s kind of boring. I left the original line there, because … well, because I was too lazy to start over! So I’ll just incorporate it into my design!ĭaisy stitch works great on paper, and it’s a favorite stitch for kids, so I started with evenly-spaced daisy-stitch flowers. Originally, I was going to have a half inch all around, but I decided to reduce it to a quarter inch. Measure out and mark the size of your note card (or project, whatever it may be).ĭecide on the width of the edge around the design and mark it off. What do you want your design to look like? I’m going for something a bit bold and larger, and geometric, since I’m exploring possibilities for smaller hands. You can also use a regular crewel needle that you embed in a cork (the eye goes into the cork). Piercing tool: I actually use the handle to my tambour needle, and I replace the tambour needle with a fine eyeless needle. If not, a couple layers of regular craft felt will work. Piercing pad: Do you have any craft foam on hand – the kind that you use for kids’ crafts, that you can cut letters and so forth from? That’s inexpensive and perfect for this. ![]() Incidentally, that site also lets you print hexagon graph paper, which could be very handy for this type of project. You can print your own graph paper in different sizes right off the internet. Graph paper: if you don’t have any on hand, print it. Some shortcuts if you don’t have the specific supplies on hand: Ruler, pencil, pen (I use macron art pens in various sizes), graph paper (especially if you’re doing a geometric design), paper (if you’re not doing a geometric design, you can use regular paper to doodle out a design), a piercing tool, a piercing pad, and scotch tape. ![]() I’m going to use just a standard piece of “parchment” (in green) card stock, bought in a pre-sized package.Īssemble your supplies first. With the interest in handmade greeting cards these days, you can find beautiful paper available at almost any crafting center. Keep in mind that embroidery on paper should be done on at least cardstock weight paper. I thought I’d show you how to design something simple for embroidery on paper, using a small note card as a sample project. As I goofed around designing the sign, I thought about how simple it is to design your own embroidery pattern for paper. I’ve been playing with embroidery on paper lately, because I’m making a sign to announce my summer embroidery classes.
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