Adding color to embroidery adds that extra zing to the finished project, and Jo from Gemelli Girls (check them out on Facebook) showed us how to combine coloring pencils and embroidery to achieve a beautiful result permanently!
First of all, we painted a small section of our printed embroidery pattern with a fabric medium
Then we colored that section in using Derwent Inktense pencils which actually have ink in the leads
Once the whole embroidery is colored and stitched, you iron the piece which sets the color permanently. You have the option to embroider first then color in or vice versa.
Add the border and hanging sleeve and it's ready to display
This ones ready for next Christmas and I'm thinking I might go over some of my old embroideries and color them too.
This ones ready for next Christmas and I'm thinking I might go over some of my old embroideries and color them too.
10 comments:
Dear Dawn,
how cute, what an extraordinary way to get a sparkling result.
Greetings,
Sylvia
What a beautiful little project Dawn! Such a cute Teddy and an interesting technique! Have a lovely day! Christine x
Very pretty, another great project.x
How utterly cool! Did the background fabric have the little dots already or did you paint those too?
Wow Dawn.....I love the effect of colouring in your stitchery. I have seen it before but now I am re-inspired to give it a go.
Hi Dawn wow this is so cute,i always love seeing your work xx
What fun! The embroidery really turned out nicely.
Hi Dawn, I loove your stitchery so much and the painting really adds a special touch to it! Thanks for showing us the process. I might have to try this out, lol! Hugs, Martina
Dear Dawn,
what a lovely, cute little bear.
So nice!!!
Hugs
sigisart
Liebe Morgendämmerung,
das ist ja ein tolles Ergebnis, erst mit Stiften malen und dann sticken und gestalten. Ein ganz zauberhaft süßes Bärchen, passend für Weihnachten 2016.
Herzliche Grüße
Uta
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