Beginner's Guide to hand-embroidering aGet ready to embroider in 3 steps 1 CHOOSING YOUR CLOTH: You can use a variety of fabrics, but using cotton or linen works best. Iron your cloth before starting your project! 2 CHOOSE YOUR HOOPS: There are many types of hoops in the market these days, ranging from different sizes to different sizes. It is recommended to use the round hoops for most projects unless the pdf files calls for otherwise. 3 BE COMFORTABLE: Ensure that you are comfortable when you embroider. Taking care of your neck and back is important when embroidering for longer than an hour! Some prefer using hoop stands to make themselves as comfortable as possible.ways to transfer your patterns 1 CARBON PAPER: Print the pattern onto an A4 paper. Place the carbon paper waxy side down onto your fabric. Place the pattern onto the carbon paper. Using a pencil/ pen, firmly trace the pattern. Be careful not to move the paper! 2 LIGHT: Using a laptop/iPad, ensure that the brightness is at the maximum. Place the fabric over the screen. Trace the design using a friction pen. You can redo the tracing by using a hairdryer to get rid of the lines to redo. 3 PRINTABLE WATER SOLUBLE STABILIZER: This is the recommended way as it is the easiest. There are many types but | prefer using the Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch. Print the pattern onto the stablizier, cut the shape out and paste it onto your fabric and begin embroidering!Place your hoop onto your choice of cloth. Cut a square around the hoop, ensuring that there is at least 1.5-2 inches of cloth around the hoop. Loosen the screw at the hoop of the hoop and separate the inner hoop from the outner hoop. Place the cloth onto the inner hoop and press the outer hoops onto the cloth until both hoops are together. Tighten the screw slightly. Pull the fabric until it is taut all round. Tighten the screw firmly.Back Stitch and Threaded Back Stitch Bring the thread through on the stitch line, then take small backward stitch through the fabric. Bring the needle 8 through again a little in front of the first stitch, take another backward. stitch, pushing the needle in at the point where Te first came through. Back Stitch can be threaded with one or two threads of con- tasting. color. Bring the first. lacing thread through at (A) and pass it, under the second Back Stitch without piercing the fabric, then under the next Back ‘Stitch and’so on as shown. The second half of the interlacing is achieved by the blunt needle for the not pick up any fabric Stem Stitch Work from left to right, taking regular, slightly slanting stitches along the line of, the design. The thread always emerges on. the left side of the previous stitch. ‘This stitch is used for flower stems, outlines, cic. It can also be used as a filling, rows ‘of close Stem Stitch being worked around 4 shape until itis filed in completely. Satin Stitch Work Straight Stitches across the shape as shown, If desired, Chain Stitch or Running Stitch may be worked first 10 form a padding undemeath, to give @ raised effect, Care must be taken to keep good edge, Do not make the stitches too lng, than they could be pulled out (of position. Satin Stitch can also be Worked over counted threads of even: weave fabric. In this case, the stitches fare taken over the desired mumber of threads and ate worked one stitch be- tween each two adjacent threads of the fabric. Fem Stitch Sitches of equal length imt (A). Bring th next three radiating stitches. ‘The center Sitch follows the line of the design. Fishbone Stitch SEEN This stitch is useful for filing small shapes. Bring the thread through at (A) land make a small Straight Stitch along the center line of the shape. Bring the thread through again at (B) and make a sloping stitch across the centerline at the base of first stiteh, Bring the thread through at (C) and make a similar slop- ing stitch to overlap the previous stitch, Continue working alternately on each side until the shape is filled, So Spider Web Filing Stitch ly ‘shown in (A), then work two iches, one on each side of the Tail imto the center of the circle. This divides the ci ‘ual sections and the foundation of the web under the spokes until the circle i filed (B)- To Drawn Thread embroidery, the Spoke are nt completly cover by only ll the ctl fled ling an open, lacy ap: pearance Reference: 100 Embroidery stitches. (1964).