Embroidery Designs

Make Your Own Iron On Embroidery Designs With Clipart

Hand embroidery is fast becoming a very popular hobby and there are many companies that sell iron on designs, such as Sublime Stitching. These ready-made iron on designs are fun and easy to use, but what if you'd like more freedom in creating your designs. Perhaps you'd like a larger version, or you'd like a completely different design than what is available, or maybe you'd even like to learn to combine designs to form a more complex piece. This is simple to accomplish and you'll discover that there are no limits to the kinds of designs you can make.

If you'd like to use clipart or coloring pages as a basis for making your own Embroidery Designs, there are a few simple supplies you will need. It will be convenient if you have a program to re-size and edit the picture files, and you'll want a printer. Beyond your computer needs, you'll have to have tracing paper and a iron on transfer pencil. These pencils can be purchased at many sites online, and they can sometimes be found in stores such as JoAnn Fabrics, and Hobby Lobby. There are also iron on transfer markers available, but unless you'd like one that is white to transfer to black fabric, I don't recommend them, as the black markers make transfers that are much too thick and dark and difficult to cover over in the embroidery process. They also aren't removable after your project is finished, while the pencil transfer marks usually wash out of most fabrics.

Other than these simple supplies, you won't have to invest in anything other than the regular fabric and thread for your project to begin adapting your own Embroidery Designs. The first step is using Google or your favorite search engine to find a design you'd like to adapt. Choose the "Image" option for your search and type in your key word. Perhaps you'd like to embroider a tattoo style design. You would search for "skull tattoo flash" or whatever it is that you'd like to search for. If you'd like to find simply drawn cartoon style pictures, add the word "coloring" to your search, and you will turn up lots of coloring pages. Coloring pages are excellent for Embroidery Designs because they are already simplified to their basic shapes and have strong outlines that are ideal for embroidering.

After you've found the picture you'd like to use, save it to your computer and edit in your favorite picture editing software so it is the right size for your project. I find that after I print my picture out, it's easiest for me to work on tracing it when I tape it to the table and tape the tracing paper over it. If you have a steadier hand than I do, you can skip this step. Trace your picture onto your tracing paper using a regular pencil. This is the perfect time to change things about the design. Perhaps you'd like to leave an element out, or change its shape slightly. If you've chosen a photograph, now is the time to simplify the lines to adapt the picture to embroidery. You can leave shading and other details out and use just the basic lines for your transfer. Then, as you embroider your design, you can refer to the original photo and use your stitching to indicate shading and detail.

By Bethany James - Bethany is a wife and all around creator of things who is passionate about homemaking and needlework. For more recipes, homemaking, and inspiration visit her blog.

How to use downloadable embroidery designs on a brother se-350? Blank Embroidery Card?
I am new to embroidery and I have the brother se-350. I want to download patterns from a site i found but dont know if it is possible. My sewing/embroidery machine doesn't have a usb port. Is it possible to buy blank embroidery cards? if so how do I get the patterns onto the card from my computer?

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designs about the ladies clothes whichs are very famous in asia espacially.

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