Thursday, March 03, 2011

Embroidery - How to Satin Stitch a Beak

I like birds and I do a lot of bird embroidery. Now, you could satin stitch a bird's beak with a regular satin stitch, but I make a little tweak to the basic stitch that I think adds a nice dimension to bird's beaks. It's not any harder and it gives them just the shape I want. Watch the video to see how I do it.

Video here.

3 comments:

  1. Dear Wendy, Where have you been all my life? I've always wanted to know how to emrboider and now I KNOW HOW! I think I am in love with this website!

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  2. Thanks for the tutorial! Perfect for your new pattern.

    I was stitching while Hubby was sleeping the other night. That pop! (Like when you stitch in your video) woke him up! He thought I was breaking something.

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  3. Krystina - Glad to be helpful! I love introducing people to a new craft.

    Becky - it's funny you mentioned the "pop." One of the things my daughter likes about embroidery is the sound effects - the little pop when the eye of the needle goes through the fabric, and the drawn out sound of the thread sliding through. Enjoy!

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