Realistic Thread Painting - Embroider a Butterfly

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Works well as a continuation after mastering Crafts & DIY fundamentals. It bridges the gap toward advanced, production-level engineering.

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Relevant for professionals pursuing roles within Crafts & DIY.

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1 hours 26 minutes
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Intermediate
Self-Paced Online
Online Course
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English
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What You’ll Learn

Introduction

Supplies You'll Need

Long and Short Stitch

Thread Painting Tips

Selecting Reference Photos

Making the Stencil

Butterfly Body pt. 1

Butterfly Body pt. 2

Upper Wing pt. 1

Upper Wing pt. 2

Upper Wing pt. 3

Lower Wing + Finish Your Project

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Outcomes

  • Thread painting is a style of embroidery that uses the long and short stitch to blend colors together similar to painting. This technique makes it possible to create life-like embroidery art..
  • This class shows you the entire process from start to finish of how to create a realistic-looking thread painting of a butterfly. It will be helpful to have some experience with hand embroidery for this class..
  • In this class you will learn:.
  • First, you'll learn some thread painting basics and then we'll cover some tips and tricks to keep in mind while you're learning and stitching..
  • Then, I'll walk you through how to pick out a good reference photo and how to mark out a stencil so that you can use these skills for the next time you thread paint..
  • Finally, we'll get started stitching the butterfly. I'll break down all of the different aspects of the embroidery into actionable, bite-sized steps..
  • Your challenge is to complete the other half of the butterfly by yourself, and by the end, you'll have made your very own realistic butterfly. .
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