Thread painting tutorial

It goes by so many names, this technique of creating realistic shading in embroidery. But no matter what name it goes by, and whether there are slight nuances in the meanings of the different names, all the techniques named above involve the dominant use of long & short stitch. I use the term

This easy to follow guide shows all the stitches and techniques needed to create masterpieces 'painted' in thread. There are dozens of beautiful designs, each with simple instructions, a pattern and a stitch direction diagram.

I am obsessed with thread painting, some people call it thread stitching or even free motion quilting. Thread painting is where you use generally an embroidery thread to sketch around a panel or like I did my own design. Thread painting is easy to do, its a great gateway into free motion quilting as when you are thread painting your design you are following along your already drawn design. #threadpainting #sewingthread #fiberart

Thread painting is a great way to add extra color to a project using free motion stitching- Ashley Hough shows you how.

Now, this is not exactly a “secret”... but it is also hardly ever brought up, although I do see beginners making this mistake. Congratulations on the 10th post of the needlepainting tips! Wow, who could have thought that there is so much to explore in this area of hand embroidery?? But let me tell you, I actually have more topics to cover! They are just waiting for their turn, haha. Today's topic, in my opinion, is quite important to grasp if you want to master needlepainting, especially, if…

Before I come back with some more specific needlepainting tips, I thought I would drop some Youtube links here which I find helpful and some of which I actually used when learning long and short stitching. Malina GM Embroidery My story of learning long and short stitching and needlepainting started back around 2015, I think. And this channel was my first “visual” teacher, apart from some articles and lessons with step by step pictures. I still check it out occasionally and I recommend…

During my previous QUILTsocial post, Perfect Pairings-needles and threads work together for successful quilting I described how to choose the best SCHMETZ needles to work with a variety of Sulky and Gütermann threads. This week I’ll show you in 5 easy steps how to use these new skills to make…

Stitch Trish Burr's Pansies in this stitch along. We tackle all the hurdles of needle painting together!

Needle Painting stitch along: practice long and short stitching while working pretty floral embroidery!