Punch Needle Lettering + Sculpting

1. Punch Needle Lettering + Sculpting: Hello, my name is Andy CLR and the fiber artists behind Marion G. And today I'm going to show you how to make this sculpted. 2. Supplies: For this project, when you rolled me fabric, this is linen. Are bunched, needle, really good scissors. These are kind of my most favorite hoop. I have actually a stand, but you can just use the hoof. This is a no slip group which is the best for functioning. We will need our text, but needs to be mirrored because we're gonna be working from the back. So the tax will be on the front and it'll end up looking like this. I made my lines a little bit thicker because we will be sculpting. So this will be more fun. Then we need our yarn. I've decided that I'm going to do every letter a different color, so it's a little bit more fun. So let's get right to it. 3. Punching: So in order to make sure that we have a really good area to punch in, you want, you have to make sure that your fabric is stretched really well. So what I do is I say Jerry, and then I go around and pull as much as I can. And then I tighten it. And then I repeat the process until fabric is tagged like it. Now we can add this war, so it's not in our way. We're going to transfer our tax. So normally we punch on the back with the hoop. It's really comfortable to punch from the top because you have this open area and you don't have to go from the back, however, because we're going to be sculpting, I am going to transfer my text from the back and then I will have a great periodicals. So all you have to do is put your frame face down and just making sure that is pretty much in the center we have and Stephen, space on top and bottom. And then just take a Sharpie. It's okay if it's not perfect because we're going to punch. So it's not quite fair, it's fine. You're going to just punch wherever you want. Because I'm going to be working in a stand. I can't be punching from the back. So I'm going to quickly flip this fabric and put it on the other side so I can put it in my standard. Okay. Here we are. It's flipped tight like a drum and ready to punch. So I'm going to grab my punch needle. And you can choose a setting that you like. I'm gonna go to the second column. What does your loop will be? Halfway. And that's how we can always figure out how long it will take. I'm gonna threat it by inserting a threat or in the little opening and then continuing up the needle. See which colors you always start with for golden. Baby. Just pull it until it comes out of. The way with punch is you insert your needle all the way. Well that end to the other side. You can pull a little bit here so that the other side has just about an H there. And now we're going to take our needle out, but still keep the tip on the surface of the fabric. And then move back about 23 holes and then punch all the way down. You want to make sure your yarn is not caught on some things that can flow through easily. And you want to always push it all the way down. And then when you pull it up, we don't want to do this because he saw the loop came out and then you can have a lot of yarn. Here. The goal is to have all the leaves on the other side. So if this happens, you can quickly pull in your yarn. And this is a warning to do. Just go across the whole word like this. All the way in. I'll show you a bit of a view. Now for sculpting, I like to do a little bit longer loops, so we have a little bit more yarn to work with. You can see the lips are showing up there. You can also punch a little bit closer than every three holes, so you have a lot of material to work with. However, this yarn is pretty chunky already, so you don't really need to go to products. You will have quite a bit of fiber to work. So I'm going to, how far am I gonna go? Let's see. And I'm gonna go. And as I'm going to change the direction here, I'm going to turn on my needle so that the big opening in the front is always facing the direction of my patcher. You can also twist your canvas so that you can punch from left to right, like I'm, I like to do or you can do top to bottom or the other way around. So it's really up to you and just kinda play with it and see what feels best for you. I'm just kidding. We continue with this until I fill in the whole letter. Okay. So this is probably never happened to me, but the amount of Beyond that I grabbed was actually perfect for this letter. So on the other side we have a big chunk is something that's happening. Now normally, I would sculpt after each shape. I did that because this is a word and I wanted to have a continuous flow. I'm going to continue and punch the whole letter first, sorry, the whole word first. And then we're gonna go. Okay, so now I actually have a chance to show you how to snip your yarn if you're done with one section. So you simply snipped right here, leave a little bit of sticking out and a little bit I'm kind of needles specialists. We want to continue with this color and kicked in this case we want as soon out and then you pull out your needle and you're going to have this time. I'm just going to continue punching the rest of that word. And I'll see you then. As you can see, I've used the bulk yarn throughout this. However, different brands, different versions. So let's compare the thickest method, either about considered bulky, but you see there's quite a bit of difference between them. So when you're punching, just make sure that if you have a thinner yarn like this, you're going to have more rows going versus this one. I will have three rows with this one I did to the six rows. So just want to make sure that the space is filled in when you're just punching, you don't want to overpay inch, but in this case, you can for the oh, I didn't do the little space open space here for you. So this part, because it's just too small when working at heart, so we're just going to leave it like it is. And I just punched over the whole thing, which is fine. So what I'm gonna do now, I'm going to flip it again so that I can actually show you and had the punch bowl on top and we can start carving. 4. Sculpting: Hey, here's our fuzzy Hello. Look how cute. Not quite there yet, but we're gonna get there. So you want to take cure super awesome scissors. And you want to, before you start cutting at what we can trim these ends here. What you do is basically just hold the scissors flat on surface and then you snip that way the ends are gonna be the same length as the rest of the loops. And then one more o will be a little bit more complicated. But don't worry, we are going to get there. So first thing we're gonna do is we're going to go over the shape of the letter. What I do, normally, I have my scissors right next to the loops right here. And just do a trend based on the shape. You can move the loops around, just kinda see where they end. You don't want to sit too close because then you're going to have a really close sorry, short snips there and the urine might come up. So it's going to go around. Quick cleaner. We don't want to snip here, right? Because we want to have that continuous just the flow of the letters. So now what we're gonna do is we're going to go to the side again. We're going to tilt or scissors a little bit more, just about 45 degrees and do the same thing. Again. You just want to check for stuff, starts work, and if you have any misbehaving ones, you want to trim those two. How far can we go here? Just about right there. Okay. I always work with is small vacuum next to me and this can get pretty dusty, so feel free to wear a face mask. You don't want to be breathing all the same. You can have purifier turned on as well. So okay. Now we're going to do the center part right here so that we have at opening going. So I'm going to tilt my scissors and I'm just straight up going to do the 45-degree. Be careful with the tips of the scissors to not cut the fabric that's underneath there. Especially when you're doing a cut like this. Look for it's not fun. Tell him, Look how cute. Oh my goodness. I'm actually liking how when you can't yarn, it looks darker and the loops we'll look a little bit lighter. So I'm actually liking the sort of a highlight that it has. So I'm gonna leave this for now. I'm gonna go grab my vacuum and I'm gonna give it a nice clean so you guys can actually see the shape much better. Okay, I have cut a couple of more letters now so we can see it taking shape. I've used the same technique as on, oh, I'm really liking the shape at the owls are taking. And then the highlight I'm creating in the center with those loops. Now I'm working on this owl. You just really want to make sure that when you go next to another letter, you want to pull the loops apart and get the scissors really in-between and cut to make sure that you won't cut the other colors. We will have this anyway, but just, you know, if you're not really sure, you can always flip it and say, okay, I don't have a lot of space here, right? And there needs to be a gap here. This is connected. This is connected. The gap is right here. And then not that much space here. I'm just going to cut down here. And how far do I go? Where does the proof and how much of a curve, excuse me do I want to have between a true else? You are the artists. You can decide, as you're slipping of tendency is to go in one direction. So what's actually helpful is to cut in a different direction, opposite direction. So I turn and then sort of expose more with my finger with your scissors and then go another direction. Constantly rearranging, constantly finding some that are just sticking out. Want to perfect the shape. So this can take as long as you want, but just don't spend ten hours unless you want to. But you know. Okay, this is pretty good. We're going to get to E, this is the thickest yarns. So let's say we're going to start Ms. start here in that empty space here. And just carefully. And again, getting the scissors in between the letters. Really know where the shape is starting, where the loops are starting. Here. Again, that finger now this is gonna be the continuous ones. So stop right there. I'm not going to cut this section and I'm going to continue down here. I hope all the turning my canvas is not making you sick. Okay? Initial ones down here. I did it here and I'm going to continue in that open space here. And then now we're going to do this opening. You can also hold the fabric from the bottom a little bit too, and push it up to expose the edges a little bit better. So just continue snip, snip, snip a little at a time. Don't try to sculpt it all on your first try. Really helps to vacuum and really see the shape better before you cut in again. If you don't have a small vacuum, big one will do. Or you can just simply hit the fabric like this continuously. Have a tilt it and then my yarn will fall down. It'll just get dusty around July. So highly recommend a vacuum. This is the line here, so I don't want to cut this. This is the line here. Alright, so now leaner sides, we would get better. They're just going to have like a fuzzy, fuzzy everywhere. But you can always rearrange with your hands to get the yarn where you want it to be. Because once you vacuum, you know, it's just going to suck it all in upward direction, look anything, and then snip a bit more. The loops here for really get that definition. Yeah. Now we're talking. Yes. See, this is so much better now, if you have any mixed yarn, like in-between the letters, that's okay, it just gives it more of a blended luck. So that's fine. I might want to actually get here. Yeah. Okay. Ready for us? So we have this here, sort of curbing map. Why? We need a space down here. And here. I'm going to start, oh, wow. How does this connect here? And always just put your scissors next to the line and it'll sort of, the loops will guide the scissors. And that's how you'll know. Really want to snip this one, but I shouldn't because I want that highlight there, so I won't for now. Okay, now this is a pretty tight space here. I can tell, I want to cut a bit more here. Really sort of define that o a little bit better. I'm little trickier. Side view. You can see how, how tall the loops are. And now we're going to work on a tulip mark. I got distracted with that. Little curves are a little bit more complicated, but don't be afraid you can do this. You know, it's fine. Don't worry. I mean, we're cutting yarn. It's going opposite direction as Kenny the bore him. And if you want, feel free to tap the Toms if you all just want, if you want it all to just speak up pile. Really liking this highlighting effect that this is doing. So I'm going to leave some a little more just to see that darker and have it more. And you don't necessarily have to cut all the ones that are sticky. We can just kinda push them in like this. So again up to you. Once there they have a pretty good cut going. You can see the shape with edge blade. It's very helpful for that. Again, make sure here we are. It's so cute. Key. It's got texture. It's got color. I'm just put this in your hallway and just be like Hello. See See what I told you. One more. Okay. I'm done. I'm not maybe maybe I'm done. Okay. So what you can do is you can put this in a frame when you're done, just make sure if you want a rectangle that or whatever that it actually fits the fabric is not cutting too much. And you can put it in a wooden hoop, whatever you want and you just hanging on your wall and look how cute. 5. Finishing: So now that we are done, we need to make it even more cuter by displaying it properly. So I'm gonna take this out of my no-slip WHO? Which you can reuse for many more projects to come. This is the strongest hoop on the market and the only one I recommend for punch needle. Then I'm going to grab this. So a regular embroidery hoop. And then this cutie pie, which is like a display box that you can hang like this. So I'm gonna put this away for a second. And we're going to put this in this hoop. It tighten this more so it doesn't keep slipping. So what we're gonna do, you need how much go? Alright, so what you need to do now is put glue along this inner rim. Doesn't have to be perfect. As long as it's there. Then I'm going to grab these magic clips. And I'm going to fold the fabric over the edge and you can push the outer ring so at the edge meets the inner and you're just going to put a clip on there. Do this all around. Once this is done, you're going to leave it for I would give it a good good for hours. I usually leave mine overnight, but I think four hours we'll do even that might be too much, honestly, week is almost dry pretty quickly. Tom stretch. Oh, I've got some yarn here that flew over for my drafting project. Okay, I'm going to take all of these are take this off and cut the fabric. About this much. Just be careful not to cut into your work. Okay? Now we take our display box, the top here. So we want to make sure that this is Leonard. Okay? And all you need to do is but some hot glue on four points on the hoop and then glue it to this. That's it. You're done.