Stitching Through the Snow: Hand Embroidery Christmas Pattern

1. Introduction: Get your favorite drink and your favorite podcast ready for some cozy Christmas embroidery. I will show you how you can make this project and have your home Christmas ready. 2. Class Project: For the class project, I want you to trace the design in a way that you like. You can use the method that I'm using with the iPad or have a look at my class about how to craft your ideas onto fabric. You will know what materials to use. In the class project there is a PDF with all the threads you need and can use and where you can get all the materials. We will first make the read and after that, we will make the Robin. Upload your finish embroidery in the project section, and I would love to see it. Good luck, and let's start with our Christmas embroidery project. 3. Materials : In this lesson, you will know all the materials you need to complete this project. Don't forget that in the project section, you can find all the details on what to get for this project. Embroidery hoop, I would recommend a 20 centimeter hoop. You can, of course, make your project smaller or bigger scissors. It does not matter what kind of scissors. I would recommend ones that you really like to look at thread. On the project section of this class, you can find links to the treads that I recommend buying. It will also say what color and every time I use a new color, it will appear on screen so you know exactly what color to use. Needle, as long as it has a sharp point, you are good to go. I don't believe you need special embroidery needles. I also believe that needles are very personal in what you like. As long as it has a pointee, and you are good to go. Pritstick to finish your project and frame it in the hoop. For the fabric, as long as it does not have stretch in it, it is fine. You can use linen or cotton. I'm using but tis cotton, and for the tracing of the pattern, you will need a marker. You can also use a pencil or a palette friction pens that go away when you put heat on it. Now you know the materials. Let's get this design on the fabric in the next lesson. 4. Tracing your Design on Fabric: Get your pattern ready from the downloads. In this lesson, I'm going to show you how you trace a pattern from your iPad. But I do want to point out that I also have a separate class on how to get your on boarder designs on fabric. If you don't have an iPad and you want to get your pattern on fabric. But for this lesson, I'm going to show you how to use your iPad. We want the screen to not move when we touch it, so let's make sure it will not do that. First, go to the settings on your iPad and after that, go to accessibility. Then go to guided access. And then go to pass code settings and turn on Touch ID. Now you go back to Guided Access and go to display Ota Look and put in Never. Now you can press the home button three times and you can put in a code to lock your screen and we can trace our pattern. I'm using a fine liner, but you can use a pencil or a marker that goes away when you put heat on it. Now you know how to get your pattern on the fabric. Let's go and start making our embroidery piece. 5. Pines and Wreath: On the screen, you can see the color that I'm using and how many strands. We are starting with the pine branches. You are going to bring your needle up. In the back, you can make a knot or just let it hang like I'm doing. I'm just putting my finger on the back and after two stitches, it will be secured to let go of the finger. I'm going back in the fabric with my needle and come up a little bit further and then go back with my needle in the other stitch. And you are going to continue doing that. For the sides, you can just make one stitch to the side and back. You are going to make all those branches this way. For the branches of the berry, we are going to do the same thing. Now that we have the reed, and the pine branches ready, we are going to make the berries. 6. Berries : For the berries, you take two strands of the color 666 and make straight stitches across. When it's all filled, you make a line around it over the line that you've drawn. 7. Leaves : For the leaves, you make long and short stitches next to each other, and I repeat making this until I'm at the top. I'm also making a line around the leaf where I've drawn the line. When you made all the leaves, we are going to make the robin. This is optional. You can also only make the Christmas wreath, but why not go all the way and also make the robin? 8. Robin: Now, with the robin, we start with black for the beak and the eyes. You can do this with straight stitches. Also for the robin, we are going to use one strength for everything. For the rest of the robin, you make long and short stitches to mimic the fir. When you made your first row of stitches, you go in with the next row of stitches in between the other stitches to fill it up. You do this all the way towards the line that you drawn, and you continue doing this with all the other colors. If you want a more in depth class about how to stitch fur, then I would recommend watching my class on how to stitch woodland animals. We are using the same color that we used for the branches for the legs of the robin. When the robin is done, we are going to finish our hoop and have it ready for display. 9. Finishing : When your embroidery is done, we are going to glue it in the hoop and going to use a slightly smaller hoop to display it in. Kind of like it better that way. After you put it in the hoop, you like you cut down the fabric, and you take the pred stick and put it all over the fabric, and then you simply fold it over the wood. Now you're done. Thank you for joining me in this class and see you next time in another embroidery adventure.