![]() Create as many French knots as you’d like with your length of floss, but leave yourself at least 3″ at the end. The end result is a neat, three-dimensional knot that sits on the surface of your fabric.Ĩ. Next, slowly push the needle through the fabric, releasing the floss and lifting the hoop up off your work surface, allowing you to pull the floss all the way through. ![]() Now gently pull the floss with your non-dominant hand and watch the wrapped knot slide down the needle to the surface of the fabric.ħ. Position the tip of the needle right next to where the floss initially came up through the surface and then pierce the fabric again-but don’t push the needle all of the way through. Bring the needle towards your body and hold it parallel to the fabric wrap the taut part of the floss around the needle three times. There’s no need to pull hard, you just want to create a straight line of the floss with gentle tension.Ħ. Hold your needle in your dominant hand and then take the 2″ to 3″ of the floss closest to your knot, hold it taut with your non-dominant hand, and don’t let go. Set your hooped fabric down on your work surface. Determine the location of your first French knot and push your threaded needle through the fabric, entering from the underside and pulling the floss through until the knot catches on the back.ĥ. Knot one end and thread the other through your embroidery needle leaving a 2″ tail. Cut a 12″ to 16″ length of embroidery floss, and split off three strands. Load your fabric into your embroidery hoop so the surface is smooth and taut. If you’re concerned about “ruining” your image, know this: you can practice on scrap fabric until you feel more confident and any rogue knots can be pulled out, allowing you to start again!Ĥ. Before you begin, consider your overall composition by printing a practice photo on paper and sketching the general placement of your stitches. ![]() ![]() It’s best to scale your imagery to no smaller than 4″ x 6″.ģ. Using an inkjet printer, you can print your image yourself onto paper-backed cotton fabric sheets (Jacquard Cotton Inkjet Fabric Sheets, $18.99 for a pack of 10, )įor a higher-quality result, upload your image to a fabric print-on-demand service, like (I recommend choosing “linen cotton canvas”), and wait for your fabric-printed photo to arrive. There are two ways to transfer an image to fabric. Crisp, clear, black-and-white photographs work best, and will provide an eye-popping contrast with colorful embroidery floss.Ģ. Select a favorite personal photograph or public domain image that can be used without permissions or restrictions, like from The New York Public Library (, check the “public domain materials” box) or the British Library (/photos/britishlibrary). ![]()
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