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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Long and short flower



In one of my posts last year, I’d written about long and short stitch direction rules. Please click here for the post. Those of you following my blogs must have read my experiments using these rules to improve my long and short stitch. I’d tried 2 different types of leaves and I’m satisfied with both results. I would love to embroider more complicated leaves using this method but today, I would like to share with you a simple long and short flower which I’d embroidered. This flower doesn’t have overlapping petals,( a continuous petal)  so it’s quite easy to embroider.



For this flower, the point of attachment between the petal and the stem is the small dot in the center. Split stitch or outline stitch the flower before starting the long and short embroidery.



As in my long and short leaf 2, I didn’t draw the directional lines on the flower pattern. Rather, I just held the thread toward the dot and stitch into that direction. Starting from the middle, stitch all the way to the left, alternating long and short stitches. Then, embroider from the middle to the right. Here, I’d finished the first row.



Finished the second row. As you can see here, I’d started embroidering on the second part of the petal, from the middle to the left.



Continue in this manner for the whole petal.



The next row is white. I just started from one point, worked long and short stitches in clockwise position till I came back to the starting point. All the while, I pointed the stitches toward the small dot.



Fill the center with French knots.

16 comments:

  1. I was waiting for such a nice tutorial on long and short ..thank u soo much..:-)

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  2. Pretty flower...I like the white center,it brightens the flower.
    well done Ina !

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  3. OLÁ INA,
    AMEI O TEU TRABALHO, SOU FÃ DOS BORDADOS.
    ESTOU TE SEGUINDO PARA VER MAIS DETALHES DOS BORDADOS.
    BEIJOS

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  4. your work with long and short stitch is very nice. this stitch is so difficult ! I am learning it, but it is soooo long to make it.

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  5. I haven't done much with long/short stitching. Your flower turned out so pretty. I may have to try this stitch again.

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  6. Your long short stitches and flower look wonderful Ina! Thank you very much for sharing the process and pictures.

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  7. I love this! You did a beatutiful job and thank you for the tutorial.

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  8. Oh, your flower is beautiful! You make it look and sound so easy. I have tried it before without much success, but I will be brave enough to try again!

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  9. Impressive blog post. it is very simple way to stitch the flower. You have done the fantastic job.

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  10. Long and short stitch is my nemesis, but you have made it look simple.

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  11. Wonderful work........... thanks for this wonderful tutorial.

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  12. Long and Short stitch is a nightmare for me..I think this tutorial gives me courage to try this out..Thank you

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  13. Wow! My most dreaded stitch. Lovely combination

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  14. how many strands did u use to do long and short stitch?

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