As you all know, I’ve been experimenting with the long and
short stitch direction, which I’d discussed here.The
method can be used for flower petals and leaves which are flat but to use this
for rounded (3-D) objects a little bit of adjustment is needed.Today, I’m going
to share with you a long and short embroidery tutorial for strawberry from my
understanding of the long and short direction rules.
O is the point of
attachment of the strawberry and it’s stem.Stitch direction rules state that
you’ll have to embroider from the tip towards point O.But my view is that
you’ll have to consider the distance between the tip and point O on a real
strawberry.Imagine in your mind that you’re measuring the distance of a real
fruit using a thread and when you place the thread flat, you’ll get a point
below O.Here, I’ve marked the point as O’, which is 5mm below O (the height of
the strawberry is 3.5cm). Work a small stitch to mark this point.You can remove
the stitch after the embroidery is completed.
Split stitch or
outline stitch the pattern with 2 strands of thread.Embroider from the tip
towards point O’, from the middle, all the way down to the left or right.Just
hold the thread towards the small stitch and stitch into that direction,
alternating long and short stitches.
Continue on the other
side.
The second row is
worked in the same manner.Always hold the thread towards point O’ and stitch
into that direction.
The final row is
completed.
Start embroidering
the calyx.
Complete the calyx
and work french knots on the strawberry using 2 strands of thread.
(Attn : This tutorial is my creation from my
understanding of the long and short direction rules.Please don’t try to copy
the tutorial in any form, on your website, printed materials, youtube etc.You
can show the finished work but please link it back to my blog).
