Bullion Rose Bud Video Tutorial
Here's a video tutorial for a rose bud made out of bullion knots. The bullion knot can be used to make beautiful roses and rose buds, and, believe it or not, they're actually really simple to make once you get the hang of it!
The video tutorial for the bullion rose bud is rather long. It covers not only making the bullion rose bud, but also beginning and ending your threads when making little flowers like the bullion rose bud.
This is the bud that I make in the video. The filming was done a bit farther away than usual, but I think you can get the gist of the method pretty clearly. This is the order of stitching:
1. The first center bullion in stitched in dark pink or red. It's the bullion on the left in the picture.
2. The second center bullion is stitched in dark pink or red, to the right of the first stitch. It's a little bit longer than the first stitch.
3. The third bullion is stitched in medium pink, to the right of the second stitch, starting just above and to the right of it, and wrapping down below the middle of the two center stitches.
4. The fourth bullion is stitched in medium pink, to the left of the first center stitch. The stitch actually begins above the first center stitch, and wraps around below bullion #3.
5. The fifth bullion is stitched in medium pink, immediately to the left of bullion #4, and a little bit lower, wrapping around below and slightly to the right of the last stitch.
6. The sixth bullion is stitched in light pink, to the right of bullion #3 (on the right side of the bud). It starts slightly lower than bullion #3, and wraps around below the end of bullion #5.
After the sixth bullion is completed, a fly stitch is used to add the green at the base of the bud.
This may sound confusing, but if you watch the video, you'll see how easy it really is to make perfect little bullion rose buds!
You'll need three colors to make this bud: a dark pink or red, a medium pink, and a light pink. I'm using 2 strands of DMC in the video, with a milliner needle, on a tightly woven, high thread count muslin.
Here's the video:
If you want to learn basic embroidery stitches, check out the rest of the embroidery video tutorials available in my Video Library of Stitches. Feel free to share the link with stitching friends, or people just getting into the art of embroidery!
Have fun with it!
The video tutorial for the bullion rose bud is rather long. It covers not only making the bullion rose bud, but also beginning and ending your threads when making little flowers like the bullion rose bud.
This is the bud that I make in the video. The filming was done a bit farther away than usual, but I think you can get the gist of the method pretty clearly. This is the order of stitching:
1. The first center bullion in stitched in dark pink or red. It's the bullion on the left in the picture.
2. The second center bullion is stitched in dark pink or red, to the right of the first stitch. It's a little bit longer than the first stitch.
3. The third bullion is stitched in medium pink, to the right of the second stitch, starting just above and to the right of it, and wrapping down below the middle of the two center stitches.
4. The fourth bullion is stitched in medium pink, to the left of the first center stitch. The stitch actually begins above the first center stitch, and wraps around below bullion #3.
5. The fifth bullion is stitched in medium pink, immediately to the left of bullion #4, and a little bit lower, wrapping around below and slightly to the right of the last stitch.
6. The sixth bullion is stitched in light pink, to the right of bullion #3 (on the right side of the bud). It starts slightly lower than bullion #3, and wraps around below the end of bullion #5.
After the sixth bullion is completed, a fly stitch is used to add the green at the base of the bud.
This may sound confusing, but if you watch the video, you'll see how easy it really is to make perfect little bullion rose buds!
You'll need three colors to make this bud: a dark pink or red, a medium pink, and a light pink. I'm using 2 strands of DMC in the video, with a milliner needle, on a tightly woven, high thread count muslin.
Here's the video:
If you want to learn basic embroidery stitches, check out the rest of the embroidery video tutorials available in my Video Library of Stitches. Feel free to share the link with stitching friends, or people just getting into the art of embroidery!
Have fun with it!
Labels: beginner embroidery, Hand embroidery stitches, video tutorials
Posted By: Mary Corbet on Sunday, May 06, 2007
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Wonderful video - thank you SO much! I wanted to embroider these down the front of a christening gown for my sister's baby, but couldn't get them to look right and was ready to give up. Now I see what I was doing wrong, and they're going to look great. You've made my day!
Thank you!! It has been many years since I smocked dresses for my girls (the oldest is getting married in two weeks), but just recently had the desire to take it up again. Your website is wonderful! Thank you for taking the trouble to create the video demos. You can easily spend a lot of money on supplies and plates, but as a dabbler, I appreciate the trouble you have gone to.
Anne Stone
Sandy Run, SC
This is a fabulous resource, thank you for sharing this with the cyber public! I am working my very first crazy quilt, in memorium for my mother-in-law, and I want to embellish and embroider the piece with all kinds of beautiful stitches. Now I will be able to do so with confidence! Bless you!
Thank you for this wonderful video!
Your instructions were a great help - I embroidered my first bullion rose this weekend.
I created a rose rather than a rose bud. To do this I worked around the centre bullion knots in larger incriments, using different colours. I'm very happy with the result.
This is such a wonderful resource. I wish I had found it sooner!!
Do you mind if I post a link on my blog? I'm sure some of my pals will find it very helpful.
Best wishes..Bernie
Thanks, Bernie! & Thanks for the tip on making a rose!
Glad it was helpful! Link away!
Your site is absolutely wonderful! Thank you SEW much for these great videos & instructions. I have sent your link to lots & lots of friends who are all trying to learn such handwork. They have all been very impressed.
Most Appreciated,
Thank you so very much for your informative site and tutorials. You are a blessing to the sewing community.
I have a question, are you useing 2 full strands of dmc or did you pull apart on strand to get the two strings. thanks
HI -
I pulled about the floss (or stripped it) and took only two strands from the six...
MC
Thanks so very much for this video. It's helped me get the process down re: the bullion stitch. However, I am currently working on a sampler on linen (32 count) that requires bullion roses. I have made 2 of the 3 needed, but each one was a challenge because of the relatively 'loose' weave of the linen, compared to the fabric you used in your video. The challenge is to keep the stitch from unwinding or being 'swallowed' by the fabric as I try to finish it off. Any suggestions?
Thanks again!
Hi, Marg -
How many strands of floss are you using? You might try to increase the number of strands by one or two, to see if that helps. If you're using a relatively fine floss and winding the bullions tightly, then I could see how they would have a hard time staying above the fabric. I'd increase the number of strands of floss and see how that works!
Best,
Mary
I used to embroider and have just returned to it after many years. This site is so wonderful. It teaches me new stitches/methods and refreshes my memory from those I once did. Thank you so much for the clear videos with your nice voice explaining every detail. You are keeping this craft alive!!! Linda in Israel
that is so wonderful..very clear tutorials..you helped me alot...thank you!!!
A really helpful video, thanks Mary.
I have passed your link to friends and some of the groups I'm in as each tute is well worthwhile viewing.
Wouw...., I`m very happy to found jour videos. I will try to stitch this bullion rose.
Regards Gaby.
Thank you so much for the help on making the bullion rose. I haven't made any in years and your video was very helpful. I also made a little frog with the bullion stitch but can not for the life of me remember how I did it. Can you help me?
I've never made a frog with bullions There's a great book called the A-Z of Bullions, published by Country Bumpkin, and they have all kinds of things you can make from bullions in it, from animals to flowers to clowns and on and on. Maybe a book like that would help....
Hi Mary
Am great fan of u .. n i really admire ur talent...
Pls keep posting ..
Love you n ur work
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