Woven Picot - another Embroidery Video Tutorial
There are many dimensional embroidery stitches that I really like, but I think one of the most fun is the woven picot. You can do a lot with it! It's an easy embroidery stitch - it looks more advanced than it actually is! It's a great stitch for adding texture to your embroidery project, and it doesn't necessarily have to be free standing. To help you get it down, here are some photos and a video!
The woven picot that I'm going to show you in the video, and that you can see in the photos below, is the "typical" shape and size, but don't limit yourself! You can play with this stitch for a lot of different effects. Take, for example, the seaweed in this piece on Valquiria's blog, Qualquer Motivo. She has elongated the woven picot and turned it and tacked it down, to make a really nice interpretation of underwater vegetation.
You can do all kinds of things with this stitch - flowers come to mind right off the bat, as does any kind of leafy greenery. If you like to build up stitches for a dimenstional effect, this is a great stitch for that. If you're into stumpwork, you're bound to come across the woven picot.
I think it's a fun stitch!
In the video, I'm using a tapestry needle and #5 perle cotton. You can use practically any kind of thread with this, but it does really well with thread that has a little more "body" to it.
Without further ado, here's the video:
To learn more hand embroidery stitches, please visit my Video Library of Stitches. You'll find video tutorials for 45 stitches here at Needle 'n Thread --- and more coming!
Enjoy!
The woven picot that I'm going to show you in the video, and that you can see in the photos below, is the "typical" shape and size, but don't limit yourself! You can play with this stitch for a lot of different effects. Take, for example, the seaweed in this piece on Valquiria's blog, Qualquer Motivo. She has elongated the woven picot and turned it and tacked it down, to make a really nice interpretation of underwater vegetation.
You can do all kinds of things with this stitch - flowers come to mind right off the bat, as does any kind of leafy greenery. If you like to build up stitches for a dimenstional effect, this is a great stitch for that. If you're into stumpwork, you're bound to come across the woven picot.
I think it's a fun stitch!
In the video, I'm using a tapestry needle and #5 perle cotton. You can use practically any kind of thread with this, but it does really well with thread that has a little more "body" to it.
Without further ado, here's the video:
To learn more hand embroidery stitches, please visit my Video Library of Stitches. You'll find video tutorials for 45 stitches here at Needle 'n Thread --- and more coming!
Enjoy!
Labels: Hand embroidery stitches, needlework pictures, pictures, video tutorials
Posted By: Mary Corbet on Thursday, January 17, 2008
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3 Comments:
Well, that's just... COOL! ;-) Thank you very much.
Brillant! Thank you very much!
I have been wondering how this is done, now I know. Thank you so very much for all the video stitches it really helps. I applicate the time and effort you have gone to for all of us.
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