Hoop up some woven water soluble stabilizer, lower the feed dogs, put your darning/hopping/embroidery foot on for free motion embroidering, choose your thread color and let's make leaves!
This shows Steps 1-4. Below is a close up of Step 1. You start by making a nice sturdy stem, sew out the leaf shape of your choice, and run a vein from stem to tip top.
Step 2: Start sewing from tip top in 'tear drop' loops, from larger, smaller, smallest.
See 2 below.
Step 3. Start at stem or tip top and 'snake' back and forth down the length of the leaf.
You now have a good strong base to sew your leaf so the threads will all hang
together when you wash away the stabilizer.
Step 4. Final step is to 'fill in' your leaf. I usually start at the bottom, at an angle, and work my way to the tip top, going right on down the other side. I love variegated thread, it does most of the work for you! But I do make solid color leaves at times, and when I do, I will choose a darker contrasting thread to ziggy zag the outside of the leaf and the stem and run up and down the center vein a couple times.
Once the leaves are completed I rinse out most, but not all, of the stabilizer in warm water. By leaving a smidgeon of the stabilizer in the leaf, it acts like a bendable stiffener when the leaf is dry, making it somewhat poseable.
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| Have fun with your leaves! |
LYNDY I want to thank you for
ReplyDeletethe beautiful and useful tutorial.
Are you sure I am going to try
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flowers and leaves.
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You are welcome, Quiltonline! Glad you could use the translator. Leaves are very fun to make. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteVous êtes les bienvenus, Quiltonline ! Heureux que vous ayez pu utiliser le traducteur. Feuilles sont très amusant à faire. Profitez-en !
Thanks Lindy! Ok so these are thread painted! This will be a good practice and reintroduction to thread painting. I have not done any seriously since 02 when i took an embellishing class in Colorado. I cant remember if that class had handouts. somehow i think not. If it did i have lost them. LOL
ReplyDeleteThis helps me to remember the steps i need to do!
Opps that is from Anne. I have to figure out how to publish this with my name!
ReplyDeleteAnne! I am so proud of you for 'moving on' to leaf production. I thought thread flowers would have you for weeks! :?}
ReplyDeleteOh Lindy! I have learned the neatest way to make delicate stamens for flowers!
ReplyDeleteI also have a bag of alpaca now. How do I wash it? What are the steps to do to work with it? I won't be able to dye for 2-3 weeks as my deck is being remodeled. It will make a great work area when I do it!.