Do you love the look of hand stitched accessories? Me too! This D.I.Y. is absolutely adorable and so much fun to stitch up while watching a movie at home with hot tea and popcorn. Enjoy…
Supplies Needed: white cotton fabric, an embroidery hoop, a pen, gold leather or faux leather, embroidery thread, needles, a chain, jump rings and a pair of jewelry pliers.
1. Sketch the chevron pattern you wish to embroider on your cotton with a pen or pencil, then fill in the pattern using straight stitches. The secret to getting a beautiful result is to sew the stitches really close to one another. 2. Change color for each row of chevron and try to change the orientation of your stitches with each color. At the top of each row sew some back stitches to hide the junction between colors. 3. When you’re done with the embroidery of the chevron, take a piece of white cotton fabric a little larger than your design, and the piece of leather cut at the same width as your chevron (you can cut the length the size you want). 4. Use a rotary cutter or scissors to fringe your leather. Leave 1 inch unfringed at the top. 5. Put your white cotton fabric and the chevron pattern right side together. Secure with pins and sew on the side and on the top leaving an open space to be able to turn your chevron right side out. Don’t sew the bottom. 6. Once sewed, insert the piece of leather through the bottom of your chevron, pin it and sew it. 7. Turn your chevron and embroider all the edges to hide the stitching and to give a pretty finished look to your chevron. 8. Hook your chain on the embroidery stitches you just made using the jump rings. ♥
This D.I.Y. was brought to you by A Beautiful Mess reader Julie Camaille. Take a peek at Julie's Etsy shops, One Little Red Fox + Pamplemouss. They are both full of gorgeous handmade work. xo. elsie
Just about any minahce can do this for you. You will need a minahce that has a zig-zag stitch and one that you can release pressure of the foot. This might not make sense to someone without basic knowledge of a minahce. To sew use the instructions, to embroider put the stitch setting on zig-zag, the stitch length as small as possible and release the foot pressure to zero. The little teeth that normally pull the material along will now be retracted into the minahce. You must put your hands on the material on either side of the foot [put the foot down] and you can use them as the guide to move the material any way you like. The cloth must be thick enough to hold the embroidery, you can use purchased interfacing for this. Just put it in the back or inside the item your . I use this for writing, pictures, or anything else I want to sew onto things [oh, and it’s great for patches on] just grab some material and experiment. Have fun.
This is amazing!!
That’s so pretty. <3
its so cute if you made it bigger and with a pocket it can be an adorable purse!!
Since you put the leather piece on the inside and then sew it, is the leather going to be on the back when you flip it right side out or will it be on the inside?!
very cute, creative and hip!
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Brilliant tutorial ~ I can’t wait to try it out for myself 🙂
bold beautiful idea, thankyou
Love love love this! I’m going to make it this weekend.
This is a very interesting post.I hope you have a nice day! Very good article, well written and very thought out. I am looking forward to reading more of your posts in the future.
You’re fantastic!I’ll try to do this!
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This is so creative and awesome. I’m impressed!
oh my god…this is genius!! love it 🙂
This is adorable! This would really put my crafting skills to the test.
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This is so great! Just my style too! Thank so much for sharing this amazing DIY! 🙂 -Lo
Nice!
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Really neat. Love it!
Wow, that necklace is beautiful! That is one talented lady.
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Beautifully done! Looks great!
this reminds me of a festive take on thanksgiving accessorizing!! cute cute!