Creative Fabric Techniques: Embroidery, Stamping & Distress Inking – Part 1

Nov 10, 2024

Christmas, Crafting, Embroidery, Fabric | Fiber, Holidays, Mixed Media, Slow Stitch, Slow Stitching, stamping, Stitch Your Stamps, Upcycle

Skill:
Medium

Category:
Slow Stitching

Experimenting with Distressing, Stamping, and Stitching Fabric for Exciting Results

In Part 1, I show you how to distress your background fabric, apply the stamped image on the fabric and use embroidery to color and shade the image. You will learn six simple stitches and enjoy the relaxing, mindful rhythm of stitching fabric. Explore a whole new way to enjoy stamping.

Later, in Part 2, you will learn about slow stitching and where to buy fabric stretcher bars for a lot less money. I also show how to mount the fabric for display and the finished piece reveal.

TOOLS

Festive Collage stamp
Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
Distress Ink: Vintage Photo
Stamping Block
Embroidery needle
Embroidery Hoop
Scissors

MATERIALS

DMC Embroidery Floss: 304, 319, 349, 543, 744, 988
Various fabrics
Red seed beads

Couching Stitch

Endless possibilities to attach unique yarns and other objects to the surface of the fabric

Split Stitch

Used to create a more seamless line of straight stitches. Insert the needle into the stitch behind it to effectively split the previous fiber and create a more even blend of stitches.

Leaf Stitch

A beautiful stitch to create leaves and flower petals

Satin Stitch

Versatile stitch to cover large areas

Lazy Daisy Stitch

I did this stitch upside down so that the pointed part was upwards to appear like a small leaf. I also did an extra stitch in the middle to fill the center.