Intermediate Embroidery: Getting Creative with Printed Fabrics

Push your embroidery to new heights by using printed fabrics. In this course, you'll learn how to create your own images, print them on fabric, and embroider hair and clothing for a unique final project.

with Floor Giebels
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  • Intermediate
  • 4.8 (6 Reviews)
  • 1.9 hours
  • Closed Captioning
Produce creative embroidery using printed fabrics.

This intermediate embroidery course shows you how to source images and make creative collages that you can print on fabric and embroider. Embroidery artist Floor Giebels will show you how to easily embroider realistic hair and clothing so that you can take your craft to new heights.

  • Getting Started
  • Getting Acquainted with Embroidery Materials
  • Sourcing Images and Making Collages
  • Supplies Checklist
  • Sample Images
  • How to Print Fabric at Home or Using a Printing Service
  • Selecting a Color Palette
  • Embroidery Patterns
  • Learning Basic Stitches
  • Project I: Creating Realistic Hair Embroidery
  • Extra Practice: Hair Embroidery
  • Project II: Embroidering Realistic Clothing
  • Finishing and Framing Your Hoops
  • What's Next
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to the next level?
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Meet your instructor Floor. Embroidery Artist.

Having studied graphic design, after graduating Floor found her artistic freedom and expression through the more traditional art of embroidery. Entirely self-taught, she started her artistic journey in 2016 and is continually learning new skills and applying them to her work. She likes to explore the boundaries of traditional hand embroidery by creating mixed media pieces—using different materials and techniques to create contrast and compliment the thread itself.

During her journey, Floor has found that embroidery lets her explore the textures present in the world around her. Living on the coast means the beautiful beaches, scenery, and animals right at her doorstep constantly offer inspiration for new projects. Inspired by this coastal location, a favorite topic to explore in her pieces is the interplay between textures and water.

By sharing her knowledge she hopes to inspire others to take the same steps she did—to discover the joy of hand embroidery. Join her, and let’s create something beautiful, together!

I created this course to show students in an easy step-by-step way how they can combine embroidery with printed fabric.

I love helping other embroidery artists strengthen their skills and learn new things. I really enjoy working with printed fabrics and wanted to share some of my tips and tricks.

First we will find suitable pictures, then get the images printed onto fabric, and finally, add embroidery to create eye-catching artwork. I will show students how to master this mixed media technique, and the sky is then the limit!

Learn to Embroider on Printed Fabrics

  • Learn how to create your own photo collages
  • See how you can print fabric at home or use a printing service
  • Learn how to embroider realistic hair and clothing
Intermediate Embroidery: Getting Creative with Printed Fabrics
with Floor Giebels

$34.95

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Join me on a mixed media adventure and combine embroidery with printed fabric to make something truly special. Let's get stitching!
Learning new skills can help you take your embroidery to a new level. What are you waiting for?

Floor Giebels
Reviews
5 star rating

Interesting, enjoyable, and informative

Michele Rickitt

I absolutely loved this class. Floor is a great teacher. Everything was clearly explained and then demonstrated in the videos. This is an excellent course for anyone who wants to extend their embroidery skills. I learned so much for embroiderin...

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I absolutely loved this class. Floor is a great teacher. Everything was clearly explained and then demonstrated in the videos. This is an excellent course for anyone who wants to extend their embroidery skills. I learned so much for embroidering hair and clothing going forward. I’m looking forward to experimenting with the techniques.

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5 star rating

Thread Painting made easy

Elizabeth Frier

The instructions are simple to follow and very informative. A new creative way to expand one's embroidery skills.

The instructions are simple to follow and very informative. A new creative way to expand one's embroidery skills.

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Fun embroidery!

Frances Rosenfeld

I really liked her relaxed attitude and technique.

I really liked her relaxed attitude and technique.

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Frequently Asked Questions

This course is aimed at people who are already familiar with embroidery. But, if you are a confident beginner, you can certainly give it a try. Floor has included a practice illustration for hair embroidery, so you’ll also be able to give that a go before completing the course project if that makes you more comfortable.

There are so many types of embroidery threads out there– it can be quite fascinating. Try them all and see which one works best for your project. Floor does mention DMC embroidery thread for its high quality in which that it is colorfast over time. Even if you don't end up using DMC thread, most embroidery threads use DMC numbers, so you can easily follow this course's embroidery pattern. Here are some embroidery tools recommended for this course:

- Embroidery Needles

- Crewel Needles

- 7-inch (18-cm) embroidery hoop

- Glue Stick or Craft Glue

- Cotton Batiste Fabric

- Inkjet Printer (optional)  

- Full-Page Shipping Labels

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In addition to printing fabric at home using a basic inkjet printer, the course also goes over how you can use an online printing service to create your fabrics. In the course, Floor recommends Spoonflower, but any online service will do.

Yes! Feel free to be creative. While Floor will show her techniques using two images, you can certainly take these lessons on how to embroider hair and clothing and apply them to your own image.

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