Mad Scientist by Day, Seamstress by Night, SeamstressErin sews, knits, quilts, crafts, and does needlework. She aspires to inspire and inform on her blog at SeamstressErin.com.
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Hi! I’m SeamstressErin. I blog about
Sew-Knit-Craft-Quilt-Needlework at SeamstressErin.com . I’m excited to be a Summer Bloggin’ guest poster
on &Stitches. My first love is garment sewing, but I have been getting more
and more into needlework. For my second guest post, I have put together 5 Tips
for Successfully Embroidering Clothing because it offers a few challenges that
you don’t have to consider when you aren’t wearing your finished embroidery.
For some inspiration, check out my previous blog post on &Stitches
featuring a gallery of inspiring embroidery on clothing.
- The
wrong side of your embroidery may rub when you wear the garment. Consider
putting your embroidery somewhere where you can add a facing or a lining
to the inside so that it doesn’t irritate you or wear away at the
embroidery. A yoke, like this example by Rochelle of Lucky Lucille is a great example.
- The
right side of the embroidery may snag when you wear the garment. This
makes it important to knot your thread on the back of the embroidery much
more frequently than you normally would so that if it does snag, it will
only disturb a small part of the embroidery.
- The
embroidery may be subject to stretching as you wear the garment. If you
normally work with dissolvable or tear-away stabilizers, consider using a
permanent stabilizer so the embroidery has a bit of permanent strength and
stability to it.
- The
embroidered section will need to behave similarly to the rest of the
garment. For this reason, it’s important that you don’t use too heavy of a
stabilizer to that your embroidered section is stiff and bulky while the
rest of the garment drapes.
- Your garment will need to be washed. For this reason, it’s important to test the colorfastness of your thread. Embroider several strands of all the colors you will be using on a light colored piece of fabric and dip it into lukewarm water to see if the colors bleed. If they do, consider soaking your thread in vinegar, rinsing it out, letting it dry, and then repeating the experiment. Always was the garment in cold water.
P.S. If you have any further tips about embroidering clothing please share them in the comments!
I am interested in learning the embroidery. I want to open a boutique of my own.
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