Sveti Stefan stitch along. Part 1

Architectural embroidery Sveti Stefan. Two embroideries with an island, houses and greenery — Sveti Stefan embroideries made in 7 and 5 inch hoops

I created this project to celebrate 200k in my Instagram account @faimyxstitch. And it went great so I want these videos to be available for everyone who wants to learn embroidery. I prepared the design of a beautiful place in Montenegro - Sveti Stefan island. This stitch along is going to be about the textures and you’re not going to need a lot of supplies.

Supplies for the project:

Embroidery Hoop - 5, 6 or 7 inch. I’ve made image for transfer for all these sizes
Fabric - Kona cotton, quilting cotton, cotton for patchwork. Or any not stretchy, not very dense fabric
DMC cotton 6-strands thread. Colors: 310, 598, 3864, 3772, 3032, 991). If you’re not a beginner you can experiment with threads and colors. Experiments are always welcome!
Needles - two needles or one needle and pin. I use tapestry needle size 28
Pencil or pilot point heat erasable pen or water-soluble pen (watch the video about checking if you can use the pencil on your fabric)
Scissors to cut fabric and thread. Any from your home is fine
Glue gun - it's not necessary, I’ll show two ways to finish the hoop. The second only requires thread

Closer look on the supplies in my video

I'll show you the design and supplies in this video. Do you need the tightening screw on the hoop? How the right fabric looks? How to understand if you can use pencil for transfer? And other details that important to know before the start

How to get the images for transfer

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Transfer the design

In this video I'm showing how to use embroidery hoop, create fabric tension and how to transfer design on fabric

Embroidery basics

How to thread a needle? What is the strange thing I use for embroidery? How to make a knot? How to end stitches and change thread? How to make backstitch? In this video I talk about my hoop stand, how to start and finish stitches, thread needle, make knots and you will embroider backstitch

I divided project into three articles so you won't forget to take breaks in between embroidery. In the second part you'll embroider houses, roof and trees