Freshly bought cotton textiles are often provided with a finish. In order to ensure that the finish holds well Fabric paint on the textile, it should be washed in advance
First moisten the bag a little with
water and decorate the background with watercolours
and a stippling brush
. Let the colours dry and fix everything with the
iron. Print out the
pattern, put it glued together in the bag and transfer all lines with the Strich-Ex-pen
(the painted lines will disappear after a few hours) to the fabric
Now start with the embroidery: Amongst other things, tension stitches and satin stitches were used, but also nodule stitches (pearl hyacinths) and the daisy stitch (small yellow flowers at the bottom right). The yellow dandelion blossom was designed with the Punch
Needle and Catania
wool from the left side of the fabric and then
fixed with fabric glue.
Tip: You can find the most important basic stitches in
Books from the embroidery section
As soon as you are satisfied with your result, the entire left fabric side of the designed area is secured with Vlieseline. The stable iron-on fleece bonds to the cotton bag through the heat of the iron.
