Using the same beginner-friendly embroidery stitches over and over again is a great way to learn the basics, but can get boring after a while. If you're like me, then you want to try new stitches and new ways to use them.
Have you mastered the back stitch? Is your satin stitching flat and smooth? Can you make a French knot it your sleep? Thankfully there are so many more embroidery stitches you can use to create texture and pattern! Seriously, there are hundreds of embroidery stitches!
Once you're comfortable with the basics, it can be fun to try new stitches and more advanced techniques.
Finding an advanced embroidery kit can be challenging if you don't know what to look for. Learn the difference between a beginner and an advanced kit, what factors you should consider when picking out an advanced embroidery kit, how to spot high quality materials, and where to find advanced embroidery kits online.
Finding Advanced Embroidery Kits: What to Look For
Difference Between Beginner and Advanced Embroidery Kits
When looking for an embroidery kit it can sometimes be hard to tell the skill level, types of stitches, different techniques, and even materials used in each kit.
Beginner hand embroidery kits often have a simple or outline style design that uses a few thread colors and embroidery stitches. Advanced embroidery kits will often use a wider variety of materials and stitches. You'll often see more texture, shading, and even 3D stitches in advanced embroidery kits.
Advanced embroidery kits will use stitches and techniques that are usually more complex than beginner kits. These techniques, stitches, and patterns are meant to build on your basic embroidery foundation and help you expand your skills. An advanced kit may include color shading, known as thread painting, add sculptural elements such as 3D stitches or stumpwork, and use a wider variety of materials that aren't as beginner-friendly to work with, like metallic thread, wire, silk thread, etc.
Advanced embroidery kits and patterns are usually more intricate designs. If you love filled in, texture-filled, detail-oriented embroideries then you might want to give one a try. If you enjoy simpler stitches and designs, you may want to stick with a beginner kit or pattern.
In an MCreativeJ advanced embroidery kit, you'll find all the materials to complete the project. This includes a high quality beechwood embroidery hoop, quilting cotton fabrics, full skeins of embroidery thread, an embroidery needle, a water soluble transfer design, long glass topped sewing pins, backing materials, and detailed printed instructions to walk you through the pattern from start to finish.
Factors to Consider When Picking an Advanced Embroidery Kit
Finding an embroidery kit that matches your skill level is just as important as picking out a design you're drawn to. If you pick out a kit that's too easy it can get boring, whereas if you pick out a kit that's too challenging, it might feel overwhelming and you don't want to finish or decide embroidery isn't for you. I would never want you to be deterred from falling in love with embroidery!
When picking out an advanced embroidery kit, be sure to look for a design that uses a wide variety of stitches and techniques. You can identify different stitches by looking for the various textures each stitch creates. For example a round knot might be a French or colonial knot, but a triangular knot is usually a Danish knot and a plus sign with a knot in the center is usually a four-legged knot. When looking for new techniques, look to see if the kit uses 3D elements, beads or other embellishments, and layers of stitches or fabrics, that you might not have tried before. Each of these materials use specific techniques that are similar yet different.
While advanced embroidery kits should feel a bit like a challenge, they should also build on foundations you're familiar with too.
Quality of Embroidery Materials
Nothing is worse than spending big bucks on an embroidery kit only to have the materials be lack luster. High quality designs need high quality materials.
An advanced embroidery kit should include a high end embroidery hoop, premium fabrics, full skeins of thread, high quality hand embroidery needles and pins, a pattern transfer method, curated embellishing materials, and detailed instructions to walk you through the design, making it easy to follow along and complete the project.
Find Creative Embroidery Designs
So now that you know what to look for in an advanced embroidery kit, you might be wondering, how can I find creative embroidery designs?
Sometimes you just know if you like a design or that you're drawn to certain patterns. Your interests and love of specific colors can lead you in the right direction.
It might be important to consider the end use. Will this embroidery hang in a certain room in your house? Will it be gifted after you've stitched it? Is it something you can wear and does it go with your wardrobe? Answers to these questions might impact the design or colors you choose to pick out.
Overall, it's important to make sure the kit has detailed instructions and precision in patterns. Be sure to read the embroidery kit description. Look for materials included and if you need to provide anything yourself. Does it align with your learning style? Are written instructions provided? Do they include photos or videos?
If you love nature and using various hand embroidery skills and techniques, try one of these advanced embroidery kits.
Wether you're looking for a beginner, intermediate, or advanced embroidery kit, I've got you covered! MCreativeJ offers a wide variety of nature inspired embroidery kits and patterns for modern makers.
Our hand embroidery kits include all of the high quality materials you'll need to create a finished project. Each kit comes with a thick beechwood embroidery hoop, quilting cotton fabric, sharp embroidery needle, full skeins of embroidery thread, backing materials to finish your embroidery in the hoop, and printed instructions with lots of photos. Plus, any additional embellishments or finishes needed for that specific design.
No matter if you pick up a beginner kit or an advanced kit, you'll be walked through the project from start to finish. Each kit starts at the very beginning, breaking down how to get your hoop ready for stitching, prepping your thread, and making knots. Then it walks you through the design in detail. You'll find step-by-step full color photos of each stitch as well as helpful tips for each specific design.
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