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How to make stumpwork Hydrangeas

Posted on Thursday, December 8th, 2011 at 12:52 PM, 18 Comments

 

How to make stumpwork Hydrangeas

 

 

 

For interesting dimensional flowers, stumpwork Hydrangeas are ideal.  The Hydrangeas are made separately and then attached onto the main design. They are easy to make and I will show you how to make these with French knots.

 

Hint:  You could use beads instead of French knots to make beautiful berries :))

 

1.Refer to the drawing below as a guide, trace round circles (including the serrated lines) onto a separate piece of white, blue, pink or green fabric with a 2B pencil or blue water-soluble pen.

2. Insert the fabric into a hoop.

 

 

 


3. Stitch the circles

Use six-strand cotton or silk thread — blue, pink, violet and lavender  are good shades to use.

 


  • Start with the blue thread and separate two strands from the six. Thread up on a 7 or 8 embroidery/ crewel needle and make a knot at the long end.
  • Form French knots close together, wrapping the thread two or three times around the needle. For an interesting effect, alternate the size of the knots: make some knots with two wraps and others with three wraps around the needle

 

Hint: for smaller flowers, use one strand of thread and wrap the thread twice around the needle.

  • Change to the pink and then the violet thread and fill in the circle as before, following the photos as a guide.

 

4. Outline the circles

 

 


  • With the same thread used for the last French knot, sew running stitches along the serrated line.
  • Don’t end off, remove the needle and leave the thread hanging — you will use this thread a little later to gather and secure the shape onto your design. Complete all the circles as you did above.

 

5. Cut out the Hydrangeas

Move the hanging threads out of the way. With small, sharp embroidery scissors cut out each circle along the outer lines.

 

 

6. Gather the circles

  • Pull the hanging thread of each circle, gathering the fabric into a ball.
  • Push the fabric seam to the back of the ball and secure thread at the back of the ball with two little stitches.
  • Leave the thread hanging to stitch the ball onto your design in step 7 below.
  • Repeat for all the other circles.

 

 

 

7. Stitch the flowers onto your design

 

 

  • Rethread the hanging thread and secure the ball onto your background with tiny stab stitches.
  • Allow some balls to lie on top of one another or to overlap for a realistic effect.

 

8. Make the leaves

 

 

Use 7mm silk ribbon and make leaves with detached chain stitch and or ribbon stitch. Make some stitches loose and puffed for an interesting effect. To do this:  use a very gentle tension as you form the stitch.

 

VOILÀ!

 

This  Hydrangea panel is from the flower sampler in my RES book — an ideal book for the beginner to silk ribbon embroidery or  stumpwork. Here is the complete sampler:

 

 

Click on the image to enlarge

 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial… soon I will show you more little tricks. Subscribe to Di van Niekerk and receive e-mail updates as soon as I post a new tutorial.

 

Enjoy the rest of your day. I am going to work on my new design!

 

Happy stitching

 

Love

 

Di

♥

18 comments on “How to make stumpwork Hydrangeas”

  1. WavatarVALIE on said:

    Votre blog est une splendeur ! Merci !
    Je voudrais m’inscrire à votre newsletter mais où ?
    BISOUS ENSOLEILLES DE L’ILE DE LA REUNION

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  2. Wavatarannick on said:

    magnifique, le panneau tout brodé est de toute beauté. Y a-t-il un tuto pour le réaliser ??? Bravo pour votre broderie et merci pour le point de broderie proposé.

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  3. WavatarANH TUYẾT on said:

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    • WavatarDi van Niekerk on said:

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  4. WavatarCarmem on said:

    Maravilhoso,de muito bom gosto.

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  5. WavatarMairlha on said:

    Por acaso descobri estas maravilhas! Bordo alguma coisa, mas é uma pinta perto do que descobri.Nunca tinha visto igual.Parabéns! Lindo demais. Como faria para adquirir conhecimento. Sei que será muito difícil.Vivo em Sta vitoria do Palmar R. Grande do Sul Brasil. Mas quem sabe um dia….

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  6. WavatarFelicia Wong on said:

    This is so awesome and I love it so much. Wanted to learn ribbon embroidery long time ago but don’t have the chance. Are the ribbon you used different from the one we get from the market?

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  7. WavatarAnn on said:

    Didn’t expect to find a tutorial. Thanks for the willingness to share your knowledge. The work is beautiful.

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  8. WavatarMariel de Llach on said:

    Cada dia veo su pagina y siempre encuentro algo nuevo y maravilloso para aprender, los admiro de verdad y copio muchas ideas, aunque solo bordo cosas utilitarias como bolsas para pan, delantales o tops pero algun dia podre comprar uno de sus kit, lo intente una vez pero no se realizo la compra. Vivo en Venezuela y es muy dificil comprar con $
    Mi felicitaciones y un gran abrazo
    Mariel
    Ciudad Guayana
    Venezuela

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  10. Wavatarcarrierenancy on said:

    just discovered your site;so awesome…i’m curious &so intrigued to learn more..you,re very generous to share your precious time

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  11. Wavatarwafaa on said:

    sooooo nice

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  14. WavatarKathfromOz on said:

    Just like that, and yummy enough to drool over. Thanks.

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  15. Wavatarroslina on said:

    love it ;)

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