Embroidered Christmas wreath

In this tutorial from Itzi Dreams you will learn the essentials for embroidering watercolor paper, a very simple technique, to create a unique and personalized Christmas wreath design that you can frame or give as a gift this holiday season.

Let your creativity fly to make designs like the one we propose and a million other ideas that you can come up with. Besides being easy, it's a very relaxing technique, so let yourself go and enjoy creating.

MATERIALS

270gsm watercolor paper
watercolor paint
Brushes no. 2 and 3
Felt
Needle
Perlé thread balls no. 5 and 8 in green and red colors
Scissors
Choose your favorite colors in the online store.

TUTORIAL

The embroidery stitches we will learn are the running stitch, backstitch, French knot, and the initial is embroidered with the chain stitch. To embroider on paper, it's important to have a felt base to prevent the paper from tearing when perforated. Therefore, we must place it behind the paper.

The most used stitch to highlight our watercolor is the backstitch, as it is ideal for outlining our illustrations. To begin, we will follow the entire outline by perforating the paper, leaving the same distance between each stitch. It's important that the stitches are not too close to each other to prevent the paper from tearing when we pass the threaded needle through.

Once all the holes are made, we can thread the needle with the perlé thread color that best matches our watercolor and start embroidering. The backstitch is about moving backward to create a continuous line of stitches.

And your Christmas wreath is ready! We hope you enjoyed making it. This is a basic technique that we can reinvent with modern designs and very creative ideas. I encourage you to make your own designs and play around creating new accessories or home decor with different textures.

FINAL RESULT