Coloring embroidery with crayons

Hi everyone, today we are kicking off the tutorial theme for real. We start with a guest post from Aimee Ray about tinting embroidery with crayons. This is a great way to add a bit of extra colour, or maybe some very subtle shading, to your embroideries. Thank you, Aimee! What you will need: Fabric Pattern (the pattern used in the tutorial can be downloaded via Aimee's blog) Various embroidery supplies Wax based crayons White paper An iron. Step 1. Transfer your pattern to fabric. I used a…

Have you ever felt like your embroidery needed a little something extra? There are SO many fun ways that you can pair hand embroidery with other media. One very simple way to begin is by using regular Crayola crayons to add a pop of color to your design. Read on to get tips for coloring your embroid

Do you yearn to pull out those Crayons and relive your grade school days? Well we can! Tinted embroidery is a great way to spruce up those open spaces in a project and add a little color without al…

With hand embroidery, sometimes you'll want to fill an area with color but you don't want the texture of a stitched area - or you don't want to take the time. One possibility in those situations is to fill the area with colored pencils or crayons. In this video I show you how to stabilize

Learn how to add beautiful colors with Crayon Tinting to your hand embroidery projects! It's easy and fun. Plus grab this super cute Gnome pattern! #handembroidery #crayontinting #embroiderypattern #freeembroiderypatterns #littledear #doodlestitching

I often describe doing embroidery as "Coloring with Thread" and more specifically, to think about working satin stitch as coloring with a very sharp colored pencil. Turning that one it's head, today I'm going to talk about how to color your embroidery with colored pencils, cray

Fill stitches aren't the only way to add color to a large area of embroidery. Use tinting to quickly fill in your embroidered outline!

If you've been part of the embroidery community for the last decade, chances are you've heard of designer and author Aimee Ray and her doodle stitching books.

With hand embroidery, sometimes you'll want to fill an area with color but you don't want the texture of a stitched area - or you don't want to take the time. One possibility in those situations is to fill the area with colored pencils or crayons. In this video I show you how to stabilize