Exploring embroidery and stitch
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make an embroidery sampler to practice different stitches.
Key learning points
- Embroidery has been used throughout the centuries to produce functional and artistic outcomes.
- You can create designs with embroidery stitches and can also draw with stitch.
- Colour and colour theory is an important part of embroidery.
- Artists can take inspiration from many things to produce traditional or contemporary embroidery pieces.
Keywords
Embroidery - stitching designs onto fabric or other materials
Sampler - fabric or material used to practise or demonstrate stitches on
Stitch - the basic movement of thread through fabric to make a design or join
Common misconception
Embroidery is a simple way of decorating cloth and has no cultural context.
Embroidery goes beyond just being a decorative process, it is a powerful form of art that can reflect cultural heritage.
Teacher tip
If an embroidery hoop cannot be used to keep fabric taut, thicker pieces of fabric such as felt can be used instead. Thicker fabrics make it easier to have more control when sewing.
Equipment
Cotton, felt, embroidery thread, needles, embroidery hoop, pencil, ruler.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is embroidery?
Q2.Where might you find examples of embroidery?
Q3. thread is used in blackwork embroidery.
Q4.What is the purpose of a sampler in embroidery?
Q5.What is an embroidery hoop used for?
Q6.An embroidery hoop has two hoops: one on the __________ and one on the __________.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is embroidery thread usually made from?
Q2.Which of the art elements is most important to consider when planning your embroidery?
Q3.Match the technique with its description.
Creates a dashed line
Forms X-shaped stitches
Fills a shape with parallel stitches
Q4.Blackwork embroidery uses only thread and is often geometric.
Q5.Why do artists use samplers?
Q6.Embroidery can be used to tell and express ideas.
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