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Embroidery skills: creating detailed and decorative stitching
I can identify suitable sources from my sketchbook and use complex stitches to create detailed, decorative embroidery samples.
- Year 11
Embroidery skills: creating detailed and decorative stitching
I can identify suitable sources from my sketchbook and use complex stitches to create detailed, decorative embroidery samples.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Artists identify strong sources from their research and sketchbooks to inspire embroidery designs.
- Artists apply complex stitching techniques to add depth, texture and visual interest.
- Choices in surface design including placement, colour and stitch variety help capture the essence of the theme.
Keywords
Complex stitching - advanced embroidery techniques that add texture, detail, and depth.
Surface design - the decoration or enhancement applied to the surface of a fabric through techniques like embroidery.
Sample - a test piece to trial and experiment with ideas before final work.
Common misconception
Stitching is for securing fabric pieces together so the type of stitch should be uniform.
Using a variety of embroidery stitches when creating a refined sample creates visual interest, contrast, texture and depth to the design.
To help you plan your year 11 art and design lesson on: Embroidery skills: creating detailed and decorative stitching, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 11 art and design lesson on: Embroidery skills: creating detailed and decorative stitching, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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Equipment
Fabrics, scissors, pins , needles, paper, pencils, embroidery threads.
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What do we traditionally sew into when we do embroidery?
Q2.True or False: You need a needle to do hand embroidery.
Q3.Match the tool to what it’s used for:
Pushes thread through fabric
Cuts thread
Holds fabric tight
Q4.What do we sew with in embroidery?
Q5.True or False: Embroidery can be used for decoration.
Q6.Match the item to whether it usually has embroidery or not:
Usually plain, not embroidered
Sometimes decorated with embroidery for the home
Often decorated with stitching patterns