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06/10/2022

Embroidery: 4 tips for pimping up your clothes and accessories

Are you tired of always wearing the same clothes or seeing them on other people in the street? Are you good with your hands and want to try your hand at embroidery? Get ready to revolutionize your dressing room with these few tips. Today, we'll show you how to spruce up your clothes using just a needle and thread. Ready to take on this challenge? Follow the leader.

1 - Choosing the right clothes

Embroidery has definitely been a DIY trend since confinement, accessible to all. While all materials can be embroidered, it is better to be careful if you are just starting this activity. Fear not, almost all the clothes in your wardrobe are customizable with embroidery! Blouse, socks, shoes, bottom of skirt and even handbag.

The only thing you need to be careful about is the tension you are going to apply while embroidering. It must remain correct if you do not want the fabric to tear. As a general rule, the ideal is to sew with a small drum (there are very thin ones). On the other hand, if you opt for a sneaker type shoe or a thick fabric case for example, no problem with tension. Just be sure to adjust your needle and thread to the thickness of the fabric in question.

2 - Get the basic embroiderer kit

If you want to do a good job and pimp all your clothes, you're going to need the right equipment. And for that, nothing beats a quick trip to your neighborhood haberdashery. In order, you will need this:

Embroidery: 4 tips to pimp up your clothes and accessories

And of course, find the first medium you are going to start on. With all this material, you are ready!

3 - Do not hesitate to watch video tutorials on the internet

Of course, do not hesitate to read the booklets that accompany the embroidery kits or to listen to the advice of those around you. But if you've never had the opportunity to try your hand at embroidery with someone else's material, you absolutely need to watch tutorials. In the field of embroidery, nothing speaks more than the image.

For example, did you know that there are several kinds of dots? The back stitch or the chain stitch for example. If you have the opportunity, don't hesitate to take part in a beginner's course led by a professional seamstress or a confirmed amateur. And above all, keep in mind that Rome was not built in a day. It will take time, patience and practice to achieve the desired result.

4 - Get inspired by social networks

Do you have an artistic soul and a good pencil stroke? Your dressing room will be pimped in no time! You are not very comfortable with drawing and would like models to imagine (or reproduce) your own pattern? Social networks, Pinterest in mind, are your best allies! The editorial staff presents 10 models of everyday clothing enhanced by embroidery: