February 27, 2023

Funk It Up: Add Flare with Hand Embroidery

It's time to funk up our clothes! We believe in self expression & making each piece our own. If you want to learn how to add some flare to your fit, read this blog on some different embroidery stitches you can do! 

Simple Embroidery: Writing words and lines

Funk it Up: Blanket Stitch 

  1. Thread your needle and knot the end of your thread
  2. Choose the stitching direction 
  3. Push the needle through the fabric from the inside (wrong side) to your fabric’s outside (right side). This will leave your knot on the back side of your fabric. 
  4. Now, Bring the thread back around to the wrong side of the fabric and put the needle through the same spot. Don’t pull the thread through completely, leave a loop.  
  5. Then, put the needle through the loop and pull the thread. 
  6. Move a distance of your choice along your chosen direction. (keep in mind that this stitch looks better in shorter and even distances) 
  7. Again. Push the needle through the wrong side of the fabric, leaving a loop. Then, put the needle through that loop. 
  8. Continue until you are finished.
  9. Remember to knot the end, so your stitches don’t come out.  

Galaxy Stars:

  1. First, thread your needle and knot the end of your thread. 
  2. You can now either make 5 dots on your fabric with a fabric pen or eyeball your star. 
  3. Start by pushing your needle through the top of your star/ (dot 1) on the fabric from the inside (wrong side) to the outside (right side) of your fabric.  
  4. Then continue stitching like you are drawing a star. 
  5. For the stars there isn’t a wrong/right way to do it as long as you come up with a star as the end product. 
  6. Remember to knot the end so your stitches don’t come out.  


French Knots:

  1. First, thread your needle and knot the end of your thread. 
  2. Now, push the needle through the fabric from the inside (wrong side) to the outside (right side) of your fabric. This will leave your knot on the back side of your fabric.
  3. Place the needle close to your fabric on the right side, and wrap the thread around it at least twice. The more thread you wrap, the bulkier the knot will become. 
  4. Keep the long end of the thread pulled while you put the needle through the fabric very close to the initial stitch point. This ensures you don’t unravel/ unthread anything. Once you pull all the thread through you, have a french knot. 
  5. Remember to knot the back on the wrong side. 

Need a visual? Watch the tutorial!