Make Embroidered Designs on Card Stock – Basics – Part 2

Make a beautiful border for a greeting card and impress your family and friends. If you have never used this technique before, follow the steps given in Part 1 of this series ( link to part 1).

Make Beautiful Embroidery Thread Designs on Paper Card Stock – Basics – Part 2

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Craft materials required:

Thread (single strand)

Needle

Scissors

Card / thick paper

Pencil

Scale

glue

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Cut out a piece of card approximately 20 cm x 15 cm and fold it as shown.

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Leaving about half a cm distance from the sides draw 2 sets of perpendicular lines, 4 cm each, on two corners as shown.

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Mark points every 0.5 cm as shown.

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Use the seimography technique shown here ( link to part 1) to make the design.

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The back of the card will look like this

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Cut out a piece of card, half the length of the original card and glue it in such a way that it hides the back of your needlework

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Your card is ready. Add a special message or greeting in the center of the card and give it to someone you love.

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Did you enjoy doing this? Try out Part 3 of this series and learn to make some pretty multicolor butterflies.

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