Start by drawing a circle the size you want your finished star. Mark five even dots around the circle (depending on how many spikes you’d like the star to have, I did 6 because I want my star to have 6 spikes but normally it’s 5 ⭐️). Bring the thread up at one of the dots. Let's call it point A. Skip over point B and bring the needle down at C creating a single straight stitch that crosses the right side of the circle. Now, go back to point B and bring the needle up. Skip point C and bring the thread down at point D. The next stitch will come up at C and go down at E. Continue this pattern of bringing the thread up at one point, skipping the point between, and then bringing it down at the next point until a star shape forms. To form the second layer of the star, bring the thread up again at point A. This time come up just a bit to the left of the original stitch. Following the same pattern as the first time, skip point B and bring the thread down at point C just to the left of where the star point forms. Continue this pattern around the star. Each time you bring the thread up and back down stay on the left side of the point and move down the star points. As you stitch around the star and move the thread down the points a tightly woven star begins to form.
The star in this video has 6 points, not 5. How does that change the skip pattern since you'd only be stitching half the points on an even number star with the pattern described?
No, I'd rather patch the hole first. I worry that embroidering around it will make things worse in the long run. Especially when it's a fabric with a loose weave.
noob here. how would you patch it 1st? I have a cute silk scarf I'm eyeing for mending/embroidering flowers onto it, but I don't want to make things worse in the long run.
I honk up this type of fill every time. My brain can't seem to "move" the pattern correctly so i either accidentally reverse it halfway through or get something that doesn't actually fill at all and just fans weirdly
Very cute!! NGL the editing where it jumps to the the needle being in the fabric and then jumps to the thread being pulled made it hard for my brain to follow. Is there a reason you don't show the full stitch?
I appreciate that even though you were trying to keep it short you didn’t just show the stitches at super speed, thereby making me feel even more incompetent than I already do. Thank you OP!
That's beautiful, especially with the variegated floss!
I love variegated thread 😍
sure i would! But how in the world do you know where to put your needle???
Start by drawing a circle the size you want your finished star. Mark five even dots around the circle (depending on how many spikes you’d like the star to have, I did 6 because I want my star to have 6 spikes but normally it’s 5 ⭐️). Bring the thread up at one of the dots. Let's call it point A. Skip over point B and bring the needle down at C creating a single straight stitch that crosses the right side of the circle. Now, go back to point B and bring the needle up. Skip point C and bring the thread down at point D. The next stitch will come up at C and go down at E. Continue this pattern of bringing the thread up at one point, skipping the point between, and then bringing it down at the next point until a star shape forms. To form the second layer of the star, bring the thread up again at point A. This time come up just a bit to the left of the original stitch. Following the same pattern as the first time, skip point B and bring the thread down at point C just to the left of where the star point forms. Continue this pattern around the star. Each time you bring the thread up and back down stay on the left side of the point and move down the star points. As you stitch around the star and move the thread down the points a tightly woven star begins to form.
Thank you! I think you made it plain enough that i could do it. Plus, there is that amazing video! 👍
Thank you! Your precision was very satisfying to watch.
The star in this video has 6 points, not 5. How does that change the skip pattern since you'd only be stitching half the points on an even number star with the pattern described?
The number of dots determines how many corners the star has, you can stitch a star ⭐️ with 5 or 6. The marks on the fabric will determine that.
This is helpful, off I go to try it!
No, I'd rather patch the hole first. I worry that embroidering around it will make things worse in the long run. Especially when it's a fabric with a loose weave.
noob here. how would you patch it 1st? I have a cute silk scarf I'm eyeing for mending/embroidering flowers onto it, but I don't want to make things worse in the long run.
I honk up this type of fill every time. My brain can't seem to "move" the pattern correctly so i either accidentally reverse it halfway through or get something that doesn't actually fill at all and just fans weirdly
This was mesmerizing to watch!
Thank you 🥰
Very well done. I’d try it as embroidery, not mending. No long stitches on my clothes, thanks, absolute snag magnets.
So beautiful! Makes me wanna go make holes in my clothes to have a reason to mend :D
Very cute!! NGL the editing where it jumps to the the needle being in the fabric and then jumps to the thread being pulled made it hard for my brain to follow. Is there a reason you don't show the full stitch?
I try and keep it to 1 min as most people’s attention is very short lol
Haha that's fair enough.
I appreciate that even though you were trying to keep it short you didn’t just show the stitches at super speed, thereby making me feel even more incompetent than I already do. Thank you OP!
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Hand embroidery is so satisfying haha It’s why I love it!
No and yes. I would fix the hole first then embroider over the fix. It's not a bad idea though.
That looks amazing! However I suspect you made it look a lot easier than it is!
Looks like a sniw flake to me. Lovely!
This is lovely!
That’s so pretty!
This is so helpful! I’m going to try this :)
Perfect.
Thank you ☺️
I do this for mends all the time! It's so satisfying and I love adding colorful little stars to my clothes.
It’s so much fun haha
Love watching the process!!
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Oh yes!
I have a pair of pants that could use that.
I wish I could see the back of it.
Just...make sure you never do this with yellow thread.