Embroidery on cardboard with threads: necessary materials and patterns; the basics of the technique to isolate on the example of dandelion and butterfly embroidery with detailed photo and video materials. Isolate schemes

03.12.2020

An amazing kind of decorative and applied art was invented by English weavers in the 17th century. Embroidery on cardboard quickly and simply with special threads, originally interwoven and laid in a specific pattern, is called isothread. Thread graphics classes bring up artistic taste, teach you to observe and draw conclusions, broaden your horizons.

Large decorative paintings, panels, postcards, ornaments, etc. are made with the help of graphic technique. It is quite easy to master thread graphics. The main thing is to carefully study the basics of embroidery and listen to the advice of the masters.

Learning to embroider on cardboard with threads: basic thread printing schemes

There are two basic schemes at work:

Corner filling.
Filling the circle.

Of course, it will not be easy for beginner needlewomen to create a large-scale canvas according to the scheme. But with experience, everything will work out. It is not in vain that the study of thread graphics is included in the school curriculum, studied at electives.

Necessary materials for practicing thread graphics:

Tools:

Compass.

There are a lot of round bases in nitkography. The circle is the main element of the graphic technique of isothreading. Therefore, a convenient compass in the work is necessary.

A well-sharpened simple pencil.

It is useful for drawing an embroidery pattern on a solid base.

Transparent ruler 15cm and 30cm.
An awl and a sewing pin for piercing holes in a solid base.
A set of needles of different thicknesses.
Thimble.

It will be especially useful for beginners learning. After acquiring the initial skills, the thimble can be used at will.

Sharp scissors.

Threads should not fray when cut.

Item to protect the work surface.

Thread graphics are inconvenient to deal with on weight. It is easy to scratch the workplace with needles or an awl. For protective purposes, you can adapt a piece of linoleum, a sheet of foam or a terry towel.

Scotch tape or PVA glue.

Useful for securing cut threads from the wrong side of the work.

Stationery clips.

Securely fasten the circuits to the base before piercing holes for work.

Choosing the basis for embroidery.

Dense colored cardboard is an ideal basis for practicing the isothreading technique. Choose a uniform, painted on both sides in different colors, material. Good density will not allow the base to break through from the tightened threads. And we will also have the opportunity to prick holes at a minimum distance from each other. This will help the embroidered picture to become more openwork and picturesque.

Works made on velvet paper look original. But keep in mind that to increase the density it is better to combine it with cardboard.

We select threads for work.

The quality of work depends on correctly selected threads. Depending on the composition, it can be a shiny or non-shiny material. When performed with twisted threads, the craft looks neater.

In thread graphics, they most often work with floss or iris. It is easy to work with this material. You just need to make sure that the threads do not fray.

Woolen thread is the worst for working in this technique. Work embroidered with wool looks dull and unattractive. But woolen threads are indispensable for training when mastering the technique of isothing. They are thick and difficult to tangle or tear.

For beginners, special symbols are applied to the diagrams.

Arabic numerals indicate the sequence of punching holes in the sketch.
Roman signs suggest how to apply stitches to the image different lengths. Stitch length is indicated by lines. The Roman numeral standing next to it tells the embroidery artist the sequence of stitches.
The arrows show the direction of movement during the execution of the element.
A dash on the inside of the sketch indicates the length of the stitch.

This technique is great for kids. Having understood the essence on one sample, it is easy to master the rest of the nuances.

Master class of dandelion embroidery using thread graphics technique

Materials for work:

White threads for fluffy dandelion heads.
Threads Green colour for leaves and stems.
Colored cardboard for the base. Spectacularly gray dandelions look on a black background. blue or yellow cardboard will also work.
Scotch tape or glue to secure the ends of the threads.
Needle, scissors.

Procedure:

We embroider a head - a circle.

We draw a circle on cardboard with a compass, divide it into 16 equal parts. We punch holes, assign a serial number to each hole.

We thread the threads through the holes, as shown in the diagram.

Cut the threads to work middle length. Otherwise, the threads will be confused, unnecessary knots will form on them. It's annoying and interferes with work.

If trouble occurs, carefully pull the thread back, trying to unravel the knot.

Fasten the cut ends of the threads in time with glue or tape.

We embroider a leaf - a corner.

On the basis we draw an angle, divide it into equal parts. We number them and embroider them with threads in the directions indicated in the diagram.

Isothread can offer a lot of different topics. For schemes - the basics, ready-made templates - coloring pages are suitable. The procedure is simple:

Print the finished picture;
Divide each image element into dots;
number;
Embroider.

Schemes of paintings with numbers are difficult for beginners. It is better to send off the work in fragments, one by one.

We make a beautiful postcard "Butterfly" using the isothread technique

It is done with simple stitches that gradually fill the entire space of the sketch. Due to the multilayer imposition of crosses on each other, a beautiful openwork weaving is obtained.

The body and antennae are formed with straight stitches sewn in a straight line. It's nice to receive such a birthday card.

Products created using the graphic technique of isothreading are the very “beauty that will save the world”. Let the practice of thread graphics bring you only joy and pleasure.

Video tutorials for inspiration on the topic of the article

Quite unusual is needlework, which involves the creation of paintings using threads on a solid basis. For beginners, we note that this needlework is called isothread, or thread graphics. This type of art first appeared in England. This method of weaving threads was invented by English weavers. They drove nails into the boards, and in a certain sequence they pulled threads on them. As a result, openwork lace products were obtained, which became the decoration of the house.

Embroidery with threads on cardboard or paper is an easy task even for beginner embroiderers, special attention is now being paid. For this needlework, the presence of a scheme is mandatory. Such schemes are available in our lesson. With the help of techniques, a gift card or a picture can be made, or you may want to decorate your own home with work. A picture or a postcard will surely please your relatives and friends.

We bring to your attention a master class for beginners, in which we will try to learn how to work with embroidery on paper. This will require:

scissors;
needle;
pin;
paperclips;
foam rubber;
scotch;
cardboard;
threads (any).

Embroidery on paper or cardboard is akin to drawing with threads on a solid basis. We choose the cardboard according to the size of the picture, and we will definitely take care of the availability of a scheme for work. For beginners, we explain that embroidery with threads of figures is performed on pierced points.

And now for training, we will perform the necessary exercises. Embroidery with threads on a solid basis begins with the fact that a small piece of cardboard must be placed on the foam rubber. We arbitrarily pierce six points with a pin, and determine the wrong side of the cardboard, on which there are tubercles from the puncture. The front side remains smooth.

Straight line embroidery with threads on paper

Our master class is for beginners. Note that embroidery with threads on cardboard or paper is based on a simple straight line. Let's start with the simplest, and embroider a line on paper. In our case, the line is two points connected by a thread. For embroidery with threads on cardboard, it is advisable to take ready-made drawings in the form of dots. And we will make two points that do not have a number, so embroidery can start with any. We take cardboard, to the front side of which we apply a pattern in the form of dots, and fix it with paper clips.

We put it all on the foam rubber, pierce the marked points with a pin. Raise the cardboard and look at the punctured places. After that, remove the paper clips, put the thread in the needle and start sewing. We remove the needle and thread from the wrong side, fixing the tip of the thread with tape. And now we bring the needle and thread from the front side to the wrong side, fix it with tape and cut off the thread. We tighten the thread so that the pattern does not sag on the front side.

Mushroom embroidery with threads on paper

Having explained the primary material for beginners to study thread graphics, you can complicate the schemes and try to embroider a mushroom. It follows from the diagram of the mushroom that there are many lines there, and there are no numbers at the points. Therefore, we can embroider a mushroom from any point, and the lines will tell us which one to which to connect. Let's start embroidering from top to bottom. We introduce the thread into a point (hole) from the wrong side, fix the end with adhesive tape and embroider the first line. Then on wrong side insert the needle into a point adjacent to the exit of the thread. On the front side, we introduce the thread to the opposite point, embroidering a line.

We continue this technique until we finish the work, or until the thread runs out. If the thread is over, then fix it with tape and cut off the excess. We start a new thread in the next hole, and continue to embroider.

The main and basic elements of thread graphics

The basis of thread graphics are three elements:

corner filling;
circle filling;
arc filling.

Having mastered the three basic elements, you will be able to embroider any picture with thread graphics, even the most complex ones, and thread embroidery on paper will become understandable and accessible to you.

Filling a corner when embroidering with threads on cardboard or paper

Let's draw an angle with a pencil on cardboard, and mark the lines of the angle through the same distance. For training, the distance for marking is chosen approximately one centimeter. In the future, you need to know that the smaller the markup, the more beautiful embroidery, for small markings, choose a thin needle and thread. For our lesson, the threads can be thicker, but their brand and type do not matter. After marking, we make punctures of the cardboard at the marked points. We make the holes small, otherwise they will be very noticeable on paper.

We will begin to embroider from the last point of one of the lines of the corner, bringing the thread from the inside to the front side. Then we insert the needle into the first point of the opposite line, turn the cardboard inside out and insert the thread into the next point from the thread. Now we bring the thread to the front side and send it to the opposite line, to the penultimate hole. We turn the work over again, and go to the next upper point. We bring the thread to the front side and cross the corner, passing to the third point from the top.

We continue the work on filling the corner in the same technique until the very end. To complete the corner from the last lower point, we must pass the thread to the upper one, and then from this upper point, transfer the thread to the lower hole of the opposite line. Now filling the corner is completely finished. Let's add to what has already been said that the angle can be acute, obtuse or even deployed. By connecting different angles together, you can get very beautiful and diverse shapes.

Filling the circle

Draw a circle with a pencil, and make markings on it. We carefully monitor that the marking on the circle is carried out strictly through the same segments. The beauty of embroidery on cardboard depends on this, and this is the meaning of the scheme of our work. We bring the needle and thread from the wrong side of the work to the face, from any marked point. We cross the circle in diameter, and send the thread to the intersection, going to the wrong side of the work. Now we start the needle at a neighboring point, we go out with a thread on the face of the work, and again we cross the circle in diameter. We always move in the same direction.

The more holes we make when marking, the denser the threads lie, and the greater the filling of the circle. I would like to note one more feature of filling the circle. The fact is that it can be done not only along the line of the diameter of the circle, but also along the chord. Getting started is the same as in the first case. A circle blank is made, and holes are pierced on it at the same distance. The needle is held at any point from the wrong side and displayed on the face. And now we draw the thread not along the diameter of the circle, but through one point from it (for example). You can choose any distance.

We bring it to the wrong side of the work, and stick the needle into the nearest hole. Then again we bring the needle to the front side, and we perform the same chord as the first one. It is necessary to count the number of points between the beginning and end of the first chord, and observe this gap throughout the work, embroidering each line. Such embroidery is not like filling a circle along the diameter line. The first difference is that some points have to be pierced twice instead of once. In addition, another smaller circle is formed in the center of the circle. This second circle is not filled with threads.

Video: Learning thread graphics

We embroider a rose with isothread technique

What can be embroidered with threads on cardboard or paper? Considering the finished works made using the technique of thread graphics, we note a huge variety of objects and themes that are embroidered on them. These are landscapes and flowers, figures of people and magnificent temples. But today we will tell for beginner embroiderers how to embroider a simple rose using the techniques of thread graphics. To do this, you need to learn how to perform simple arcs from which a rose flower will be made.

An arc can consist of an even or odd number of points. We take for example 14 and 13 points. Let's draw an arc on the cardboard, and pierce the dots on it. You can embroider an arc from any side, from the first point. We embroider an arc in the circle algorithm. We can do this by skipping one point and getting the thinnest arc. In our case, you can draw lines through a maximum of six points. The more points we skip, the wider the arc will be.

There are no numbers in the rose drawing, there are an even and odd number of dots on the arcs. Decide for yourself how many points you will fill each arc. By learning how to embroider roses, you will be able to make Greeting Cards. Any postcard will be a great gift for family and friends. All explanations for embroidering roses are available in one of the videos that is attached to the lesson. There you will also find a rose pattern for your embroidery.

Isothread embroidery schemes

Isthread or, as they say, an image with a thread, thread graphics is the creation of an image with a thread on a solid basis, paper, cardboard, cd-discs.

There are several other names for filament graphics. You can also use velvet (velvet paper) or thick paper as a base. Threads can be ordinary sewing, woolen, floss or others. You can also use colored silk threads.

So I decided to try my skills in this kind of needlework. It turns out it's really not difficult, but insanely exciting.

For work we need:
* Solid base - CD disc
* Scissors
* Needle
* Threads of different colors
* Ruler
* Compass

1 Draw a sketch of the disk on paper and draw dots with a pencil to create the necessary drawing

2 Cut out the template with scissors

3 Transferring the pattern from the template to disk

5 Now, with the help of a needle and thread, we fill in the necessary corners, getting an intricate pattern.

Here are my little masterpieces:

P,S, Isothread is an interesting type of needlework. Drawing with a thread on cardboard is very simple. Therefore, this type of creativity is available to people of all ages. Everyone can do their first job neatly, beautifully and correctly the first time. Isolate is like a kaleidoscope. Combining triangles, circles, straight lines, ovals, rhombuses, rectangles, etc. many patterns and patterns are obtained.

The main techniques for performing embroidery isothread:

Corner filling. On the wrong side of the cardboard, draw an angle, divide each side into an equal number of parts. Pierce the points with a pin or thin awl, thread the needle and fill in the corner according to the pattern.

Arc filling. Draw an arc, divide it into equal parts, make punctures at the division points. Thread the needle and fill in the shape according to the diagram.

Filling the circle. Draw a circle with a compass, divide it into 12 equal parts, make punctures with a pin at the division points. Thread the needle and fill in the circle according to the pattern.

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Isolate - what is it:
"Thread graphics (thread (thread image), thread design) - a graphic image made in a special way with threads on cardboard or other solid base..."

What is needed for her:
- threads
- solid base (CD, DVD discs)
- a tool for marking holes (compass, ruler, etc.)
- tool for drilling holes (heated awl, drill, drill, drill, etc.)
- patience
- a little fantasy

Work examples

Drilling patterns

Finally:
The schemes are printed out and holes are drilled on them on the "blank" itself. The diameter of the holes is selected for the threads (or vice versa, whichever is more convenient for you). A 1 mm drill will be just right, and 20 is already too much!

For work you will need: cardboard, colored threads (mulina, sewing, iris) and tools a needle with a wide eye, an awl or a thick needle for piercing holes, compasses, scissors, a ruler.
Threading a corner

Poke holes with an awl, placing a soft material under the workpiece, such as foam, thick, folded fabric in several layers, or thick cardboard.
Punch holes according to the indicated pattern.
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Pass the needle and thread from the inside out to the face at point "1" below.
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Draw the thread to point "1" on the opposite side of the corner from above. Make a small stitch on the same side of the corner and bring the needle out at point "2". Draw the thread along the front side to the opposite side to the point "2". Complete the entire corner.
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Filling a circle with thread
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Remember! On the front side, pass the thread through the same number of points. Work the next stitch from inside out to right side. The stitch is made near the exit of the needle. From which side - will show the direction of the arrow.

More ways to fill shapes
"Snake"
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"Herringbone"
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"Cells" and "fans"
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Postcard with a heart

This postcard is made using the Isothreading technique on cardboard or thick paper.
For work, you will also need colored threads for embroidery, an embroidery needle and an awl for piercing holes.
Draw a pattern and make punctures with an awl at equal distances.
The pattern in the center of the heart consists of six identical triangles. In each of them, the isothread is performed according to the scheme of filling the circle.
Start filling in the first triangle from point O. Laying stitches on the front side, skip 11 punctures each time. On the wrong side, move all the time in one direction, moving one puncture. Complete the rest of the triangles in the same way.

Isothreading in the heart itself is also performed according to the scheme of filling the circle. Start from point A. Passing stitches on the front side, skip 13 punctures each time. On the wrong side, move in one direction until you return to point A.
When all the heart is filled, lay the stitches-rays from point A in turn to points B, C, D, E, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O. On the wrong side, return to point A each time.

Lay stitches-rays on the other half of the heart in the same way.

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Circle divided into equal parts (there must be an even number of them).
Any chord in the circle is chosen. For example, 9-24.
The needle and thread are inserted into p. 9 (from the wrong side), lowered into p. 24, then from p. 24 into p. 1.
Further from v. 1 to v. 10, from v. 10 to v. 11 and so on around the circle. This chord must "complete" two whole circles.

The basis for working in the "thread" technique is a finished drawing or an independent sketch. Any element (detail) of the picture can be divided into those already familiar to us - an angle and a circle.
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Drawing circles should be started when children have developed strong skills in working with angles. Working on circles, children should constantly exercise in making corners. It is useful to offer them drawings that combine angles and circles.
We draw circles on the wrong side of the cardboard. We apply the markup and pierce according to the markup. You can start working from anywhere.
The size of the embroidered circle depends on the length of the chord - the line between two points: the shorter the chord, the larger the inner circle, the narrower the border of the circle.

The figure shows circles with chords of various lengths.

The number set at the beginning of the work must be remembered, so that later, when it will be necessary to replace the thread, restore it according to the given number.

After marking and piercing, a dotted line is formed on the wrong side. Let's start working on a circle with a chord equal to 12 holes (Fig. 2). Insert the needle from the inside into hole 1 and direct it into hole 12. from the inside, move forward one hole (13) in a circle and bring the needle and thread to the front side in hole 2. From the front side from 2 to the wrong side in 3. From 3 to the front side in 14, etc. in a circle (from the inside out of 14.15 to the front at 15.4, from the inside - 4.5, from the front - 5.16, from the inside - 16.17, from the front - 17.6, from the inside - 6.7 , from the front - 7.18, from the inside - 18.19, from the front - 19, 8, etc.)

The same circle can be made with chords of different lengths with threads of different colors. The figure shows a circle with two chords equal to 14 and 10 holes. If the distance between the divisions in the circle is not the same, then the inner circle, consisting of intersecting lines, will turn out to be uneven.

Oval done in the same way as a circle.
We draw arcs and spirals on the wrong side by hand, we also apply the divisions by hand, trying, the distances between the divisions were the same.
The principle of embroidery is the same. It is important to remember the number of holes. You can first embroider from one end with one number of holes, then from the other end with a different number of holes.
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The last thread among the intersecting threads is easy to find - it is always the top one. Pick up the thread at the tip of the needle and count the holes it connects. This will tell you where to proceed from.

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Corner sequence

Having applied the drawing to the wrong side of the cardboard, having made markings for holes and puncturing them along the markings, we proceed to the image of the corner with isothread. From the wrong side, insert a needle and thread into the bottom hole. From the front side, we direct the needle to the top of the corner (Fig. 1, a).

From the wrong side, we insert the needle into the second hole from the top of the right side of the corner, from the front side, we insert the needle into the second hole at the bottom right (Fig. 1, b).

From the inside, from the second lower hole on the left side, we insert the needle into the third hole from the bottom of the left side, on the front side, from the third lower right hole, we direct the needle into the third hole from the top on the left side (Fig. 1.c)

From the inside out of the third upper hole on right side insert the needle into the fourth hole on the right side. On the front from the fourth from the top, we direct the needle into the fourth hole from the bottom on the right side (Fig. 1,d)

From the inside, from the fourth left hole from the bottom we insert the needle into the fifth on the left side, on the front from the fifth from the bottom on the right side we insert the needle into the fifth from the top on the left side (Fig. 1,e). On the front side, the threads will intersect, and on the wrong side there will be only stitches: on the left side, the stitches will go from bottom to top, and on the right side, from top to bottom.

From the inside, leaving the third hole on the left, we insert the needle into the fourth upper hole on the left side. On the front side, we insert the needle into the seventh hole on the left side and bring the needle out from the inside out from the last lower corner to the top.

The angle diagram is shown in the figure. You can start from any direction.

In our master class, we will tell you how to make a small embroidery with simple seams on cardboard for children and arrange it into a postcard. We suggest you make two small postcards with your baby. The material for it will probably be at your place: some colored cardboard, a thick needle and floss threads in three colors. Embroidery on cardboard has its own characteristics, which we will discuss in detail.

We have specially selected enough simple circuits with which children from 5 years old can cope and at the same time they are quite effective. You can give a postcard with such embroidery to your grandmother, and for your friends it will be nice to receive such a postcard with embroidery made by yourself. For those who find these embroideries rustic, check out our second article:

Features of embroidery on cardboard with simple seams.

1. Cardboard - the material is quite hard and before embroidering with a thread, it is necessary to make punctures in the necessary places with an awl or a needle. At the same time, you can not transfer the drawing to the visual cardboard, but make punctures immediately on the paper template, placing cardboard under the template.

2. It is not necessary to make knots on the wrong side so as not to increase the thickness of the work. At the beginning of embroidery, leave a small tail of loose thread. Immediately or at the end of the entire embroidery, fasten the ends of the threads with ordinary or paper tape.

3. Simple stitches that can be used in embroidery on cardboard are also quite limited. Seam drawings are well suited. By the way, straight stitches are used in all drawings with isothread. Stitches such as tambour loop (flower) or tambour stitch should be divided into two stages, but they can also be used in embroidery on cardboard. You can read more about these and other simple stitches in our article "Handmade decorative stitches"

4. You can use any threads for embroidery on cardboard, but it is better to take thick ones: floss in 6 layers, iris or woolen fluffy threads. A metallic thread will also look interesting.

5. Making embroidery on cardboard into a postcard or a picture is much easier than embroidering on material. You just need to glue the finished embroidery to another cardboard, a little bigger size, and the postcard or picture is ready.

Necessary materials for embroidery postcards on cardboard:

- colored cardboard for embroidery 10x16.5 cm

Colored cardboard for decoration 14x21cm or 21x28cm if you have a double postcard

Mouline thread in 6 additions of three different colors.

Thick needle, scissors

adhesive tape

Pink postcard with embroidery on cardboard for children, made with straight stitches and French knots. Master Class.

On this card, we will embroider 6 stars with straight stitches, and in the center of each star we will make a French knot.

Take colored cardboard 10x16cm, mark on it with a simple pencil circles with a central dot in the middle - these will be our stars. Circles can be drawn in different sizes.

Make punctures with a needle or awl in the center of each circle and 6-15 more punctures around the circumference.

Erase the pencil mark from the cardboard.

We start to embroider. Pierce the needle in the center of the asterisk from the wrong side to the face. Do not make a knot at the end, but leave the tip of the thread 2-3 cm long. Later we will tape it to the wrong side of the embroidery.

Embroider an asterisk by bringing the needle to the front side in the center of the star and piercing to the wrong side at the marked points along the circumference.

So embroider all six stars.

Make a French knot in the center of each star. Bring the needle in the center to the front side. Wrap the thread 3 times around the needle, do not tighten the thread too much. Insert the needle back into the center of the star and bring the thread to the wrong side. You have the middle of an asterisk.

Completely embroider on cardboard: make all the stars with central knots.

Flip the embroidery to the wrong side. Glue the protruding tails from the beginning and end of the threads to the base with adhesive tape. Any tape can be used.

If you plan to make a double postcard, then fold a large piece of colored cardboard in half, after drawing along the ruler with any sharp object along the fold line. Glue your embroidery to the center side of the large cardboard.

Your postcard with embroidery on cardboard is ready.

Blue postcard with embroidery on cardboard for children, made with tambour loops and French knots. Master Class.

In this master class, the work is a little more complicated than in the previous one. The three central flowers consist of tambour loops, in the center of each flower we embroider a French knot. We also embroider dots around the flowers with French knots.

Prepare materials: cardboard and floss of the color you need.

Mark the central vertical line with a simple pencil in the center of the 10x16.5 cm cardboard.

Mark the center points of the flowers on it. Draw circles around the centers. Mark 5 more points on them - these will be the tops of the petals. Scatter more dots randomly around the flowers.

Make the necessary punctures on the cardboard with a needle or awl. Erase the pencil drawing.

You can make a drawing on ordinary plain paper, put it on top of the cardboard and make punctures.

We start to embroider. We do not make knots on the threads when embroidering on cardboard, and at the end of the work we fix the ends of the threads with adhesive tape to the back of the cardboard.

We embroider a tambour loop on cardboard. Bring the needle in the center of the flower to the front side, leaving a tail of thread 2-3 cm long at the back. Insert the needle again into the center and pull the thread leaving a loop on the front side right size. Prick the needle on the front side at the point of the top of the petal, thread the needle through the loop and prick the needle again at the same point. Pull the thread and form a petal.

Teaching embroidery to children 5-7 years old in kindergarten

Master class "Magic crosses"

Author: Shabunova Lyudmila Alexandrovna, educator of the municipal state preschool educational institution kindergarten No. 12 "Sun", r.p. Yurta, Taishetsky district, Irkutsk region.

This master class is designed for children 5-7 years old, for preschool teachers.
Purpose: this master class is designed to teach cross-stitching to children of older and preparatory groups.
Target: involvement of older children preschool age to Russian folk culture, the development of artistic - creativity child through embroidery.
Tasks:
* to form in children an idea of \u200b\u200bthe technique of cross-stitching.
*Teach the basic techniques of embroidery (preparing the fabric, threading the needle, fastening the thread on the fabric, the technique of making a cross stitch; safe techniques for working with embroidery materials and tools).
*Develop hand skills, attention, interest in Russian folk art.
* To cultivate perseverance, diligence, independence, the desire to make loved ones pleasant - to give a gift.

1. Materials: hoop (18 cm in diameter), floss threads (we use 4 additions for embroidery), needles with a wide eye (no more than 3 cm long), scissors (about 140 - 170 mm in size), a needle bar for each child , fabric - a dense waffle canvas with square cells, strips of cardboard with markings for making a series of horizontal crosses. (photo 1).

2. Embroidery is one of the most ancient and most widespread types of arts and crafts, characterized by a variety of techniques and a wealth of patterns. It is interesting and accessible not only to adults, but also to children of preschool age.
"They called the bell -
And they got to the palace!
The chamber opens
Look how rich she is:
Is there a monster there?
Are there treasures there?
This one is the best of all!
Here lies an incalculable treasure
Not for the wicked - white-handed,
And for grandma's granddaughters!
We'll give it to her on her birthday
We are our works:
lace collar,
With roosters towel! (photo 2).

3. Consider patterns for embroidery. (photo 3)

4. You can invite the children to finish the second half of the diagram according to the model. (photo 4).

5. Strips of cardboard with markings for making a number of horizontal crosses for embroidery exercises, the ability of children to see a cage on embroidery. (photo 5)

6. We start embroidering from the bottom up by determining the place for the first cross. Cross-stitching refers to counted embroidery, that is, you need to count the cells. We consider the diagram, find the longest horizontal row of crosses, find the middle on it, counting the cells. We draw a straight line with a simple pencil using a ruler and enclose the pattern in a square or rectangle; when embroidering, it will be convenient to count the cells. (Photo 6)

7. Now you need to find a place for the first cross on the fabric. Find the middle on the fabric: fold the fabric in half (you can count the cells). On the diagram we find the lower horizontal row, count to the right the required number of cells from the middle of the pattern. This is the location of the first cage! (Pay attention to the embroidery of the sun: we start embroidering from the sun itself, then the rays, do not forget to leave a place for them from below). You also need to remember to leave a place for the frame, for the braid, along the edges of the fabric.
(photo 7, 7a, 7b)

8. Insert the fabric into the hoop, fix the fabric tension. (photo 8)

9. Starting to embroider, you need to fasten the thread to the fabric. We do not make knots on the thread when embroidering! We pierce the upper right corner of the first cell and bring the needle to the lower left corner (photo 9)

10. We stretch the needle and thread and leave the tail of the thread, the thread passed along the wrong side of the work. (photo 10)

11. Then we insert the needle into the same corner next to the tail and bring it out again into the same lower left corner of this cage, the thread will lie on top and the thread will be fixed. Cut off the tail with scissors. (photo 11)

12. A cross stitch is a diagonal crossed stitch of the same size. The cross is performed in the following sequence: first, oblique stitches from right to left, then they return in the opposite direction, overlapping the previous stitches crosswise (diagonal crosses are obtained). (photo 12, 12a, 12b).

13. When the thread ends, it must be fixed: on the wrong side, next to the remaining thread, we find a stitch and we stretch the needle with the thread into it, and again we stretch the needle with the remaining thread into the resulting loop. Get a knot. You can repeat it again for strength. And cut the thread. (photos 13, 13a, 13b)

14. We sew the embroidered picture with an oblique trim or insert it into a frame. The gift is ready!
Cross by cross I embroider,
And behind the stitch I lay my stitch
Here the sun is shining
And a beautiful flower bloomed.
Butterflies, hearts, funny cockerels
With love I embroider for you, my friend!
(photo 14)

15. Ideas for a gift: for the holiday of St. Valentine's Day - a heart, Maslenitsa - the sun, a Christmas tree - on New Year. (photo 15)

16. Napkins with letters (the first letter of the name) can be presented to yourself and friends on your birthday. (photo 16)

17. Embroider chickens, chickens, cockerels for the Easter holiday. (photo 17)

18. Embroidered tablecloths, towels, napkins we use for role-playing games in "Home", "Birthday". (photo 18, 18a, 18b, 18c)