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Embroidered Canvas

Answer

Take your decorating to the next level with this DIY embroidered canvas! Create a personalized design to decorate your walls or give to a friend as a thoughtful gift! 

Things you’ll need:

• Canvas
• Pencil or printer for design
• Embroidery needle
• Embroidery thread
• Optional: permanent marker, paint or whatever you'd like to use to decorate the background

Directions:

Optional: If you want your painted or drawn background to be under the embroidery, do that now. Otherwise, background elements can be added after the embroidery.

Step 1: Lightly pencil a design on your canvas or print out a design and tape it to canvas. Note: make sure the wooden frame on the back of the canvas isn’t too thick since that will limit the space to embroider.

Step 2: Using your needle, trace the design by poking holes through the canvas approximately 1cm apart. (If you are using a small canvas or creating an intricate design, you may want your holes to be closer together.)

Step 3: If you taped a printed design to your canvas, remove it at this time.

Step 4: Knot the embroidery thread and use the needle to bring it back to front through the first hole. Continue embroidering with the backstitch method, using the holes as a guide.

Step 4: Once design is complete, tie a knot in the thread to secure design. If you want, tape the knot and any excess thread to the back of the canvas to keep the stitches tight.

Step 5: If you didn't do so before embroidering, use a marker, paint or other art supplies to add details to canvas.