Embroidery on clothes is a very successful way to decorate it and make it original. There may be several ways to apply a pattern, so you should carefully study each one and choose the one that suits you.
Who will be interested in this?
Many people are interested in embroidery on T-shirts. Most often it is:
- companies that create a corporate style for their employees (medical institutions, cafes and restaurants, beauty salons, sports clubs and other establishments that want to create a corporate style and increase customer loyalty) order mainly machine embroidery;
- People who love original things can order both machine embroidery and more exclusive hand embroidery;
- embroiderers who cannot imagine their life without handmade items.
Anyone who does embroidery on a product knows that it will make their clothes exclusive. The pattern can be both feminine and masculine.
What can be embroidered with threads
The choice of what can be embroidered on clothes is almost unlimited. These can be names of brands, companies, embroidery of any inscriptions on clothes, floral or animal patterns, inscriptions and any other images that your imagination can come up with.
Please note! Embroidery on a T-shirt is a great way to express yourself, advertise your company (many people pay attention to the inscriptions on clothes) or create your own style.
Clothes with embroidery can be a great gift for your family and friends. It can be applied to absolutely any part of the clothes - on the front, on the back, on the sleeves, on the collar. Embroidery on a T-shirt or a tank top is especially popular.
What you will need for work
Many people love exclusive work, and this is mostly handmade. In order not to pay fabulous money, absolutely anyone can learn to do embroidery on a T-shirt themselves. To do this, you will need:
- T-shirt, embroidery will look best on a solid color;
- clean paper and a pencil to transfer the image onto the fabric (the drawing you like is opened on the monitor, enlarged to the actual desired size, then the sheet is placed on the screen and the drawing is traced, but if you have the opportunity to print it out, this will significantly save time);
- a washable marker or any other drawing tool that can be washed off (to transfer the pattern onto the fabric);
- embroidery threads, to avoid mistakes you can take regular floss, for a more interesting look you can add lurex (as an experiment you can try yarn);
- scissors.
Before you start embroidering on a good product, it is recommended to practice on an unnecessary piece of fabric or on home clothes. If the embroiderer has embroidered only a couple of works and is just beginning to learn this craft, it is better to buy a canvas on which it will be much easier to practice due to its structure. The most important thing in embroidery is patience and accuracy. Then it is time to move on to choosing an embroidery technique.
Do-it-yourself satin stitch embroidery on a T-shirt
The satin stitch technique is very ambiguous. On the one hand, it is incredibly simple, but on the other, it requires a lot of perseverance. The embroidery is done with a forward needle stitch. To begin working, you need to transfer the contours of the desired pattern. In the future, the stitches will tightly cover each section of the image.
The stitches in the satin stitch technique can be either straight or oblique. The stitches themselves are slightly overlapped during embroidery. This creates a beautiful effect of volumetric embroidery. It is best to start working with the smallest areas.
Most often, floral and plant ornaments are embroidered with satin stitch. Lettering also looks very beautiful and unusual. You can experiment by adding threads of different colors to the embroidery, creating smooth transitions. Work with the addition of decorative elements (for example, sequins, beads or beads) looks beautiful. Lettering under the collar or asymmetrical patterns, for example on one sleeve, look stylish.
Cross stitch
Cross stitching is considered a classic. The best solution would be to take a knitted T-shirt and an overlay canvas (it is important that it is stiff, for this effect you can additionally starch it with a solution from a spray can) with a marker for drawing on fabrics. The canvas can be water-soluble or pull-out. It is best to cross stitch with floss threads.
Before you start working, you need to cut off a piece of fabric that will match the size of the future drawing. Mark the center of the T-shirt where the canvas will be located and carefully baste the piece to the product. For ease of work, you can additionally starch the edges of the canvas with a spray can. This will glue the base to the fabric and due to this it will not shift.
Embroidery should start from the center and make sure that the T-shirt does not stretch. The threads should never be tightened, as this will spoil the appearance of the finished product. Embroidery is usually done by color. First, take the dark ones and embroider the entire area with them, then the light ones. After finishing the work, the canvas must be removed and the product delicately washed.
Important! When cross stitching, all the threads should lie in the same direction. That is, if the bottom thread in the first cross was from the lower left corner to the upper right and from the lower right to the upper left, then in all the others it should be the same.
Machine embroidery is often done with a cross. It is much stronger than handwork, much smoother and more resistant to mechanical damage (including frequent washing). There are now many companies that do this. They usually have a large selection of patterns, from which it will not be difficult to choose something unique.
However, handwork has always been valued more. Soul is put into such work, and small irregularities have their own certain charm. Nowadays, needlewomen embroider not only small patterns or small characters on clothes, but also real realistic landscapes or even portraits. Machine embroidery is unlikely to be able to do this.
How to embroider an inscription
Embroidered items always make their owner stand out from the crowd and attract many glances. For those who do not like pretentious images, love minimalism, but want uniqueness and exclusivity, embroidered inscriptions are perfect. It looks restrained, interesting, and can fully convey the character of its owner. In addition, T-shirts with embroidered inscriptions are not difficult to create yourself.
To do this, you will need to complete several steps:
- Create a stencil. You can find a suitable font, type this inscription, and then print it out or put a sheet of paper to the monitor and redraw it. Then this inscription needs to be transferred to the adhesive interlining. This can be done by boldly tracing the inscription with a marker or pen, then printing it on the fabric. You can continue embroidering using any convenient technique. For those who do not have experience in this matter, a cross is best suited. You can find a huge number of ideas on thematic forums
- Working with adhesive interlining. It must be prepared in advance. The prepared stencil is placed on it and the interlining is cut out according to its shape. Then it must be applied to the inside of the T-shirt (in the place of future embroidery) and ironed with a hot iron. This is necessary so that the embroidery does not deform over time and retains its original appearance for a long time. Washing the interlining is absolutely not scary. Even when working with dense fabrics, this condition will not be superfluous.
- Transferring a drawing to a product. The best option is to place the glass on the surface so that it has a free edge. Place a lamp under this edge, and a T-shirt with a sketch on top, in the place where the embroidery will be. At this stage, a water-soluble marker will come in handy (it is sold in almost any store for handicrafts, it is necessary to pay attention that the marker should be of a color that will stand out on the fabric, it is especially difficult to choose for black fabrics). With its help, the drawing is transferred to the fabric. It is important to match the sketch with the already glued interlining.
- Embroidery. Before starting this important stage, you need to make sure that the threads do not shed, otherwise the whole work will be ruined very quickly. To do this, take a piece of thread, a small piece of light fabric and wash them together. It is best to embroider on a hoop. This way the result will be smoother and there is less chance of re-stretching the work. Before work, it is recommended to wash your hands well so as not to leave marks on the product.
- Completion of work. After the embroidery is finished, the T-shirt will need to be washed. It is better to do this in water without adding detergents or in slightly soapy water.
Knowing how to embroider on a T-shirt, everyone can create their own masterpiece.
Professional machine embroidery
Machine embroidery has taken a confident leading position in our time. This is the most affordable (approximately 10 times cheaper than handwork) way to get an embroidered product. Now technology has reached the point that not only template images are easily created on a computer, but also unique drawings that will take into account all the wishes of the client.
At first glance, machine embroidery is no different from handwork. But its advantages are obvious:
- it is very fast, while an embroiderer may need more than one week to create a masterpiece;
- reverse side of the highest class;
- all stitches are one to one;
- wide range of application, both among people who like to wear interesting things, and among companies that order clothing for advertising purposes or to create a corporate identity;
- maximum wear resistance;
- T-shirts for machine embroidery can be made from both natural and synthetic materials.
The only, and for many a very important, disadvantage of machine embroidery is the absence of a human hand. When embroidery is done by hand, it has its own charm. All stitches are different and unique, and 2 identical things will never turn out, even if they depict the same pattern.
Nevertheless, machine embroidery is now at the peak of popularity and is in great demand. Many craftsmen even buy embroidery machines for home use.
The biggest advantage of embroidery is the ability to make your clothes unique. In addition, this craft is available to anyone who has read how to embroider on a T-shirt by hand.
