This is current since the Sunflower has been chosen as a symbol of support and hope for the Ukraine. How wonderful to have seen this since I have been studying embroidery lately…love all people and all flowers 🙏🏽🙋🏻‍♀️👍🏽Mia

Cute to see the smiling face on the Sunflower stalk!😂

I have done needle work in cross stitch and basic embroidery. Your lessons are fabulous and I am going to start again and develop my skills. I love the mixed media. Thank you so much for clear and understandable video lessons!! I am hooked on you lessons!!

Thankyou for sharing

Good teaching thanks

So therapeutic to watch Sarah. Thank you. x

These are beautiful

This was a very helpful tutorial thank you!

The weaving stitch would be good for Corn on the cob

ive just started embroidery and you explain things so easily x thankyou

Turns out our niece likes sunflowers. I can see her getting one as a brooch for Christmas. Thank you for the various methods. I just need to choose one to work now.

I love the template! You have got such great, helpful ideas! Thanks!

so beautiful

Fantastic work; the ribbon was new to me, and so effective! 🌻

You are a great teacher. I’m in my 50s and have wanted to learn this for years. Thank you. I went out and bought every thing to start learning from you after watching your videos I know that I can learn this now. Great teacher.

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sandra! I hope you are enjoying your new adventrue in stitching. Do check out our beginners embroidery page on the website here for some useful hints tips and resources: www.sarahhomfray.com/beginners-embroidery-a-guide-on-how-to-get-going-in-this-beautiful-craft.html

Awesome video/tutorial 👍🏻🤗👏🏻

It took a few tries but I just made a flower using the Turkey rug stitch! Thank you for making such helpful videos!

Many thanks from Thailand

The woven picot shapes in this color look like tiny ears of corn :-D

Great! Just what I was looking for!! Thank-you as always.

Vous réalisez des fleurs à la beauté imparfaite comme dans la nature ❤️..... vous avez un vrai don pour partager votre savoir et je ne suis pas anglophone !!! Merci Madame🙏🙏🙏

Just WOW😳

Sarah I reckon this tutorial on the Turkey Rug Stitch is easier to do and understand than the actual tutorial of it. Thankyou 🙂

I really like the ribbon sunflower. Very different

I love sunflowers. The ribbon embroidery is my favorite version. Will be trying it on my next sampler. Thank you.

Beautiful

@jacquelinewhittaker4651

Жыл бұрын

My first freehand attempt this week at a bunch of SUNFLOWERS turned out to be more like DAHLIAS . Then at my second attempt, I managed a giant sunflower, so cute that I want to talk to her. Blob a long, Weed.....for those of us old enough to be raised on Bill and Ben, the Flower Pot Men. The distinctive thing about a SUNFLOWER is that the centre is massive and out of all proportion to the flower head. I'm still not managing to do a Turkish Rug Stitch flower. Yet. Thanks for the inspiration.

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It's like you were reading my mind. I was JUST thinking I need a sunflower embroidery tutorial! Thank you so much for making this!!

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

A talent I didn't know I had! :)

❤❤❤ Very good lessons❤ Thank You❤

Great timing Sarah! Just last night, I was scouring KZread for quick & simple tutorials on sunflowers. I love all of yours and I will attempt the first two. Thank you! 🌻

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

That was good timing! I must have a sixth sense...:)

As always beautiful work, am learning much. TY😁💜💜💜

Enjoyed it especially the ribbon sunflower

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

I think the ribbon particularly lends itself to sunflowers!

Brilliant

Thank you Sarah, great video, you have given me inspiration for my next project! 😀 😊🐈

These are amazing ❤

Thank you so much for your calm and very clear explanation. This tutorial is absolutely perfect for me!

Sarah, really enjoyed the tutorials for flowers - makes so wonderful when you do these. Thank you very much- so well decided!

Very nice sunflowers!!

thank you so much for all your wonderful videos. I can't tell you how helpful they are.

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying Jan!

Thanks for sharing. Love them all

I love your videos💕 I learn a lot from you ma'am

Nice video 👌👌

This is by far one of the best tutorials I've seen in years. All the videos I've seen for years seem to be all the same stitches. A few of these Ive never seen done before and I absolutely love them and you've inspired me to stitch something. Thank you for sharing you knowledge.

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Terri, glad you enjoyed and found something new to add to your repertoire! Check out '5 more stitches for lettering', there's a good one at the end of that you might not have had a go at!

@sandramyer7081

2 жыл бұрын

You completely agree! Your tutorials are clear, close up watch your needles from underside or too- just lots of understandable clear to do with your own. My right hand is disabled so Ill try with my left hand and new the truth works! thank you Sandi Myer

You be are ca an amazing teacher. I do believe my work is improving! Thanks a ton.

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

Hurrah! :)

I don't even like sunflowers, but here I am.

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you are enjoying them now you are here Jenniferofthejungle!! :)

your skill and ability to explain your actions are just wonderful. Thank you.

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

thank you!

This was so helpful!

Beautiful.thanks 🙏🏻

Fabulous video!

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I love this video, Sarah!

W0W AMAZING THANK YOU❤

So excited to find this video!!! Will use all of these !!!!

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Cynthia!

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Just found your channel this morning when I was looking up needlepoint tutorials...just subscribed! Thank you!

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome onboard Robin!

Such a great demonstration. Thankyou

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Hello from Canada! As always your videos are superb! What was the thread you used for the turkey stiich sunflower

Hi Sarah, once again another spot on video. What type of fabric are you working on? It appears you may have painted it. What do you use?

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

I did paint this one Jan yes, I used watercolour paint. I wetted the fabic, dropped green paint into it and brushed some leaf shapes on in a dark green then left it to dry. Easy peasy! Oh, and the fabric I used was just a calico cotton...

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You are so good Ive learned so much from watching you Thank you

I just love the way you teach and I'm practicing new things. I also love your cat. He reminds me of my dearly departed Simba. This is the first of your videos where I have seen you use a colored (hand painted?) background. I really want to paint some of my cottons, linens and /or canvases to embroider on. Is there a video on this? or any chance you might do one? If not, any recommendations for me to learn this? Thanks again for all you do here.

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

Veido on painted backgrounds is coming Ann!

Thank you so much for all your tutorials. I do love these sunflowers. All I need now is how to turn these into brooches. Do you know how to do this? Also Sarah, did you paint your fabric?

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I used watercolour paint for the background Marcia. We have a video on painted backgrounds coming soon!

AWESOME !!! I LOVED the 3D flowers most ;) Question ;- When you use the beads for the centre why not put them on the thread at once and secure at the end ? ;) Thanks for sharing ;D

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

You can put them down that way D, but they would need securing in between each bead. Check out our seed bead video to see this technuique!

Hello Sarah, I’m new to your channel and I’m learning so much. Thank you. I’m learning that you do things for a reason. Can you please tell me the purpose of starting your projects with the knotted end of your thread on the top side of your work? If you have the time, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Thank you and have a good day!😃

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

Жыл бұрын

See my video on starting and finishing your threads for a full explanation Cindy!

@lifeofjoy9404

11 ай бұрын

Sarah's "Waste Not" knot method is a very handy way to keep the back side of your embroidery tidy, and the two tiny starting stiches eventually get "locked" in place underneath your other stitching. This way yku don't have to contantly turn your embroidery hoop over to knot threads on the back, and it eliminates the bulk & mess of knotting on the back side. You'll get used it it and appreciate it; I sure did! Watch all of her Beginner videos and you'll learn all kinds of tricks to make it an enjoyable hobby! I did!🤓💪

@cindyfrischer6136

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I will definitely watch your beginner videos! ❤️

Great tutorials! What type needle do you do with ribbon flowers - I’m sorry I forgot which one😂

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

Chenille needles are perfect for silk ribbon Sandra

Sarah and Jonathon, thank you for fulfilling my order so quickly, it arrived today. Sarah, when doing the picot petal sunflower, can you strand the thread from one completed petal to start the next one and how would you go about adding more than one colour to each petal? But if anyone else knows, I'd appreciate the help. Thank you. Our cats hope yours are well and chasing leaves. (It makes a change from shrews here).

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

I suggest finishing one petal off and starting the next one with a new thread Carole. That way if it should go wrong for any reasons you don't have to take out a good petal! You can change colours but it's a bit awkward: you would need to thread a new colour in from the back somehow. You might need to do some experimenting to make this work! (Our cats are fast asleep next to the radiators!)

Sarah what needle are you using for the ribbon sunflower

Interesting you have different names for the stitches. I was taught the "detached chain" stitch is called a "daisy" stitch.

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

Жыл бұрын

Technically Dale, Laisy Daisies are made from detached chains!! But yes there are different names for different stitches

Hello Sarah, did you paint the fabric before you started the embroidery(apologies if thats already been discussed on another video :))

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I did Michelle! Just wetted the fabric and dropped in some watercolour...

@michelesmith8790

2 жыл бұрын

@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery thank you, I really like the ribbon work, so effective,

Is this cotton with a background? I’m wondering if you have those 2 fabrics together, are they both embroidered the same time- not one, correct?

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

Check out my video on backing fabrics Sandra!

Lovely flowers. What are you stitching on?

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

Жыл бұрын

Hand painted cotton calico

@misskitty285

Жыл бұрын

@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery It looks lovely. And works perfectly with the flowers.

What is the small stitches at the begining is for ?

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

These are holding stitches, check out our Starting and finishing threads video for a full explanation!

I like all your designs mam...I have started your embroidery work... I have a small dought mam...How I get like this fabric,What size of Satin Ribbon and pls explain the all using threads Nos...Thank you...😊😊😊

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

The fabric is just plain cotton which I have painted with watercolour paint. The ribbon is 4mm silk ribbon

@suganyaj5612

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much mam...

@karenvaage6040

3 жыл бұрын

@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery I was wondering the same have you other ribbon flowers to do.

Did you paint the fabric? What kind of paint?

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

Жыл бұрын

Watercolour Georgia!

Can you use satin ribbon instead of grossgrain ribbon

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

I suggest silk ribbon for this kind of work Janet, other kinds are just too stiff

@janetcannon4562

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I have some satin so I can try pretty soon

What needle do you use with the ribbon work here?

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

Chenille needles are great for Ribbonwork Kay

@kayrichardson6040

2 жыл бұрын

@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery thanks, Sarah 🙂

What fabric are you working on for this

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

3 жыл бұрын

It's a calico cotton that I painted myself Karen with watercolour paint

Are cheap hand Embroidery Threads any good I am a beganner

@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery

2 жыл бұрын

See my video 'Are cheap threads any good?' Fernande!

Why not leave the cardboard template in place, until you've finished cutting the brown threads. Remove. Then just trim anything odd?

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