Embroidering your jeans is a fun, easy, and affordable way to personalize your style. Embroidered jeans in designer stores can cost hundreds of dollars, while embroidery thread only costs cents per skein. With a homemade pair, you can make your friends envious of your talent and style, while proudly declaring that you did it yourself.
Design a flower pattern of your choice. A daisy is easiest, however you can create any type of flower that you like.
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Photocopy the pattern and baste it onto the jeans in the position that you want your finished embroidery to be. You may use double-stick tape to help hold the pattern in place. Begin with the outside of the pattern, backstitching the petals and stem.
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Lift the pattern off carefully, cutting and removing the basting stitches. If you don't want to eyeball the remaining pattern, remove the paper, cut around the petals and stem, and replace the center pattern.
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Backstitch the remaining center portion of the flower and remove the pattern, if applicable.
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Stitch all of the accent lines with running stitches, starting from the center and moving outward to the petals.
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Repeat steps 1 through 6 for the remaining patterns.
Tips & Warnings
Use all six strands of embroidery floss when stitching.
To complete a backstitch, bring the needle up through the jeans and insert about one stitch to the left of the starting point. Bring the needle up about one stitch to the right of the starting point, inserting at the starting point. Continue by bringing the needle through one stitch length to the left, always inserting the needle in the first hole of the last stitch.
To complete a running stitch bring the needle in and out of the material to make small even stitches. You can insert the needle various times before drawing it through the jeans.
When your thread is about to run out, simply make a small stitch on the underside of the jeans, passing your needle through the loop to make a knot before you pull the thread tight.
Always keep a hand on the backside of the fabric to help guide your embroidery.
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