Is needlework a hobby or something more? What needlework techniques exist?

Types and technology in needlework. Review, tips and reviews of the craftswomen.

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Feminine nature is the orientation of action inside, the development of harmony with the outside world, the ability to live a soul in love, giving love.

A woman draws strength from the inside, but they tend to be spent. As a well with clean water, it seems that it is inexhaustible, but there are periods of water departure
Therefore, in the arsenal, a representative of the beautiful half has their own ways to fill themselves with energy and forces
In the days of our ancestors of the Slavs, all women were needlewomen, gathered in small groups in the evenings and made or at home in the light of the Luchina created masterpieces for family needs
And today the tradition of female needlework has been revived and has gained wide application. The eye rejoices at fairs from the abundance of creative imagination and beautiful things and objects

Needlework as a lifestyle

We so firmly squeezed ourselves into the framework of the house-work-house that we forgot about other joys in life or ceased to allocate time for their contemplation
The imposed idea of \u200b\u200benrichment, life on credit, a race behind a golden body exhaust and take up strength for relaxation and creativity
We are as thoughts-I’ll use a little more, I will carry out this project and that's it-I will do needlework. And then the sewing machine was already dusty, the knitting needles and hooks dulled, the beads scattered around the house, and the needles with the muline mixed in a magic box for my mother’s creativity
Stop your thought stream and look back at your life! Where is the place of joy and sources of inspiration of you, your family and the world around you? A woman with extinct eyes, de -energized a race for survival, what an atmosphere to create at home
Take a closer look at the craftsmen at the needlework fair. Funny, ruddy, full of vitality and creative inspiration, they literally “infect” visitors with the “virus” of needlework. They know something like a sorcerer of ancient Slavic times
Needlework is a creation and decoration of the world with your own hands. The process of creating the product itself is comparable to meditation, when all emotions inside subside, harmonize with the surrounding space, giving joy and strength to their mistress

Do you think this is an accident that young mother’s moms feel impulses for creativity? So female nature suggests directions for the development of oneself and filling harmony energies.

Women even refuse our time from hired office work for needlework. For some time they create for themselves and their family, and then, as if from the air, they have customers and permanent orders for man -made beauty. The cash flow finds the track into their house. So the world thanks the needlewomen for their mental creative work.

How to make money on needlework?

To launch any business, the goal and mission are important. If they are creative, then it will be successful, if destructive and selfish - everything will go to dust and the bitterness of disappointment, dissatisfaction and even anger will remain inside the person
Instead of the goal of earn money, try to give pleasure to the future owner of things, make it beautiful, add a highlight. And the mission of activity determine the filling of the world with joy, good, beauty, creativity from the deeds of human hands
Create and assemble photos of your needlework masterpieces in the portfolio. As you will be ready, you can safely demonstrate it first to your relatives and girlfriends, then on the Internet on ads of ads and forums of the craftswomen
Orders will gradually come to you from everywhere. The main thing is that you have enough time for their implementation, and for the family, and for yourself. Needlework should bring joy, and not take the strength in pursuit of the dates of execution of orders

What kind of needlework to do? Popular types of needlework

The woman’s imagination is amazing and multifaceted, she can push her mistress to occupy creativity with any improvised material:

fabrics
threads
paper
natural materials - straw, petals, leaves, grains and seeds, pebbles and shells
wire
clay
beads and beads

Therefore, there are a large number of types of needlework. Many of them have been revived since the ancestors, and there are those that appeared relatively recently.

Popular among them are:

embroidery with threads, beads, ribbons
crochet, knitting needles, frivolitis
fasting felt and wool
patchwork sewing, or patchwork
wetting dolls
creating bouquets from fabrics and small soft toys
scrapbooking
polymer clay
tilda dolls
decoupage
carving - fruit carving
quilling - paper coating, when spirals are twisted from narrow strips of paper, which then make up interesting souvenirs
topiary - the creation of cash talismans and magnets in the form of a plant in a pot
it is errone - a Japanese type of needlework from the natural parts of plants - petals, leaves, seeds
weaving mandala
soapworking
creation of jewelry from Foamiran (plastic suede)

Diamond needlework technique - mosaic embroidery

She came to us from China. Its other names are diamond embroidery, mosaic embroidery.

Its distinctive feature is execution without threads and a needle. The essence of diamond technology in the compilation of amazing paintings from small multi -colored pebbles with a cut of diamond. Thanks to this, the finished work "comes to life" when the rays of light gets on it, plays with paints, shimmers.

Ready -made sets for needlewomen using mosaic embroidery technique are available. Except for stems and schemes of the picture, they are in them

tweezers
line for aligning the rows of stacked materials
society
scissors
frame

The schematic drawing is covered with a film that should be removed before embroidery.

You will need:

a solid surface on which you can decompose and fix the scheme
bright light source so as not to overwork the eyes during work
perseverance and attentiveness when selecting rhinestones and their laying on the drawing
After each attached row, it should be leveled with a ruler. Then the picture will be even and coincide with the scheme
Remember that the sticky layer in the diagram retains its properties for one week
At the end of the work, the picture must be given time to dry, then cover it with a fixer. It also remains on a flat surface until completely dry. And finally, she is ready for placement in the frame and classes on the wall or shelf
The most common set is diamond peacock embroidery. You can also find schemes of flowers, nature, birds

Yo-yo, needlework technique

This technique of needlework is from England. It is simple and at the same time gives originality to the finished product. It can be used even as an option for playing with kids and creating jewelry or toys.

Yo-yo is a piece of fabric pulled on one side with a thread so that the accordion or folds turns out. They are voluminous and flat, monophonic and multi -colored, decorated with buttons, beads, openwork lace. Professional craftswomen use a mix of fabrics to create original yo-yo.

Their classical form is a circle, but the fantasy of needlewomen expanded their geometric spectrum. Yo-yo are in the form of hearts, flowers, butterflies.

The greatest use of yo-yo in patchwork. But even if you are a beginner needlewoman, you will be able to master this technique without problems. Moreover, to decorate with multi-colored original yo-yo you can any interior, wardrobe, toys, jewelry.

Do -it -yourself dolls

An equally interesting direction in needlework is the creation of dolls with your own hands. Women always remain girls, which means they tend to play and live different stories with their little silent girlfriends.

Most likely, the ancestors of all nationalities developed sewing dolls for daughters. Such a toy is nicer to the heart, because it absorbed the warmth and love of my mother’s pens.

There are a lot of dolls, it is worth noting with your attention:

mobang dolls
charm
angels
tildes
walfore
knitting or hook

For all of them, the general is natural materials that are pleasant to the touch and safe for children's pens. As a filler, a needlewoman use cotton, goat and lamb wool, syntepuh.

For many dolls, the craftswomen sew clothes and teach this craft their daughters. The latter are happy to pick up the idea of \u200b\u200bcaring for a toy.

For example, the peculiarity of the Walfore dolls is a reflection of the interest of a child of a certain age. A toy with a minimum of details, without a drawn face traits, is dressed in a fixed slip under 3 years of age. And the baby 5 years old needs a doll with the maximum number of details - shoes on legs, a dress with straps and/or fasteners, a handbag, a hat, hair.

Decoupage needlework technique

It arose in the 15th century in Germany and quickly spread in medieval Europe. It consists in applying cut drawings to objects with the subsequent fixing of varnish for fixing and the durability of their future operation.

Initially, the decoupage technique was used to decorate furniture in order to imitate its more expensive analogue. For this property of imitation, Italians called it “for the poor”.

Nowadays, decoupage has been revived and actively developing. As blanks with drawings for decoration, napkins, paper of different types, fabric are used. Needlewomen decorate with the help of this technique furniture, dishes, other interior items, accessories.

Typically, to create masterpieces in the technique of decoupage, blanks of drawings, glue, varnish, brushes, scissors, paint are used.

Different directions in decoupage are also distinguished by the style of an object selected by a craftswoman for decoration:

provence
victorian style
country
shebby-chic
simplicity
militari
ethno

Outwardly, the decoupage technique can be with a predominance of gold, antiquity, painting.

Needlework techniques from fabric

The fabric is perhaps the most common and expected material for needlework. She surrounds us everywhere, and life without fabrics does not appear at all. Therefore, the technician of needlework from this material is many, except for the usual sewing of clothing and fabric household items.

There are the following varieties of fabric techniques:

Embroidery with satin ribbons
Knitting from flaps of fabric with knitting needles and/or hook
Application - compilation of pictures from fabric and any other improvised material.
Batik - painting with paints of both natural fabrics and synthetic ones. The peculiarity of the implementation of this technique is to reserve places with liquid, which repels paint, for example, gasoline, a special aqueous solution, paraffin.
Puppet technology - the formation of dolls from fabrics of different textures and color. Dolls both sewed and “wip” or assemble from fabric canvases.
Merevka - the technique of creating openwork patterns on fabric by pulling the threads from it. Napkins, tablecloths, bedding, clothes are decorated.
Patchwork, quilting or patchwork - the technique of creating amazing and practical things from pieces of fabric
Pictures from fabric-the fabric is painted with paints, cut out and designed in a drawing on the canvas.
Furoshiki - origami from fabric, scope - creation of original packages for gifts
Temari - decorating New Year's balls with fabric and needles with threads

Hobby, needlework knitting

A no less popular and ancient type of needlework is knitting. It is enough to take threads, knitting needles or hook and start creating your own masterpiece. Yes, yes, and no less. Because you will put a piece of your soul, warmth, time and attention into it.

But knitting in its development acquired new directions and technology, for example:

frivolitis
knot
on a fork
tunisian
hands without any devices
knitted patchwork
modular
peruvian or Brumstik

Each of them is amazing and interesting from the point of view of the process and the achieved result. Craftswomen, who have well mastered classic knitting techniques, are happy to plunge into the study and practice of new related species. This horizons expands, and memory, perseverance, patience develops. And the bonus is the beauty in the house and harmony in the soul!

Why is it useful to engage in needlework: tips and reviews

It can definitely be said that it is useful to engage in needlework.

to look mysterious and individually
to expand the circle of uniform-minded girlfriends
savings of the family budget
dIY space
meditation in the process of work
prevention of joint diseases, nervous disorders, depression
training of perseverance, patience, attentiveness, fantasy
creative original gifts to relatives and friends
the mood improves both the needlewoman and all the members of her family
lack of time for quarrels, disputes, gossip, idleness

And each craftswoman will easily continue this endless list of advantages from needlework.

Remember, any type of needlework is useful and relevant. Rejoice yourself and loved ones with beautiful works and your positive!

Needlework: tips

Beginning needlewomen are suitable for books, magazines, video tutorials on any technique interesting for them. Just do not just look, but immediately implement life
Register on several needlework sites and track the news of the products in a specific type of needlework
It is appropriate to get acquainted with the craftsmen on special forums, where they willingly answer questions and boast of their masterpieces
Be sure to collect the portfolio of your work if you plan to expand the client base and the number of orders at yourself. Additional money will always be by the way
Listen to yourself if some technique does not go, postpone it and take care of something else. The male approach - to finish work at all costs - is absolutely unnatural in female creativity. Follow the balance and measure
Avoid cluttering up the scrap space with your deficiencies. They will only upset you

Needlework: reviews

Marina, housewife
After the birth of my son, I was drawn to needlework. Although the last time I touched the knitting needles, threads and players in labor lessons at school. I was addicted to crochet, knitting needles, crossing with a cross and beads. The days went, my skill and the number of successful work increased. A year later, I boldly put some of them on sites. Gradually, I had customers and orders. Now I do not think about going to work from the decree. Living more freely and also with earnings is comfortable for me.

Svetlana Grigoryevna, pensioner
As long as I remember, I always loved and engaged in needlework. The closest for me is embroidery. My whole house has always been cleaned as a holiday. This habit I gathered from my mother and grandmother, they were beautiful craftsmen in needlework. Now I have already grown granddaughters. During the holidays, they always come to me with joy and master the secrets of embroidery. Their work at school competitions always occupy prizes. As a teacher and grandmother, I am proud of their success!