Cord Work Ebroidery Made Easy

' This is so intricate' would probably be your first thought when you see the images above and the next would be ' It probably take ages and looks very difficult! ' Right? Well you are wrong :-) If you can do a running stitch in your sewing machine and follow a line, then this is as easy as eating a pie!

I searched online to see if this technique is documented and found to my amazement that it wasn't! I wondered why as my mom has been using this method ages ago.

It would look lovely on clothes, cushions and table cloth. The red is a shawl that was done using this method 10+ yrs ago!

As this instruction wasn't available anywhere I thought to enter it in the 'Teach It' Contest as I felt it was a new skill and technique I could teach my fellow instructable members. So if it's a new skill you have learned today by reading this instructions I would be grateful to have your valuable vote! :-)

Supplies

A sewing machine

Crochet thread or small cord. - not too thick that it cant go through the bobbin hole.

Matching thread

A continues embroidery pattern to make life easier.( feel free to copy the design above. It was done by Shazni. and she has no issues with it)

Transfer pattern on the wrong side of your fabric. You can either use a light box to do it or use a carbon for fabric.

Fix the fabric to a frame and pull tight. Remove the machine foot.

Fill bobbin with cord.

Place bobbin in shuttle and pull the thread through. Usually here the thread will come loosely in normal sewing, but not too loose. Now you have to adjust the tension here so that it would have the same tension as in the top thread when sewing the usual way.

The tension in the top should be loosened so that it should be like the the shuttle tension in the usual stitching mode.

No put the shuttle and pull the thread out.

Do a test stitch and check if all is right.

:-) Well, all you have to do now is follow your pattern. It's easy if you have a continues pattern. If not, just stop, jump to next position and sew away. Remember you would be sewing on the wrong side of the fabric.

Once done, turn to the right side and cut the cord where it's not necessary. Like where you did your jumps :-)

You can do fillings like this to by filling with running stitch.

Isn't it like super easy and really lovely?

Have you ever done it before?

Why not try it and how me a sample :-) I would love to see it.

Thank you for reading my instructable. Hope you found it useful :-)

Any feedback would be most welcome.