Tapestry with our own hands: schemes of weaving and embroidery

Since ancient times, people have decorated their houses with woven paintings depicting stories from the life of man or the animal world. Such paintings were called tapestries. Woven picture or carpet can be created independently, having at hand special tools and materials. After reading this article, you will learn how to make a tapestry with your own hands, the stitch schemes are provided in the material below.

How to learn how to embroider a tapestry

Tapestry can not only be weaved, but also embroider. To do this, you need a dense fabric, such as cotton or linen. Get everything you need in the needlework shop. Threads can be used any, the main thing is that they are thick and thick enough. A thin thread can be folded several times, so that when performing a stitch, it completely covers the base. To embroider tapestry paintings with your own hands, you will need a hoop to stretch the fabric.

The gobelin stitch looks like a semi-element of a stitch of a cross stitch. Embroidery of the 1st step from the upper right corner begins and ends in the lower left. So, the next step continues, heading from left to right. Stitches are densely located to each other, because the base should not be visible.

Carpet method of embroidery tapestry

Non-woven tapestries can be embroidered in another way. But for execution you will have to purchase a special needle. It is a hollow needle with a handle through which the thread is threaded for embroidery.

To make a 3D drawing, use the example:

1) Fasten the fabric on the embroidery frame.

2) Draw the image you like on the wrong side.

3) Thread the needle into the needle. For convenience, you can use a wire.

4) From the wrong side, start the embroidery by stitching the needle into the outline of the picture. After she has entered completely into the fabric, gently lift the instrument. Do the next puncture next. On the front side you should get a seam of free stitches. The more often you take steps, the brighter the picture will be.

How to weave a tapestry

To manually weave a painting, you will need a special frame, which looks like a rack with screws or screw fasteners, staggered. At these fasteners draw the warp threads. Further weaving can be performed in various ways:

1) Linen. The thread, wound on a piece of cardboard, is passed under even strung threads. Raise the top rail so that you see all the odd threads, thread the thread through them. Seal with a fork.

2) Egyptian. The thread is wrapped around each warp thread. Columns are obtained.

3) Greek. Two threads, intertwined with each other, pass through the base. Each sews the warp threads, as in linen weaving.

4) Binding. Passing the first row in a linen way, the next row is performed by wrapping each warp yarn.

5) Sumatoe weaving. Two binding threads are tied around each other at once.

6) Georges. A small string wrap ends around two adjacent warp threads. Tighten. Take another piece and continue so the whole series. The fringe is then trimmed to one level.

So that your mat does not skew, adhere to some rules:

1) After each row, compact the steps with a fork, evenly distributing the thread.

2) Check that the weaving is not too tight so as not to pull off the warp threads.

3) In order to fix the weaving by various methods, periodically do linen weaving.

4) After the weaving is finished, the frame can remain under the mat base. You will only have to sew and trim all the irregularities, to thread the threads that should be on the wrong side.

Clear video tutorials

Technique on the cardboard:

Non-woven technique:

Or such an option:

And, finally, this video: