Introduction to Botanical Embroidery

Discover Layla’s professional journey, how she started embroidering, and where she finds the references for her creations. She talks about how she combines her work as a scientist, in the National Health Institute in Mexico, alongside her passion for embroidery, and how this manual artform helps her disconnect.

Review all the material you need to start embroidering, as well as the designs to create your composition. Learn how to attach fabric onto your embroidery hoop, and start working on your drawing. Layla also teaches you her method when drawing and shows you how to prepare your composition using templates.

Once you’ve transferred your design onto the fabric, see in which order you need to embroider the elements of your composition to achieve a layered effect with different perspectives. Next, learn some basic color theory and see Layla’s method of selecting and applying colors.

Then, start embroidering. See the satin stitch, a versatile technique that helps create different textures, which will work as a base for your entire composition. See how to apply this stitch to embroider plants, as well as other botanical elements, to embroidering people, contours, and other details.

Lastly, Layla teaches how to give the final touches to your embroidery, leaving your botanical embroidery piece ready to hang on the wall.