Many interesting types of needlework were known several centuries ago. So it is with isothread - it is believed that for the first time the technique of creating drawings on a solid basis with the help of threads appeared in England quite a long time ago. English craftsmen hammered carnations into wooden planks, wound multi-colored threads around the carnations, creating a certain pattern.
Today, thread graphics have again become widespread. Only to facilitate the work, thick cardboard is used instead of wood.
Isothread: materials and tools for work
For work you will need:
Styrofoam.
Base (wooden or cardboard board),
Threads (can be completely different, from thick woolen to bright floss),
A needle with an eye of sufficient diameter (to fit your thread),
In addition to the main ones, you may also need auxiliary tools, materials, including a beautiful substrate (plain fabric, leather, and others), glue, adhesive tape, an awl, safety pins, and additional accessories with which you can decorate the finished panel. Sometimes a thread pattern can be formed around a base in the form of a brooch, a wooden house, several animal figurines, etc.
Cardboard- the easiest base, ideal for beginners. It is not necessary to look for any special types of cardboard; you can buy ordinary colored cardboard in an ordinary stationery store or hypermarket. Take several packs of cardboard of different density (indicated in grams per square meter). The thicker the cardboard, the thicker the needle and thread will need to be used.
You can experiment with velvet substrates (there is even velvet cardboard), but if the material is too thin, it will be inconvenient to work with it. In this case, ordinary PVA glue will help you out, with which a sheet of ordinary white cardboard can be glued to the base. This will make work much easier.
Similarly, you can glue fabric onto cardboard.
Threads can be not just different, but differ even within the same panel. For example, you embroider a spruce with thick fluffy threads, and snowflakes with thin ones. Please note that in this case you will need several different needles, with different sizes of ears.
You can even start embroidery with ordinary threads sold on spools. But usually craftswomen stop at "Muline" or "Iris" as the main ones, using other varieties as needed to complement the image.
Ruler and compass in the work are needed in order to put pictures on the basis of isothreading (schemes of future images). The most popular schemes are based on a circle, square, angle.
One of the main occupations that make up the work of a craftswoman is piercing holes in the base. With seeming simplicity, this requires skill and care, there is a chance to prick your fingers or damage the surface of the desktop. Here the sheet comes to the rescue polystyrene. It is desirable that it be the size of the future picture or a little more. It is laid on the base. You can also use a folded towel. But dense (extruded) foam is still the most convenient option.
Scotch useful in order to fix the threads on the wrong side. Not every knot will stick well on the cardboard and there is not always a thread of sufficient length to tie it. Scotch tape (good, sticky tape) does the job just fine.
Awl will help to pierce thick cardboard or leather. It is not always convenient to do this with a thread, especially if you decide to use thin threads and the needle is matched to them.
Basic techniques in isothread technique
Actually, over the centuries of the existence of this technique, only two main figures and two methods of filling them in were invented - a circle and a square (right angle). Let's look at them in more detail.
We use a circle. With it, we draw a circle of the diameter you need on the basis. It is better to let it be a small circle if you are just getting acquainted with the technique. Next, imagine that this circle is the face of a clock. Put marks in the places where the numbers are usually placed on the dial. In total, you will get 12 marks. Poke holes in them with an awl. Number them.
So, we thread the needle with a hole at number one from the wrong side.
Important! You can connect any points of the circle in accordance with your (or someone else's, if you use a ready-made scheme) idea, but in such a way that the distance between the two connected points is always less than the diameter of the circle. That is, on the example of our picture, you cannot connect the numbers 12 and 6, 3 and 9, 11 and 5, etc.
This technique is taken as the basis for many beautiful embroideries. See picture below.
Or like this:
Here you will need a ruler. With its help, an acute, right or obtuse angle is drawn. As in the case of a circle, its sides are divided into equal sections, where holes are made. They must be in pairs, even if one side of the corner is longer than the other.
No hole is made at the top of the corner. The holes are numbered starting from the top. The thread is threaded from the wrong side. Next - according to your scheme.
The easiest option for beginners:
Again, filling the corner in the isothread technique cannot be done in such a way that opposite points located at an equal distance from the top of the corner are connected.
If you use the technique of embroidering flowers, then you cannot do without this technique. The fan consists of a segment, over which an arc is drawn at some distance. The purpose of the reception is to connect the holes on the segment with the holes on the arc, getting a beautiful petal. For an example, see the diagram:
The holes on the arc are made at an equal distance from each other. They begin to pull the thread from the first puncture in the arc (number 1).
This is how not only leaves are formed, but also petals, as well as buds.
Also, for a floral ornament, you can use an arc-shaped pattern. A part of a circle is drawn for it. Next, the holes are connected with a thread so that the distance between them is less than half of the embroidered arc. Look at the diagram:
As always, the distance between the holes should be equal.
A spiral is embroidered according to a similar pattern:
It is important to embroider it in one direction.
And this is how a droplet is embroidered using the isothread technique:
In this case, an arc and two segments are taken as the basis. Embroidery starts at one end, ends at the other.
Isothread technique: some secrets of needlework
If the chord (the distance between two connected points in a circle) is made as large as possible, then the circle will eventually be filled with threads as much as possible.
An interesting pattern is obtained if the circle is stitched twice - with one color of thread with a small chord, the other with a large one.
When embroidering a circle on the front side, we get a star on the back.
If you want to get a corner embroidered with strokes, embroider it from the wrong side. Then on the front it will turn out the same, but shaded.
To fix the knots and the whole pattern as a whole, after the end of the embroidery, you need to glue the base from the wrong side with a thick sheet of paper.
A picture in the technique of isothreading in stages with numbers: a goldfish. Step-by-step master class for children
Even a child can perform such a simple drawing. In general, the isothing technique for children is extremely useful: it develops fine motor skills, imagination, and perseverance. Of course, you can also embroider a complex fish. But for kids, we advise you to take this simple scheme:
What you need
Of the tools and materials you will need:
Simple pencil.
Colored cardboard of medium density,
Progress
Step 1. Put dots on the cardboard, as indicated in the diagram.
You will get something like this:
Step 2. We make holes in the cardboard with a thin awl, according to the drawn diagram.
Step 3. With a thread of the same color, we sew the lower ornament (sea waves) according to the scheme.
In the end it should look like this:
Step 4. Let's start embroidering the fish. To do this, using the standard technique, we sew a circle. Like this:
Step 5. In the final stage, we sew the tail, mouth and fin of the fish:
To make it look more natural, do not forget to draw an eye on the fish.
There is nothing complicated about the Easter theme. The main thing is to choose the right sewing schemes in the technique, some of which are so simple that you can use them to create crafts to sew, which are often asked to be made in a kindergarten or school.
Panel "Chicken with egg"
The finished image looks like this:
Postcard for Easter "Basket with eggs"
Pattern for embroidery:
You can isolate on disks. In the Easter theme, there is such a cute craft:
The circuit (shard) looks like this:
It is not difficult to embroider a heart on cardboard, and as a result you can get a unique valentine with your own hands.
In the finished version, the picture will look like this:
It is necessary to embroider according to this pattern:
As you can see, the numbering of holes in the upper part of the heart starts from the center, and at the bottom we bypass the corner element - there the holes diverge away from the center, the center itself is not numbered.
In general, you should have an even number of holes in order to be able to connect them in pairs.
We start stitching from the inside out, threading the needle into the number 1 (see diagram).
As you continue to work, your valentine will look like this:
When you are done with this diagram, to complicate the drawing, you will need to do the following:
From the wrong side, where the thread will be at the end of the work, thread it into the hole at number 47. From there - to 48. Then to 49 and so on to the end.
It will turn out like this:
Another version of the scheme
What is good about a heart - if its edges are cut with curly scissors, then you can not use a needle, wrapping the part with threads. It is easier, faster and more convenient than the classic isothreading technique.
As a result, you will get a heart like this:
Required tools and materials:
Accessories for decoration (rhinestones, beads, beads, satin ribbons, etc.).
Red and white cardboard
Threads of medium thickness red, pink and black,
Curly scissors for cutting the edges of a valentine,
regular scissors,
simple pencil,
Progress
To make the heart even and neat, it is better to cut it out according to a ready-made template, which abound on the Internet. Cut out the circled template with curly scissors.
Now with ordinary scissors in the places of the “wave” we make cuts with ordinary scissors. See drawing.
We turn our workpiece over to the wrong side and fix the thread there with tape.
We transfer the thread to the front side. We begin to wrap the heart, threading the notches. We work according to this scheme:
When the work according to the scheme is completed, we again turn the heart inside out and fix the end of the thread there. On the front side, you can decorate the heart with rhinestones and other decorations.
You can wrap it like this:
Imagine, and the result will certainly exceed your expectations.
We invite you to make an original Easter card using the isothread technique using this master class. Moreover, its production does not take much time and effort.
Take thick colored paper, a needle, thread, a simple pencil and adhesive tape. Fold a sheet of paper in half - this will be a postcard blank. Draw an oval in the shape of an egg with a pencil and mark it with multiple dots. 12 . There are 48 dots on our Easter card. With a thick needle, pierce the dots through the sheet. Erase the pencil with an eraser.
Secure the thread with tape from the wrong side. You can tie a knot at the end for security.
Pass the thread through the needle and pass it through the topmost hole (it will be numbered 1) . Then thread the thread through the 27th hole.
It turns out that the topmost hole will be the first, and the 27th (counting clockwise) will be the second. Then, from the inside, thread the thread into the adjacent hole. In the diagram below, this is hole 3. On the front side, pass the thread into hole 4.
Continue alternating inside and outside stitches as shown in the diagram below.
First stage Easter postcard ready. Cut the thread and secure with tape from the inside.
This is how your back should look like isothread postcards. Note that there are only short stitches inside, there should not be any long threads passing through the egg.
We introduce a thread of a different color. Also secure the end with tape from the inside. The thread starts from the third hole. This hole will be numbered 1 in the future. Pull the thread to the 22nd hole, which will be numbered 2.
Now thread the thread through hole 3 from the wrong side. And from the front, stretch to point 4, which is two holes from point 1.
Point 5 will again be next to point 4. And point 6 will be 2 holes from point 3.
By analogy, complete the second stage of creation isothread Easter cards.
The third stage and the thread of the third color, which will go on top of the previous two. The beginning of the drawing goes from the highest point to the 11th hole.
There is a very detailed way to fill an oval or a circle with such a pattern with isothread. Look, we won't repeat ourselves.
How did you like our master class Easter card in isothread technique? Write in the comments, share your experience.
To decorate the postcard, we will take the traditional Easter symbol - the tree of life. We wish the recipient a long, healthy, happy life. Such a postcard does not even have to be signed. The symbol itself, depicted (embroidered) on it, is the wish. The main condition: when creating, think only about the good, charging the postcard only with positive energy.
For work we need materials:
- a sheet of cardboard (in our case green),
- sheet of velvet paper (blue),
- sewing thread (two shades of green, two shades of red),
- glue stick,
- a sheet of white loose paper (office),
- sheet of thick paper for the template.
- Tools:
- graphite pencil,
- sewing needle,
- pin with a ball on the end,
- scissors,
- curly scissors,
- copy paper.
The progress of the postcard for Easter using the isothread technique:
First you need to make a template - an egg - in case you make more than one postcard or a child will make it. For the template, you do not need to use new cardboard, it will also work from the packing box. On velvet paper from the wrong side, circle the template and cut it out.
On a sheet of writing paper we make a drawing for embroidery. In our case, this is the tree of life. With the help of carbon paper, transfer the pattern to the wrong side of the velvet egg.
We embroider the pattern we have chosen according to the following patterns: as a closed figure, such as a circle, and a wavy line. The photo shows embroidery patterns. Closed figures (round flowers, quadrilateral - earth): we divide the entire figure along the perimeter into an even number of segments. We pierce each division with a pin. One stitch is the diagonal of the circle (for a quadrilateral: on both sides of one stitch the same number of divisions). In 1 we go out with a needle from the wrong side to the front, in 2 we go back, etc. All constructions with a pencil and the ends of the threads smeared with glue are on the wrong side.
We embroider a wavy line with a stitch through one division, i.e. between the beginning and end of one stitch, leave one division.
We embroider the stem and straight symmetrical branches with a stitch “through 1” with dark green threads.
We embroider curved branches to the middle with dark green threads with a stitch “through 1”.
We embroider the second half of the antennae with light green threads.
The earth (quadrilateral), from which the tree of life grows, is embroidered as a closed figure with light green threads.
Round flowers - circles. The stitch is the diagonal of the circle. We embroider with pink threads.
Along the edge, along the same divisions with a stitch “through 1”, we embroider flowers with bright pink threads.
We also embroider the earth along the edge with bright pink threads with a stitch “through 1”.
We bend a sheet of green cardboard in half with the color outward. Glue the egg in the middle.
We cut the cardboard along the contour of the egg, retreating a few centimeters, without cutting it completely along the fold line so that the card opens and closes.
From white paper, cut out the contour of the egg with curly scissors, with an inner and outer contour. The inner outline is larger than an egg cut out of velvet paper.
Glue on cardboard. And the Easter card is ready. It remains only to sign it.
Crafts for Easter in kindergarten. Master class with step by step photo
Master Class. Postcard "Easter eggs" in the technique of isothread
Author: Gavrilova Olga Davydovna, teacher of MBDOU No. 180 "Kindergarten of a general developmental type", Kemerovo.Easter is the greatest holiday for Christians. The Easter egg has long been considered the main attribute of the Holy Easter holiday. It is customary to give Easter eggs as a gift to your family and friends.
Such an Easter card in the technique of isothing will definitely appeal to the one to whom you present it.
Dear colleagues! I bring to your attention a master class on making an Easter card using the isothread technique. This master class is intended for children of the preparatory group with a teacher, for kindergarten teachers, for parents of pupils of preparatory groups.
Purpose: Easter egg, made using the technique of isothreading, will be an excellent gift for both relatives and friends on the bright day of Easter.
Target: Making an Easter card using the isothread technique.
Tasks:
- Continue to acquaint children with the Orthodox holiday of Easter.
- Continue teaching children the technique of isothing.
- Develop attention, imagination, eye, fine motor skills of fingers.
- Develop volitional qualities (perseverance, patience, the ability to bring the work to the end).
- To cultivate independence, accuracy, the desire to bring the work begun to the end.
For work you will need:
- a needle with a wide eye;
- colored bobbin threads;
- scissors; awl (short);
- a piece of foam for lining during piercing with an awl (so as not to spoil the surface of the table);
- white cardboard;
- colored paper;
- pencil;
- ruler.
Stages of work:
1. We apply a drawing on a sheet of white cardboard from the wrong side, after dividing the sheet into 2 equal halves. We draw one acute angle with a side equal to 7 cm, the other - an obtuse angle, with a side equal to 3 cm. In this case, you can use a stencil. We draw an oval, 8 cm long, 6 cm wide.
2. On the lines of the corners on the wrong side, we apply markings for holes (along the ruler, 5 mm between the markings). The number of holes on both sides of the corner should be the same. We apply the same markup to the oval.
3. Having placed a foam plate, we pierce holes along the markings with an awl. On the front side there will be holes repeating the pattern on the wrong side.
4. I show the process of embroidering corners and an oval in an enlarged version.
We proceed to the image of an acute angle with an isothread according to the scheme. You can start from any direction. The figure shows the start on the right side.
From the wrong side, insert a needle and thread into hole 1. From the front side, we direct the needle to the top of the corner, into hole 8. From the wrong side, we insert the needle into the second hole (7) from the top of the right side of the corner, from the front side we insert the needle into the second hole at the bottom left (9). From the wrong side, from the second lower hole on the left side, we insert the needle into the third hole from the bottom of the left side (10), on the front side from the third lower left hole we direct the needle into the third hole from the top on the right side (6), etc.
5. In the same way, we embroider an obtuse angle according to the scheme.
6. Now let's start embroidering an oval. The size of the embroidered oval depends on the length of the chord - the line between two points: the shorter the chord, the larger the inner circle, the narrower the rim of the oval. (The number of holes specified at the beginning of work must be remembered, so that later, when it is necessary to replace the thread, it can be restored according to the given number).
Let's start working on an oval with a chord equal to 10 holes (sample). We introduce the needle from the inside into hole 1 and direct it into hole 10 (remember the number of holes - 10). From the wrong side, move forward one hole (11) in a circle and bring the needle and thread to the front side into hole 2. From the front side of hole 2, bring the needle to the wrong side into hole 3.
From hole 3 we will bring the needle to the front side into hole 12, etc. in a circle (from the inside from the hole 12-13 to the front side 13-4, from the inside 4-5, from the front 5-14, from the inside 14-15, from the front 15-6, from the inside 6-7, from the front 7 -16, etc.).
7. Thus, embroider the entire oval. On the postcard, the oval is embroidered with a chord equal to 20 holes.
8. On the wrong side, all cut threads can be glued with glue or tape.
9. Let's decorate the postcard by gluing it onto a larger colored paper.
The same postcard can be made with threads of different colors. You can start embroidery from any end. Or you can embroider from one end with one number of holes first, then from the other end with a different number of holes.
The last thread among the intersecting threads is easy to find - it is always the top one. Raise the thread to the tip of the needle and count the holes it connects. This will tell you where to proceed from.
I present options for embroidering Easter eggs.
