Last Updated on February 11, 2020 by wendigratz
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I have a particular way I make eyes when I draw, and when I translated those drawings into embroideries I had a hard time choosing a stitch that gave me just the effect I wanted.
A French knot was too round.
A simple straight stitch was, well, too straight. And too flat.
I tried a lot of different stitches, and combinations of stitches until I finally hit on something that was just right. And now I’m going to share that technique with you! I use this for all of my doll and softie faces, as well as any other faces I stitch.
Want to practice stitching eyes? Try this Monster Mash embroidery pattern full of monster faces.
Lots of eyes to embroider in there!
Happy stitching!
Best,
Wendi
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That is so very clever! Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome!
Thanks! I am just renewing my love of embroidery after many years (my Nana taught me when I was little) and am happy to discover new ways of doing things.
Thanks!
i have a tinker bell crocheted doll i made and i need to know how to makes eyes so it looks right. if you can help that wood be wonderful. thank you robin.
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Robin – I’m just now starting to crochet dolls (I made my first amigurumi a few weeks ago) so I don’t have much experience with this. For mine I just stitched a single straight stitch, over and over again until it was thick enough to really show up.
Good luck!
Thank you for the video of eyes embroidery !! 🙂
You’re welcome! 🙂
I love the way you did the eyes. They’re so much better than the French knots I’ve been making. Thanks!
I’m glad it was helpful. 🙂
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Hello, is that perle cotton you were using? What # if it was? Thank you. Excited about tomorrow. Rhonda
No – it’s a full 6 strands of regular DMC embroidery floss. You can use perle cotton – but with that I find it a little harder to do the split stitch underneath.
Thank you for sharing – they look so much better than French Knot
This is so much better, quicker, and easier that any method Iave ever tried. Never going back to french knot again!
I love your videos! You are very descriptive! Thank you!
Very nice