Craft & Maker

Embroidery & Hand Stitching

Stitch Botanical Hoop Art From Your First Needle to Dimensional Stumpwork

12 lessons4 modules10h 25m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This course teaches surface hand embroidery from the ground up using a small, affordable kit of tools and DMC six-strand cotton floss. You progress through foundational stitches, color and motif design, botanical projects, and raised stumpwork, finishing each piece so it is ready to frame or gift. Every technique is demonstrated with named tools, thread counts, and worked stitch examples rather than vague guidance.

Curriculum

Module 1: Setting Up: Tools, Floss, and Tension3 lessons

The Beginner Kit That Actually MattersPreview45m
Understanding Floss: Strands, Brands, and Color🔒45m
Hooping, Stabilizing, and Tension Control🔒50m

Module 2: The Core Stitch Vocabulary3 lessons

Line Stitches: Running, Back, Stem, and Split🔒50m
Fill and Texture: Satin, Long-and-Short, Seed🔒55m
Knots and Detached Stitches: French Knot, Lazy Daisy🔒50m

Module 3: Designing and Stitching Botanical Motifs3 lessons

Transferring a Design: Four Reliable Methods🔒50m
Color, Composition, and Stitch Mapping🔒55m
Project: A Framed Botanical Hoop🔒1h 0m

Module 4: Dimensional Stumpwork and Professional Finishing3 lessons

Introduction to Stumpwork and Raised Elements🔒55m
Wired Petals and Detached Buttonhole in Practice🔒1h 0m
Finishing: Cleaning, Mounting, and Backing the Hoop🔒50m