How To Embroider A Bee
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to embroider a bee. Using 3 basic stitches, you can make a cute and simple bumble bee. You could even add a few running stitches to trail behind it to make it zip around!
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Supplies you’ll Need
- A small embroidery hoop
- Embroidery Needle
- Embroidery Thread – I recommend DMC
- Embroidery Scissors
- Water soluble or heat erasable pen
- Linen or cotton fabric – Kona cotton is my favorite
- Make horizontal satin stitches to fill in the head, middle stripe, and bottom of the body using 3 strands black thread.
- Fill in the remaining stripes with horizontal satin stitches using 3 strands of yellow thread.
- Make two lazy daisy on each side of the body using 6 strands of light grey. The top wing can be slightly longer than the bottom wing.
- Using 2 strands of black thread, make straight stitches for the antenna, top legs, and back stitch the bottom legs.
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Amanda is a hand embroidery teacher and artist. With over 15 years of experience in the craft industry and embroidery, she owns and runs Crewel Ghoul, sharing accessible tutorials and patterns to help inspire fellow crafters to get creative. In addition to running this website, she teaches on Skillshare and Youtube.
