Stickbild aus Foto: Was ist ein Stickbild-Prototyp? Zeigt er mir wie mein fertiges Bild aussieht?

Embroidery from photo: What is an embroidery prototype? Does it show me what my finished picture will look like?

We'll show you how an artist's image is transformed into a prototype embroidery design. And for comparison, we'll also show you the finished embroidered picture.

The original painting after Ferdinand Hodler:

An embroidery prototype is an embroidery pattern on a sheet of paper:

To create a high-quality embroidery, we need a clearly legible embroidery pattern so that all the colors can be easily distinguished. Therefore, the embroidery pattern for a large picture consists of several sheets:

You embroider sheet by sheet and cross off the completed embroidered areas on the embroidery template.

Embroidery pattern sheet 1:

Embroidery pattern sheet 1

Thus, sheet by sheet, your own embroidered artwork appears on the canvas:

Gobelin wool is used for embroidery with half cross stitches . Gobelin wool emits a particularly soft light and creates very smooth color transitions.

Embroidery patterns for you to stitch yourself

Here's how to best embroider our kits

Personalized cross stitch kit, half cross stitch

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