Photo Sewing

Time for another tutorial! Sewing on photos is a fun and unique way to embellish your favorite pictures. Plus it's really easy. Follow the instructions below to make your own!

Ready? Begin...

1. After you have your photo, draw your design or words onto the photo with a hard pencil. This will put enough of a dent onto the photo so that you can see it.

2. Now some may say that you need to use a foam board for this next step but we all have couches, right? Poke holes along your design using a needle. Place closer holes around curved edges.

3. The stitch that I used for my projects is a back stitch. To start, insert your threaded needle from the back of the picture in the second hole into your design. Pull the thread through, making sure to keep a short tail left at the back.

4. Then, go back down through the front of the picture through the first hole in your design. 

5. You have your first stitch! 

6. Continue in this way, coming up through the next empty hole, and going back down back through the hole before it. This is why it's called a backstitch!

You can create lots of unique designs onto your photos. Words, shapes, designs, what have you!

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Have a good weekend!