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Lovely souvenirs ... Emphasize your old affections: decorate black and white photographs with colored vignettes and decorative stitches.

Motives for vignettes are given in the series at the beginning of the article.

You will need

Old photographs, transparent paper, pencil, red embroidery threads (Anchor), a needle for embroidery with a sharp tip, matching color paper, glue.

Description of work

Cut a sheet of paper the size of a photograph and stick on the back of the photograph with glue. Copy the motif onto transparent paper, increasing or decreasing it to the required size, transfer the contours with a pencil, and press firmly so that line prints appear on the photo. These prints are slightly summed with a soft pencil.

Needle for embroidery with an interval of 2-5 mm to make punctures from the front of the photo. For sharp curves, the intervals between the holes should be minimal, in straight lines - maximum. On wider sections of vignettes, sew up to 3 parallel stitches. Embroider patterns with straight stitches in 3–4 folds.
In the third photo, decorate the edges with stitches over the edge - the interval between the stitches is 1 cm, the stitch length is 1 cm, the threads are 4 folds. Pre-pierce the holes. Do not tighten the thread.
Photo: Adriano Brusaferry. Production: Dagmar Bili
Material prepared by Elena Karpova

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