Experimental Embroidery Techniques on Paper

Gimena Romero has been researching and producing noteworthy embroidery for over a decade. Her pieces can be seen in collections at New York’s MoMA and the Banco de México. She has also published five literary works including poetry, prose, and her embroidery research findings.

In this course, she guides you through the techniques for embroidering on paper with the necessary finesse to experiment with texture, imagery, threads, and stitches.

Begin by immersing yourself in Gimena’s world by exploring some of the pieces and projects that inspired her to pick up her needle and thread and start embroidering.

Next, take a look at some pieces made with paper embroidery and your teacher’s collection of awls. She shows you what each one is for and how to make your own.

Now discover a multitude of different stitches and create a gorgeous stitch sampler. Gimena shows you how to do each stitch step by step, from the basics like wheel stitches and the Palestrina stitch, to some of the more complicated ones, such as French knots, the raised chain stitch, the bullion rosebud stitch, and the Morse stitch.

Learn how to choose the best paper for this technique, which to avoid, and tips for combining different types.