Openwork machine embroidery

Openwork embroidery has always been valued as the most refined and elegant kind of embroidery. Now the items of the wardrobe are decorated on the sewing machine, which saves time and effort. We'll tell you about the basics of openwork machine embroidery.

With regard to the use of thread for machine embroidery, for this purpose, coil threads of cotton with numbers 30, 40, 50 for thick fabrics and numbers 60 and 80 for thin ones are suitable. If the fabric is silk, then as an embroidery thread for machine embroidery floss or silk threads are suitable.

Types of lace embroidery machine

In the openwork machine embroidery on clothes distinguish several types of azhur :

1. Richelieu . It is a pattern covered with a smooth surface around or inside which a hole is cut out.
2. A cut-out openwork is created when a cloth is cut in the necessary place, and then a grid of various kinds is sewed into the hole.
3. Stretching is created by tightening the threads of the fabric in a particular order.
4. The slotted surface assumes the appearance of a pattern as a result of the creation of holes of various shapes and sizes. At the same time, the edges of the holes are treated with a smooth roller. Stitches with machine embroidery can be arranged in a chain by a chain or separately.
5. Merezhka is a pattern obtained by pulling from the tissue of some threads and joints of the remaining ones in a certain order.

The laces created by machine embroidery often represent interesting combinations of various techniques, thanks to which the decorated things look original. It is quite possible to combine the machine with the cross-stitch embroidery , which makes the drawing significantly enriched.

Preparing the sewing machine for openwork embroidery

To create delicate elements on the fabric, it is more convenient to use foot sewing machines. However, the device must be prepared before work:

1. First, with the sewing machine, you need to remove the presser foot, as well as the rail that is used to move the fabric.
2. Then it is necessary to put on a needle plate a special embroidery plate, in which there is a hole only for the needle. The diameter of the hole should not exceed 1.5 mm. If not, remove the rack.
3. After that it is necessary to set the stitch regulator to the desired position. Keep in mind that when embroidering the lever must be lowered to the lower position.

For high-quality execution of openwork patterns for machine embroidery, wooden hoops with a height of up to 8 mm are needed, then a piece of cloth is inserted where the work will be carried out. In the Richelieu technique, the pencil chosen by you is translated using a pencil, it's better to start with a simple one. Lowering the presser foot lever, it is necessary to execute a line along the contour of the picture.

Then carefully cut openings, in the place of which later the brides are created.

To do this, it is necessary to form a gasket, that is, stretch to the opposite side of the hole or lay one or more threads along the contour of the pattern, and then treat it with a smoothing seam.

The smooth surface is obtained if the contour of the pattern is treated with a fine line. The drawing is filled with stitches, which should be performed side by side and tightly, as well as in one direction.

The recessed smooth surface involves the processing of the stitching of the fabric along the contour of the cut holes.

Openwork meshes significantly enrich any pattern on the fabric. Before work on the fabric, several times the contour of the future mesh is poured, and then the hole is cut at the inner edge.

In the resulting hole, any grid pattern can be created by stretching the air threads and treating them with a satin stitch.

Merezhka means pulling out of the fabric part of the warp threads or weft.

The remaining sparse threads of material are joined by a string into groups (a column, a brush, a loop, etc.), thus forming an openwork pattern. On the needle should be typed a certain number of threads, join them in a bundle with a few stitches, make about 5-6 stitches to form a broach between the posts.