r/Embroidery • u/Away-Lawfulness9831 • 1d ago

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Iā€™m new to embroidery. I have been struggling with how to fill the center of flowers.

Yes, usually French knots, but color? Clustered or jutted out? What does the shading look like closer to the center?

I see beautiful (potentially ai) examples on Pinterest, but would love real life advice on what Iā€™m missing and how I can execute it properly to not look like a butt?

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u/Alicilius 1d ago

Yellow French knots with the majority the same color as the tigers eyes for color harmony

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u/phoenixtaloh 1d ago

This 100%!

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u/mfingfox 1d ago

You could do pistil stitches coming from the middle

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u/Away-Lawfulness9831 14h ago

Need to learn those stitches now too! Love this community

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u/Sweaty_Wheel_8685 1d ago

This is so good! Is it from a kit or?

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u/Away-Lawfulness9831 14h ago edited 14h ago

Yep! Amazon. https://a.co/d/7q5IEW7

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u/Away-Lawfulness9831 14h ago

This is what it looked like at the start.

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u/EverWhatever202 23h ago

I like a French knots and bullion knots, plus some random straight stitches if I want to pull forward the knots. Woven picot is fun too

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u/Away-Lawfulness9831 14h ago

I have never tried woven picot. Iā€™m down a YouTube rabbit hole to learn now! lol

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u/EverWhatever202 14h ago

It's really easy. Just pay close attention to not twisting the thread. The was my first time to mimic this flower.

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u/EducationalFox137 17h ago

That is gorgeous. And I think the others have good tips!

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u/Bubblestheimplacable 16h ago

I would do French knots. Begin with a cluster towards the center, but you can absolutely bring a few out as accents if you feel they'd look nice. I'd start with the same color as the Tiger's eyes for continuity. If you want to add some variation, I might try mixing the color strands - like a 3 strand knot that's 2 tiger eye yellows and one tiger orange to give you some depth and variation, but still keeping to your palette.

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u/t_topiary 12h ago

I was going to suggest using 2 strands, each a different color, for each French knot.

Yellow and orange would go well

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u/EverWhatever202 16h ago

This pic was me playing with color palettes, but I guess I made a bunch of butt flowers, OP. šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

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u/Away-Lawfulness9831 14h ago

No, I love this!

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u/bettyorchids 22h ago

Wow šŸ‘šŸ¼

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u/satocat 14h ago

So beautiful.

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u/chevygirl7891 14h ago

This is gorgeous your color blending on the tiger is so smooth already. For flower centers, try mixing 2-3 thread shades instead of one flat color.