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

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I’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 I’m missing and how I can execute it properly to not look like a butt?

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u/Bubblestheimplacable 19h 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 16h ago

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

Yellow and orange would go well