Days of the Week Hand Embroidery (DIY Part 2)

 

Embroidering the days of the week can be a long project to do. But it is a great accomplishment once that embroidery is complete. When you are embroidering the days of the week it might feel like a challenge to fit in all the letters in the underwear. Yet, you can embroider the days of the week on the back of the underwear. Also, you can include a snowflake, butterfly, or a flower on the side of the days of the week underwear.

Begin by outlining the letters of the day of the week onto the underwear. Then, embroider each letter by outlining it with thread. After that add more embroidery thread to make the letters a little bit thicker. You can also fill in the letters which is optional. Additionally, you can make a small design inside the letter by making dots with the thread.

Nonetheless, use a letter stencil or print out letters to make it easier to embroider the letters onto the underwear. If you make a mistake in stitching the letters, use tweezers or the embroidery needle to lift the thread. Make sure you have enough thread to embroider. Before you embroider, make sure the underwear is washed and dry. Wet fabric stretches and makes it more complicated to embroider.

 

After you have embroidered each letter, use another stencil, or draw a flower, butterfly, or a snowflake. In this example, a butterfly was embroidered on the side of the Thursday underwear. Thursday was embroidered with white floss thread. Also, the butterfly was embroidered with brown and cream floss thread. However, you can use any color floss thread to embroider the days of the week onto underwear.

Two butterflies were embroidered onto the underwear. Use fabric marker or a pen to stencil the butterflies or to draw them. After that embroider the butterflies. This embroidery project might take about two or three weeks to do depending on how much time you have for embroidering. Wash the embroidered underwear on reverse so the embroidery can last a long time onto the fabric. 

Trim the leftover threads with scissors. Embroider slowly to avoid the thread from getting too many knots. Embroidering the days of the week makes a fun and long rainy-day project. Take turns embroidering the days of the week on the front of the underwear and the other half of the embroidery on the back of the underwear. Have a joyful day embroidering. 

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