Yugoslavian embroidery - Learn how to do it here!

The brilliant Yugoslav embroidery

The fantastic Yugoslav embroidery or flame stitch originates from Yugoslavia and is made with geometric motifs. It is a very dazzling embroidery. It is usually seen in tablecloths and other household linen.

The origin of Yugoslav embroidery

This point with geometric motifs was used in the traditional costumes of Yugoslavia. In their characteristics, the cuffs, skirts and necks of the young women stood out, giving them a very cheerful air due to their bright colors and geometric shapes. From there, Yugoslav embroidery spread throughout Europe, and today enjoys a well-deserved fame among European embroiderers. But in these countries it was not successful to use them as ornaments inside the clothing, so, in a short time, they ended up taking the Yugoslav technique but applying these motifs to household linen, especially table linen.

In Spain and Portugal, this point requires a panama cloth. From it, the thread is passed through the weft of the fabric itself. This offers an optimal finish: the work has no wrong side in high-quality fabrics. This possibility offers advantages, but there are Spanish publications that offer the alternative of working with aida cloth.

Yugoslavian stitch embroidery patterns...

How to embroider Yugoslav embroidery

Since it is considered a whim to tie a knot, the threaded needle is simply slipped through the weave of the fabric. But this, although it may seem incorrect, has no problem if it is done carefully: the normal tension of the fabric prevents the work from coming undone. Immediately, the work continues as shown by the explanations of the work to be carried out. This rule applies to all the threads that make up the embroidery motif. The trace of the thread can describe two reasons:

• A straight line, always following the same thread of the fabric; either
• Handles, which deviate from the line in a perpendicular sense. Generally, this produces the characteristic palms (see image) or waves.

Special advice to focus the work. As this question is especially difficult for some, here it is resolved as follows: Fold the side of the fabric on which you want to start in half, and from there, begin to embroider with the first thread, taking the corresponding half of the drawing. From there, it continues to the corner, where it ends. This operation is repeated until the first thread is finished. From there, continue with the rest until the work is finished.

Watch, right away, a step-by-step video tutorial of Embroidery Tutorials so that you learn to embroider the Yugoslav point:

recommended materials

These are the most suitable materials for their resistance, texture or finish:

The fabrics - As it has been clarified, the Yugoslav point can be embroidered on both panama and aida fabrics. Preferably they are usually used in cotton, because polyester or acrylic do not have a suitable texture. As for color, white is used recurrently, although raw tones are also used. In the most futuristic models, warm colors are beginning to be used, such as red or orange, so that the play of colors is even greater.

The threads - The Mouliné thread is unanimously made, which is made entirely of cotton and which the best brands usually have in a wide catalog of colors.
needles. Long needles are recommended, because the work progresses more quickly, although there are no established guidelines.

Ideas to embroider in yugoslav point...

A beautiful idea of ​​Yugoslav embroidery combined with painting on fabric:

Used to embroider household clothes

Yugoslav embroidery, due to its simplicity and showiness, is used mainly in household clothing. There are impressive tablecloths with original sets of colors or simply with a single color range. Also, a multitude of cloths and rugs of any size. Another interesting alternative, to use the Yugoslav point, would be a set of towel covers or as an insert in the towels. Despite the fact that most of the schemes are continuous motifs, some alphabets arose, possibly by imitation of those of the cross stitch.