By Luisa Fernández ‘22

Materials

Needles

• The smaller the better because holes in the image will be smaller

• Bigger needles are necessary for thicker thread

• Thread

  • Thicker: for stronger and more defined lines

  • Thinner: great for detail, will take more time and patience

• Surface:

  • Normal letter paper

    • Pros: 

      • works surprisingly well

      • holes are easy to make

    • Cons: 

      • very delicate, you have to be careful not to rip or crease the paper.

      • most printers will print images in lower quality (this can be fixed with overlaying images on photoshop).

  • Photo paper: 

    • Good quality when printing but holes are a bit harder to make. 

  • Canvas:

    • Hard to poke but won’t completely puncture the paper

    • Flexible and not so delicate

Steps

• I sometimes draw over the images using my phone

• You can always go back and fill out any missing spaces

1. Starting to sew

   • 2. Cut as much thread as you will be needing

   • If you run out, you can just cut more (the back of the paper might start to get messy but what matters is what is in front!)

Tips:

• Place paper over a cushion when you make the holes

• If paper rips, tape the back

• If you mess up, you can always cut the thread and redo it by unsewing

• When using thicker needles, don’t make the holes too close to each other because then it might rip

• I personally prefer using black and white images so that colorful thread will pop out