Cross stitch "Clock": scheme and how to do it yourself

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

Embroidered things in the modern world are not uncommon. You can buy them, make them yourself, or pay a craftsman to have them made to order. Clock patterns for cross stitch can be found on the Internet, bought or made exclusive with the help of various programs. They usually embroider on household items: tablecloths, curtains, towels. Clothes, shirts, shirts, t-shirts are also decorated with embroidery. But how to make embroidery on things without fabric? How to decorate a clock with embroidery?

Now very often in hand-made stores, in various groups and publics on embroidery, you can find embroidered watches. And many ask a completely natural question: how were they made and is it possible to do it yourself? Will it require certain skills and expensive materials? Where can I get clock patterns for cross stitch? We will try to answer all questions in this material.

How to learn to embroider?

Embroidery is not a very difficult craft. And every person can learn it. The training won't take long. One evening is enough to learn. For embroideryrequired:

1. Fabric for embroidery. For cross stitching, you need canvas. Aida is better.
2. Floss threads.
3. Embroidery needles. Their difference from sewing ones is that you need a large eye for embroidery.
4. Cross stitch pattern for watches. They are colored and with symbols. Each shade of color represents a symbol. But, according to needlewomen, color schemes are more convenient to work with.
5. Cutting scissors.

In many books you can find a rule that you need to start embroidery from the center. But most embroiderers find this inconvenient, and start embroidering from one corner.

Where can I find clock embroidery patterns?

Most patterns for cross stitching watches can be found on the Internet at various embroidery sites. It is enough to drive keywords into the search engine and the search will return many possible options. Only in such schemes there are not always keys. The keys to the schemes are the list of the desired shades and the numbers of floss threads for them. Therefore, for convenience, you can purchase a paid scheme on the Internet. Or find it in craft stores. Also, a clock cross stitch pattern can be purchased together with an embroidery kit. It contains a piece of fabric for embroidery, a chart, needles and all the necessary threads. Several original variants of the schemes are presented in the article.

You can also purchase a set with a cross stitch pattern for watches with a mechanism. These kits already have the watch mechanism itself, so you don't have to buy anything to create your masterpiece.

Embroidery patternyou can create a cross-stitch clock yourself. The easiest way to do this is through a special program. But if you do not want to create a fully embroidered clock, but, for example, you only need to correctly position the dial around the desired pattern, then you can use paper and pencil and draw an approximate diagram yourself and embroider on it already.

Tools and materials

Of course, there are special workshops where your work will be put in order and everything will be done for you. But in fact, there is nothing complicated about doing it yourself. To collect the clock you will need:

1. Watch. You can buy the cheapest ones with an unattractive pattern. Or use a home clock that you want to spruce up.
2. A screwdriver to spin the clock.
3. Embroidery pattern.
4. Scissors.
5. Double-sided and regular tape.
6. Pencil and ruler.
7. Thick sheet of paper.

How to assemble an embroidered watch yourself?

First you need to unwind the clock and put the parts in a separate container so that small items are not lost. We remove all the arrows. From the clock you need to peel off the dial (the paper on which it is drawn) and circle it on a clean, thick sheet of paper. Cut out this circle and do not forget to mark a hole in the center for the arrows. You need to stick double-sided tape on the paper and lay our embroidery evenly on this circle. Along the edges of the circle, you should also glue double-sided tape and fix the embroidery on it,so that it does not move and does not bend. Now you need to cut the fabric along the contour of the paper, and then cut a hole for the arrows in the middle of the embroidery. Now we put the new dial with embroidery on the pin for the arrows and position it exactly vertically so that everything is even and the numbers are not shifted. We attach the hands in place and put the new dial into the clock. We return all the screws to their place and tighten them tightly. The embroidered watch is ready.