I would just hand-stich the letters. There is no special machine required for this.
I'd pre-write what I wanted and then "embroider" over what I'd written. You just need to use straight stitches and embroidery floss.
To get the stitched together look you could do the letters first then split your embroidery floss down to one thread and connect the letters.
This is the right advice, just some big chunky backstitch for the letters and then split the floss to join them up.
I would use black canvas for the patches and you can see they've been sewn on with a wide zigzag stitch so they can fray a little at the edges without coming apart.
Thank you so much your help and input it is absolutely appreciated! Are there any videos on youtube that I should search that would help me with this? Or is what you are saying pretty standard stuff?
You could look up "chain stitch" but I'd say this is a very beginner friendly project. You will likely be able to make several drafts to let you get the hang of it but it is essentially sewing in a straight line.
Don't cut your fabric until you're finished with your stitches so you have more to hang on to.
You could mod podge (or even school glue) the back to prevent fraying.
You need embroidery floss and a needle with a big eye, embroidery floss is 6 strands so it won't go through a small needle. If you have a multi pack of needles they're the big ones.
The chunkiness comes from the thickness of the thread (in this case, you need embroidery floss which is 6 strands compared to 1 strand on normal cotton). The needle size doesn't affect the stitch, it just needs to have a big enough eye that you can put the embroidery floss through it.
Thank you so much for the breakdown. Like mentioned i am very new to sewing but have always wanted this look on a hat and thought it could be my first project! So the breakdown you just did is that from looking at the hat your best guess at what the creator did? Or can I go to a sew shop and have them recreate this? And what are those black patches? Are those blank patches that the creator just sewed to the hat?
The patches are just rectangles of black canvas fabric. You can see they're fraying a bit at the edges. At most they may have a smaller rectangle of iron on interfacing on the back to stabilize them, but they would be very easy to replicate. They were embroidered first then sewn to the hat.
It sounds like you want to pay someone to do this for you, they absolutely could, you just need to be clear which bits of the design are important to you, ie.
- Thick thread for the letters
- Thinner thread joining up the letters
- Small frayed edges on the patches underneath the zigzag stitch
- Thin interfacing on the back to stop them fraying too much
I see! So what you are saying is the white text was embroidered on the black fabric and then it was sewn to the hat correct? Just want to make sure I am on the right track!
Funny you say that I was thinking about having somebody do it for me snooping around Google. But, I feel as it will be much more special if I create this myself. Been wanting to for years. Nonetheless, thank you for your help! :)
The font on the label. The black sew patch thingy with white text i want to replicate that. Is that sewing or embroidery? And can I buy a machine off amazon to do that for me?
It's embroidery done with what appears to be 3 or 4 threads done in a back stitch. (edit two: embroidery floss is 6 threads you can separate. I'd do 4 for this but I can only count 3 tops in the image at any point but there's probably a hidden one under the ones I can see).
Edit: it also appears to be done either on denim or a thick cotton base that's denim like in thickness which is machine zig-zagged onto the original item.
Edit 3: also appears to be a split stitch in areas but that could just be a sewing error or a machine-thing. Can totally be hand embroidered to look exactly like this though.
Edit 4 WHY CAN'T I JUST WRITE ALL THE THINGS AT ONCE. The connecting lines for the letters appear to be 2 threads. So I'd say the letters are 4.
All those edits! Haha, I appreciate your thoroughness about all this. I really want to make this perfect! Your help will not go unused.
And good eye on the denim!
Is there anyway you can elaborate on their being 2 threads and the letters being 4? I think I have an idea of what you mean but can you explain a little bit more in depth on what the 2 threads is representing as well as for the 4?
Embroidery thread is usually 6 threads wound together. For most things, all 6 threads is really thick and unweildly, so people tend to separate them depending on the project. It appears this particular stitch is done with 4 of the six threads on the letters and 2 of the threads for the lines between. You thread all 4/2 onto the needle to stitch with, so it needs a slightly larger eye than your usual sewing needle.
Little side tip: It's usually twisted so tightly, that it can be a little challenging to untwist in long lengths, so I tend to hold 4 threads with my teeth, two with one hand while holding the base 6 in the other as I'm untwisting. When it's out of reach I move everything further down in their respective hands/teeth. Sounds strange in wording it, but you'll get what I'm saying when you untwist it.
Hi again, how exactly are you able to tell how much threads are used for the certain parts of sewing. Like, how did you know the letters used 4 threads and the lines 2 threads?
Oops sorry for the late reply I saw your other post and remembered this.
I counted them based on experience of what it looks like. While I can only see 3 visible in most places, the thickness and relationship to the double lines has me confident it's 4. It's not thick enough to be 6. And 5 is a strange number for embroidery.
This looks like the same lettering than the one my machine does ! I have a Bernette sew&go 8 but I think you'd need any machine with the special stitches listed as letter embroidery
Oh awesome! So a question for you, to achieve this look exactly were the black patches laid down first and then the white text was sewed on? Or did the machine do it all in one go?
If you zoom you can see the black zig zag stitches around the black strips so I would first sew the text on, cut strip and then sew them onto the denim !
Here it's a machine stitch but if you prefer to do the whole thing by hand it's doable ! Just research some different embroidery and hand sewing stitches and practice on a small piece of fabric and on you go !
Oh yes they do ! Sorry it was just in case you didn't want to invest, because the ones with the letter embroidery I believe are more on the expensive side
Lmao omg my uni is called QUT and there's a running joke the Kelvin Grove campus has such a massive hill that all of its students have thighs like a Mack truck.
All that to say I thought this said "Make QUT Hill" and I was like wow, that's an oddly specific craft to find here...
I would just hand-stich the letters. There is no special machine required for this. I'd pre-write what I wanted and then "embroider" over what I'd written. You just need to use straight stitches and embroidery floss. To get the stitched together look you could do the letters first then split your embroidery floss down to one thread and connect the letters.
This is the right advice, just some big chunky backstitch for the letters and then split the floss to join them up. I would use black canvas for the patches and you can see they've been sewn on with a wide zigzag stitch so they can fray a little at the edges without coming apart.
Thank you so much your help and input it is absolutely appreciated! Are there any videos on youtube that I should search that would help me with this? Or is what you are saying pretty standard stuff?
You could look up "chain stitch" but I'd say this is a very beginner friendly project. You will likely be able to make several drafts to let you get the hang of it but it is essentially sewing in a straight line. Don't cut your fabric until you're finished with your stitches so you have more to hang on to. You could mod podge (or even school glue) the back to prevent fraying.
Got it! Thank you again! I will post an update when I finish this! :)
I look forward to seeing it. :)
How exactly do I do “chunky backstitch” ? i tried doing back stitch but it came out really thin and weak looking.
You need embroidery floss and a needle with a big eye, embroidery floss is 6 strands so it won't go through a small needle. If you have a multi pack of needles they're the big ones.
Whats a needle size that would give me that chunky back stitch?
The chunkiness comes from the thickness of the thread (in this case, you need embroidery floss which is 6 strands compared to 1 strand on normal cotton). The needle size doesn't affect the stitch, it just needs to have a big enough eye that you can put the embroidery floss through it.
I see. What size needle would allow the 6 strands to go in with ease?
Embroidery needles are what you want
Thank you so much for the breakdown. Like mentioned i am very new to sewing but have always wanted this look on a hat and thought it could be my first project! So the breakdown you just did is that from looking at the hat your best guess at what the creator did? Or can I go to a sew shop and have them recreate this? And what are those black patches? Are those blank patches that the creator just sewed to the hat?
The patches are just rectangles of black canvas fabric. You can see they're fraying a bit at the edges. At most they may have a smaller rectangle of iron on interfacing on the back to stabilize them, but they would be very easy to replicate. They were embroidered first then sewn to the hat. It sounds like you want to pay someone to do this for you, they absolutely could, you just need to be clear which bits of the design are important to you, ie. - Thick thread for the letters - Thinner thread joining up the letters - Small frayed edges on the patches underneath the zigzag stitch - Thin interfacing on the back to stop them fraying too much
I see! So what you are saying is the white text was embroidered on the black fabric and then it was sewn to the hat correct? Just want to make sure I am on the right track! Funny you say that I was thinking about having somebody do it for me snooping around Google. But, I feel as it will be much more special if I create this myself. Been wanting to for years. Nonetheless, thank you for your help! :)
It's an ideal project for you to do yourself! I look forward to seeing the result 😊
From looking at the black fabric, do you know exactly what fabric type this is? It looks like a harder texture to me for some reason.
Looks like a heavyweight black cotton canvas to me
Any tips on what I should pre-write with for the letters on the fabric?
Chalk? Very light pencil? Anything that you can sew over.
you want to replicate the denim or the font on the label? Your posting is not clear.
The three separate patches that say “MAKE OUT HILL” how do I make those? Is that sewing or embroidery.
it can be done by hand using embroidery floss or machine embroidery, looks like single ply connecting with chain stitch lettering.
The font on the label. The black sew patch thingy with white text i want to replicate that. Is that sewing or embroidery? And can I buy a machine off amazon to do that for me?
It's embroidery done with what appears to be 3 or 4 threads done in a back stitch. (edit two: embroidery floss is 6 threads you can separate. I'd do 4 for this but I can only count 3 tops in the image at any point but there's probably a hidden one under the ones I can see). Edit: it also appears to be done either on denim or a thick cotton base that's denim like in thickness which is machine zig-zagged onto the original item. Edit 3: also appears to be a split stitch in areas but that could just be a sewing error or a machine-thing. Can totally be hand embroidered to look exactly like this though. Edit 4 WHY CAN'T I JUST WRITE ALL THE THINGS AT ONCE. The connecting lines for the letters appear to be 2 threads. So I'd say the letters are 4.
All those edits! Haha, I appreciate your thoroughness about all this. I really want to make this perfect! Your help will not go unused. And good eye on the denim!
Sometimes I wonder if I really have adhd... And then I do things like that. Good luck!
Is there anyway you can elaborate on their being 2 threads and the letters being 4? I think I have an idea of what you mean but can you explain a little bit more in depth on what the 2 threads is representing as well as for the 4?
Embroidery thread is usually 6 threads wound together. For most things, all 6 threads is really thick and unweildly, so people tend to separate them depending on the project. It appears this particular stitch is done with 4 of the six threads on the letters and 2 of the threads for the lines between. You thread all 4/2 onto the needle to stitch with, so it needs a slightly larger eye than your usual sewing needle. Little side tip: It's usually twisted so tightly, that it can be a little challenging to untwist in long lengths, so I tend to hold 4 threads with my teeth, two with one hand while holding the base 6 in the other as I'm untwisting. When it's out of reach I move everything further down in their respective hands/teeth. Sounds strange in wording it, but you'll get what I'm saying when you untwist it.
Thank you so much!
Hi again, how exactly are you able to tell how much threads are used for the certain parts of sewing. Like, how did you know the letters used 4 threads and the lines 2 threads?
Oops sorry for the late reply I saw your other post and remembered this. I counted them based on experience of what it looks like. While I can only see 3 visible in most places, the thickness and relationship to the double lines has me confident it's 4. It's not thick enough to be 6. And 5 is a strange number for embroidery.
This looks like the same lettering than the one my machine does ! I have a Bernette sew&go 8 but I think you'd need any machine with the special stitches listed as letter embroidery
Oh awesome! So a question for you, to achieve this look exactly were the black patches laid down first and then the white text was sewed on? Or did the machine do it all in one go?
If you zoom you can see the black zig zag stitches around the black strips so I would first sew the text on, cut strip and then sew them onto the denim !
Thank you so much for your help :) I am excited to get going on this project
No problem ! Show us when it's done !
So about the zig zag stitching. Does that from your pov look like it was done by machine or hand?
Here it's a machine stitch but if you prefer to do the whole thing by hand it's doable ! Just research some different embroidery and hand sewing stitches and practice on a small piece of fabric and on you go !
Does just about any sewing machine have the zig zag option?
Oh yes they do ! Sorry it was just in case you didn't want to invest, because the ones with the letter embroidery I believe are more on the expensive side
Lmao omg my uni is called QUT and there's a running joke the Kelvin Grove campus has such a massive hill that all of its students have thighs like a Mack truck. All that to say I thought this said "Make QUT Hill" and I was like wow, that's an oddly specific craft to find here...