Nowadays, tablecloths decorated with a counted cross are very popular among needlewomen. Despite the availability of materials, embroidered products look very expensive, stylish, create a solemn atmosphere, and arouse the admiration of guests. This interior detail can be an excellent gift for a wedding or anniversary. Products can be bought in a store or ordered, but it is much more pleasant to create a unique thing with your own hands. The complexity and effectiveness of the result will depend only on the imagination and skills of the embroiderer. Let's look at the main points in more detail.
Ornaments for tablecloths
Fragments of embroidered ornaments originate in ancient Rus'. Repeated repetition of the same elements enhances their significance as amulets.
The following elements of the picture are most often found.
- Sun (rosette, equal-pointed cross) as a base around which the rest of the ornament or repeating wheel is placed.
- Rhombus is the feminine principle.
- The Christmas tree is the tree of life.
- Plants, animals and birds.
REFERENCE! Patterns made up of geometric shapes (circles, squares, rectangles) and plant elements (branches, leaves, fabulous and existing) are also popular.
Sometimes they embroider with just three threads of floss:
- red (harmony in personal life);
- blue (peace, calm);
- green (force of nature).
Floral cross stitch patterns
Tablecloths, large napkins, and serving runners are most often decorated by embroiderers with flowers. This is the most frequently encountered topic.
It is used in baskets, borders of leaves and buds, combined with lines, ribbons, geometric shapes, animals or flower bouquets. Patterns are embroidered in the middle of the tablecloth and its border.
There are a great many images of daisies, poppies, irises, violets, exotic and field plants. If you have artistic skills, you can come up with a report yourself.
The choice of difficulty usually depends on skill and experience. The motif must be precisely adjusted in width and length in order to be repeated several times in its entirety, without trimming.
IMPORTANT! For beginners, it is better to try to embroider simple patterns with a small number of shades (no more than 5), and then move on to multi-color ones.
Border for round and rectangular tablecloths
When choosing an idea, you should remember the purpose and theme of the finished work.
Rectangular
- A rectangular dining tablecloth is decorated modestly and is not overloaded with details.. It is complemented by a simple hemstitch trim; the set may include square napkins (with a similar small fragment).
- Everyday uses jewelry that is more complex, along the edge - lace or wide hem.
- Front (festive)) is used for special cases. on her the most delicate finishing and embroidery with many elements is done.
REFERENCE. The most common fabrics for home use are cotton and linen. They are environmentally friendly, practical: easy to wash with gentle detergents and iron.
The border of a rectangular product comes with a continuous edge design around the perimeter. Although sometimes needlewomen find this idea boring. An option is available with separate parts that can be combined into your own unique composition.
In both cases, attention should be paid to the corners; they are the ones who give strict symmetry and completeness.
According to the color of the embroidery, they are divided into two groups.
- Single color, monochrome: red, green, imitation Gzhel.
- Multicolor: about 20 shades of floss, especially complex ones reach 50.
Round
The round version is also characterized by continuous patterns repeating the shape of a circle. They can be wide and narrow (one flower).
Sometimes a large wreath or bouquet is located in the center, and smaller buds, berries, and leaves radiate from it. The border may then be missing.
ATTENTION! The decoration is sometimes located far from the edge if the author’s idea requires it. This technique is used to serve a small tea or coffee table. In this case, the distance from the hem of the fabric to the pattern cannot be less than 5 cm.
Roses
Often individual roses and their intertwining with other flowers or lines are arranged in patterns around the edge. In the center there is a large wreath, bouquet or many small roses, which alternate in a checkerboard pattern with squares of blank canvas.
IMPORTANT! Experienced needlewomen always make markings: 10 x 10 squares. This allows you to avoid making mistakes when transferring the diagram to the canvas. The middle is also marked with stitches or a washable marker.
Floral motifs
Such motives are represented by a variety of buds, wreaths framed by ribbons, climbing vines and bindweed, entwining wooden fences and branches. Flowers can be either indoor (geranium) or garden.
Patterns for embroidering a New Year's tablecloth
Ideas for the project can be chosen in accordance with the theme of the event: New Year, wedding, Easter.
Christmas designs are very popular. These include fir branches, holly, Christmas tree decorations, stars, snowflakes, Santa Clauses, snowmen, angels, candles.
They look very advantageous on colored fabric: crimson, blue, turquoise. The only condition: When setting the table, the dishes must certainly be white.
REFERENCE. An excellent addition to floss would be the use of melange (for example, a transition from yellow to orange in one skein) and metallic threads.
Decorating a tablecloth with a cross is a long, painstaking work. But by choosing a project you like or drawing up your own design, you will receive a unique item that will bring a piece of comfort and high spirits to your home.
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