I’m sewing my sweetie a new t-shirt with an electronics theme. Yesterday I showed you the resistor symbol I sewed that will be at the top of both sleeves. The shirt will be entirely hand sewn with two layers of medium-light weight cotton jersey and Wonderfil Spagetti cotton thread. It will have long sleeves and a crew neck. This is the back neck. The design here is a symbol used for a battery in a drawing of a circuit.
The biggest part of this embroidery is couching. Often, we couch thread over yarn or a few strands of thread. In this case, the “noodle” under the couching is a 1/2” (12 mm) wide strip of cotton jersey (knit), which is the same fabric as the base fabric. When you stretch it, it naturally curls. I used chain stitch for the smaller details. The neckline is a folded to the outside and sewn down with whip stitch. It’s important to use a stretchy stitch on the neckline. #sewing #embroidery
