How to Create an Embroidery Pattern
Creating your own embroidery pattern is simple if you have a good idea. Using graphing paper to create the design makes it all the more easier. Choosing straight lines over partially filling a box as a stitch will make the pattern more difficult and more advanced.
No matter what type of design you have in mind, the more you can simplify it, the easier it will be to create an embroidery pattern. Using a piece of graph paper to draw out your pattern will make the design easier to follow. Be sure to use a similar color to draw out your design that you will be using when stitching the design. Here is how to create a simple embroidery pattern.
On a piece of graph paper, draw out the design that you wish to stitch. Each one of the boxes on the paper color is equivalent to one stitch. There is no need to count stitches until you are ready to take your pattern from the paper to the cloth.
Once you have completed the drawing of the embroidery pattern you want to create, fill it in with color. Color in the whole design using the colors that you will use to embroider with.
In the corner of your pattern, or on a separate piece of paper, create a key so that you know what colors to use in your pattern when you prepare to stitch your pattern.
Any lines in your design that are significant, such as an outline, which you want to stand out, should be gone over with a marker so that you can keep track of these lines separately from the rest of the design. This will be important later on.
Once you are finished, you are ready to stitch your pattern onto its new permanent home!