Robert Mahar

Map Embroidery Sampler

Robert Mahar
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Get inspired as you learn about your project and the supplies you'll need to get started. Robert also offers ideas for thread color choices.
Learn basic embroidery stitches to trace your past, present and future journeys as well as your favorite places.
Add images and text to your map fabric. Robert shares tips for using iron-on transfer pens to create pictograms or words, before demonstrating a few more stitches.
Continue learning more stitches to create geographic features such as mountains, forests and waterways. Plus get tips on making a unique legend for your map that you can stitch or fuse on.
Create a decorative edge or border for your map as you build your skills with ingenious two-thread laced and composite stitches.
Get Robert’s tips for pressing, hemming and displaying your map, or keep adding to it as you journey on!
 
 
6 Lessons
1  hrs 19  mins

Stitch your story on pre-printed map fabric with this self-designed map embroidery sampler. Embroiderer Robert Mahar guides you step by step with expert tips and techniques. Plus get clever ideas for finishing and displaying your map like a pro.

Robert Mahar

Robert Mahar is an artist and designer who teaches crafts and DIY projects through his YouTube channel as well as in-person workshops. He's also a Season 1 alumnus of NBC's crafting competition show "Making It." With his background in studio arts and art history, Robert's work is rooted in nostalgia, reinventing old-school crafts with a decidedly modern twist.

Robert Mahar

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