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There is a box in every crafter’s home,
that is filled with old unfinished projects,

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and stuff you thrifted in the hopes of upcycling.

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That becomes abandoned, that becomes forgotten.

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Well this is the series that tackles that
forgotten box.

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This is the Style Pile!

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Hello!

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The item of clothing that’s coming out of
the Style Pile box today is this light green

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skirt, that I recently thrifted from the Red
Cross Op Shops for $7.

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It’s already a pretty cute skirt, BUT, I
also just learned a new embroidery style,

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called “Daisy Chain” stitch, and I wanna
apply my new knowledge to this skirt, because

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I think they’ll go really well together!

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So I opened up my box of embroidery threads,
and I decided to go for classic daisy colours

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– white for the petals and yellow for the
centre.

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The first thing that I did was to draw on
small dots where I wanted each flower to go.

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I’m using this water-soluable dress-maker’s
pencil to do this.

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Each flower is spaced out approximately 5
inches from one another - in metric, that’s

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about 13 cm.

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And I did the same thing to the back of the
skirt as well.

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And the next step was to start embroidering!

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So, a couple of hours later – I'd finished
the back of the skirt, and this is what it

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looks like!

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And now I’m going to show you all how to
stitch one of these daisies up close.

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So first things first: This type of stitching
is a lot easier if you have an embroidery

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hoop, like this one.

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The smaller, inner hoop goes under the fabric
that you want to work on, so I slipped that

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inside the skirt, and then the larger hoop
goes on top of the smaller one, like so.

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And then, after the larger one is fit on top
of the smaller one, you just tighten the screw

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on the larger hoop, to hold the fabric in
place inside the hoop, and the fabric should

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be pulled nice and taut across the hoop, because
it makes the fabric easier to stitch on.

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Also because my fabric was thick, very denim-like,
I didn’t need to use any stabiliser, however

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if you’re using stretchy or thin fabric,
then I recommend using embroidery stabiliser

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or ironing interfacing to the back of your
fabric first, before stitching your flowers

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onto it.

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Okay, now I'm going to show you how I thread
an embroidery needle, using these 4 items.

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This is a little bit more involved than threading
a regular sewing needle, and I have a couple

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of helpful tips as well, so pay close attention
if you’re new to embroidery.

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So first I cut off a length of embroidery
floss that’s about the length of my forearm.

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Now embroidery floss actually consists of
6 smaller threads all twisted together.

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I separated these into two groups, each strand
consisting of three threads each, and I pulled

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them apart like this.

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And I only need one strand for now – so
I put the other aside for the next flower.

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To thread my embroidery needle, I used this
thing called a Needle Threader, and OH BOY

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are these useful, especially if you have shaky
ol' hands like me.

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They’re really easy to use – you just
stick the wire end through the eye of the

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needle, which is a lot easier than sticking
thread through it.

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And then you push the thread through the wire
loop, pull the needle threader away – and

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BAM - the needle’s threaded!

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Now, I usually pull the tail end of the thread
downnnn like this to match the other longer

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end, so that the thread is doubled over.

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This means I’m working with a total thickness
of 6 threads while I sew, but I also won’t

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lose the tail end while I'm sewing, which
is why I like to do this.

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Anyway after that, I tied a couple of knots
in the end of the thread, then I cut off the

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excess thread from the knot, and now I’m
ready to start stitching!

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To stitch the centre of the flower, I went
up through the back of the fabric, at one

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of the pink dots that I drew onto the skirt
earlier.

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And then, I brought the needle back down about
an eighth of an inch (which is around 3mm)

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away, and pulled the thread all the way through.

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And then I just brought my needle up and down
a few times like this, until I had created

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a small circle of yellow on the front of the
skirt.

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To finish this off, I brought my needle and
the thread through to the back, and I tied

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a couple of knots in the thread, close to
the fabric – and then I cut off this excess

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thread tail.

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Next is the petals!

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I brought my needle, threaded with white thread
this time, up through to the front, JUST on

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the outside of the yellow circle.

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I pulled the thread all the way through, and
then I inserted the needle right next to the

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spot where the needle just went up before.

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And then I pushed the needle through, but
only HALFWAY, like this.

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Then, I grabbed the thread that I pulled through
before, and I wrapped it around the needle

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once like THIS.

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See how it’s creating a petal shape?

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After creating a loop with the thread, I pulled
the needle and the thread all the way through,

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and now I have a petal!

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I finished off this stitch by putting the
needle back down through the fabric, just

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on the other side of the thread (on the top
of the petal) and I pulled the thread all

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the way through to the back.

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And that’s it!

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That’s how you do a daisy chain stitch.

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So to make this into a flower, I just continued
this stitch all the way around the circle

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of yellow, bringing each new stitch up just
next to the last one.

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Annnnnd… timelapse!

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[music plays]

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To finish the daisy off, I did the same thing
as before – I brought the needle and thread

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through to the back, and I tied it off with
a couple of knots.

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Now, I could get away with just tying knots
at the back of my stitches because this skirt

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isn’t close-fitting to my body.

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BUT if you wanted to do this on a tight-fitting
piece of clothing, or something with thin

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fabric, and if you think the knots will cause
small visible lumps through the fabric, or

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you think the knots will rub against your
skin, you CAN avoid knots altogether with

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another method of tying off your threads,
and I’ll pop a link to a great tutorial

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for that in the description box below this
video!

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Anyway, that’s it!

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Pretty easy, right?

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Now while this is an easy stitch to do, hand-embroidery
is pretty time consuming!

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Even though each flower only took about 10-15
minutes each to stitch, with more than 20

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flowers on this skirt that time adds up!

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I recommend sitting and chilling out and watching
some TV or a movie while doing this – it’s

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actually a very relaxing evening activity.

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Oh - one last thing that I had to do - as
you can see, this skirt has pockets, and it

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was very hard trying to stitch flowers on
to these pockets while also not going through

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them... and, you know, trying to keep them
functional as pockets!

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So, I actually half-removed the pockets by
snipping out and removing the stitches on

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two sides of each pocket, which let me get
my embroidery hoop in under this fabric much

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more easily.

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And then after stitching the daisies onto
the pockets, I simply sewed the pockets back

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on with some matching thread and a straight
stitch, following the faint, leftover lines

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of the old stitches!

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Aaaaand here’s the final reveal!

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[Music] Man speaking: "1, 2, 3, Funk It!"

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[Music plays]

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I love it!

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It’s such a simple but effective upcycle.

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I’m definitely going to be doing this on
more pieces of clothing!

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I decided to wear this skirt with two different
outfits to show you all, the first is more

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Wintery and I think it would go well with
a pair of tights and a coat, and the second

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is more of a Summery outfit.

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Which outfit do you like better?

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Anyway, that’s the end of the video!

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Thank you so much for watching, and I’ll
see you all next time.

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Bye!

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