Variegated embroidery floss is so much fun to work with, and there’s so much variety out there these days! Variegated embroidery floss is dyed with a repeating pattern of colors through the floss. There can be just one color with a few different shades, or there may be several colors. Variegated floss can add a lot of texture, variety and a POP! of color to your projects.
Are you hoarding some variegated floss with no idea what to do with it? Or you’ve seen some that you’d love to get, but just don’t know how you’d use it? Well you’re in luck! I’ve gathered a bunch of ideas right here for ways you can use that beautiful multi-colored embroidery floss!
Visible Mending
Ok, I’m still learning, so bear with me, but I love doing a little visible mending. I recently discovered these mending tools that let you weave a patch really easily and quickly. I will admit that my socks in this picture are a little threadbare, but they’re some of my faves, so I keep repairing them. But, imagine these cute patches on your pants or a shirt!
I have been mending my kids’s pants, skirts, and leggings for a while and it’s just fun to have a POP of color right out there. You could easily sew around a patch with sashiko style mending with variegated floss too. That would look amazing!
Embroidery
Of course, embroidery floss is meant for embroidery, so that’s the classic way to use it! I like to do a simple back stitch in a design with lots of detail. It really shows off all the different colors that are in the floss.
Look a this beautiful blackwork design, done in a variegated floss!
Embroider a kiddos name on a hoodie or sweatshirt – look how the variegated floss really pops on this black sweatshirt!
This person uses the cheap variegated floss to close up the back side of their embroidery hoops! What a fun idea!
Cross Stitch
And then there’s embroidery’s close cousin, cross stitch. Cross stitch utilizes just a cross stitch, sometimes with a back stitch to outline different elements of the design. Cross stitch can use variegated floss too!
In this picture, the moths on the border, and some of the other elements are stitched with a variety of variegated embroidery flosses.
Some people make a lot of slashes and then go back over it to make the crosses, while some people make each cross one at a time. You might want to experiment to see which you like better with variegated floss.
This design is stitched in a single color variegated floss with different shades of the same color.
What are some other things you have made with variegated embroidery floss?
And what will you start stitching today?
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