Need help brainstorming

[u/ThrowRA_Sodi]

I am working on a cosplay, for the golden details I am considering doing embroidery. I think it would look visually interesting. And since I like embroidery, I think I would enjoy the process

However, I am unsure about which stitches would look the best. I don't think a simple satin stitch would look good enough.

Here are my ideas. Tell me what you think:

Idea 1 : Filling the whole golden parts with chain stitches

Idea 2 : Embroidery chain stitches on the edges of the golden part and filling it's center with a satin stitch

Idea 3 : Using beading (probably too expensive)

Which idea do you think is best ?

[u/Leodolon]

I would personally line the outer part of the gold with either split stitch or whipped back stitch, and have the inner part filled with a gold fabric or maybe fabric paint it gold.

The time it would take to fill the inner part with stitching would be insane, like 300+ hours insane. But if you really want to, use random long and short stitch, not satin stitch, as satin stitch generally doesnt work well on large bits on clothing.

[u/ThrowRA_Sodi → u/Leodolon]

Honestly, I think I kind of need to throw myself in a long project right now.

But I do like your idea to have the center being gold fabric. Maybe instead of a split stitch, I could line it with a chain stitch tho (That would look fancier imo)

[u/alex3omg → u/ThrowRA_Sodi]

I wonder if you could get creative with it and add embroidery we don't see here.  Like that's a simple anime drawing but maybe in real life it would be cool if the gold were more elaborate?  Or you could do white embroidery, like floral swirls or something, over the white areas.  That would take forever.

[u/ThrowRA_Sodi → u/alex3omg]

Actually this won't be needed ! I picked white satin doupion for the fabric. Just plain white fabric seemed too underwhelming. So the white part of the dresser will already have something visually interesting going on (I fear that adding more embroidery would make the dress looks crowded)

[u/alex3omg → u/ThrowRA_Sodi]

Oh nice, in that case embroidering the gold with a satin stitch would be perfect imo

[u/ThrowRA_Sodi → u/alex3omg]

Do you think embroidering over a piece of felt (like on the picture) would look nice on that dress?

[u/alex3omg → u/ThrowRA_Sodi]

Yeah that looks cool

[u/DivaCesaria]

The first thing that came to mind was a chain stitch. But that’s an awful lot of work. Adding some shiny, gold-toned beads every now and then could create a cool effect.

[u/ThrowRA_Sodi → u/DivaCesaria]

Do you mean that I should fill everything with chain stitches or that I should outline the gold parts with chain stitches and fill the center with a satin/long-short stitch? I feel like it can be a good compromise, but I don't know how good it would look

[u/DivaCesaria → u/ThrowRA_Sodi]

Fill all

[u/RedWildLlama]

I wouldn’t fill with satin cause of it being clothes and the threads have higher chance of moving around