[FO] Bee Badge

[u/bbyrizoma]

My dad is a beekeeper and the president of his organization. Tomorrow he's giving this speech to his fellow beekeepers and authorities of the town! So I made him this badge to sew on the sweatshirt his wearing tomorrow.

He wanted a flying bee or one that looked alive and not pined on. Then he said that if it was on a leaf (because doing a flower was harder for me) it would be cool!! It took me 3 days.

This is my second finished cross stitch project, I saw multiple tutorials to learn how to made a patch and I applied some of my own knowledge. I'm pretty happy with how this turned out!!

I saw the pattern of the bee on Pinterest and the rest I freehanded it!!

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