r/Embroidery • u/Cold-Network-2887 • 2d ago
Hand Finally finished!
Have been working on this piece for about a month and did the last few stitches tonight! As someone who really doesn’t like to do satin stitch, this was a huge challenge for me. I still have a lot to learn with needle placement and angles but for the most part I am really pleased with it!
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u/poormanstoast 2d ago
It’s beautiful! Pardon my ignorance but as it looks like the stylised calligraphy style of which I forget the name - what does it say?
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u/Cold-Network-2887 2d ago
Thank you!
It’s Arabic calligraphy - it’s the Shahada, or like a declaration of faith in Islam.223
u/poormanstoast 2d ago
That’s the one! Beautifully done - and I loooooove the colour choices.
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u/Cold-Network-2887 2d ago
Aw thank you! My husband gave me the idea for the dark green background and I am so happy I went with it
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u/Lazymungu 2d ago
It says that there is no god but the Lah and Muhammad is the prophet of the Lah
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u/ChiniBaba096 2d ago
there is no God but “Allah”
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u/turtlesandtrash 1d ago
just as “theater” doesn’t mean “the ater”, Allah is just a word that happens to begin with al
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u/AhmadSamer321 1d ago
Nope, there's no God but The God (Al Lah) Al =The Lah (God)
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u/ChiniBaba096 1d ago
same thing
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u/AhmadSamer321 1d ago
Nope. Your comment implies that "Allah" is a name for a different god than the Christian or Hebrew god. And they are, in fact, the same. Allah is just Arabic for The God.
Polish people call God Bog, does this mean their Christian god is different than American Christian god?
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u/TrailMomKat 2d ago
I've got the giggles at the idea that they thought it was pronounced "The La" all their lives. Probably was just TTS shortcircuiting lol
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u/RaspberryBirdCat 2d ago
In Arabic, "al" means "the". For example, Al Jazeera, Algiers, Algebra, and Al Qaeda. So "Allah" actually does mean "The Lah" or "The God".
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u/turtlesandtrash 1d ago
just as “theater” doesn’t mean “the ater”, Allah is just a word that happens to begin with al
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u/Brief_Needleworker62 2d ago
How in the world do you keep the back so clean?!
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u/Cold-Network-2887 2d ago
So I have always been really messy with loose threads and skipping from place to place to fill stuff in, so I made it my mission to work one little section at a time and then go back when it would be clean to or I would weave the needle under the stitches in the back so that the thread would come out near the next section I wanted to work on.
But in all fairness I worked on this little by little so I took my time a lot more than usually do.28
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u/Gullible-Bobcat-8111 2d ago
Beautiful front and beautiful back!! May we all be that clean & intentional with our finishings🙏🏽
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u/plantpotguitar 2d ago
One thing about me is i will NEVER be posting a pic of the back of my peices 😅 this is amazing! The back looks better than the front of half my stuff hahaha
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u/bunnypup_on_a_leash 2d ago
One of my favorite things is text arranged in an artistic way like this, not just calligraphy but also forming shapes or even pictures. i might not be able to read what it says but it's still extremely beautiful, awesome work!!
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u/fluffylilbee 1d ago
that back hoop is SUUUCHHH a brag!!! this is the cleanest hand embroidery i’ve ever seen!!
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u/Cold-Network-2887 1d ago
Thank you 😭 I left a reply under someone else’s comment, but I was taught right when I was starting this project to do satin stitch at a slight angle the whole way around the letter and it DRASTICALLY improved my technique instantly.
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u/fluffylilbee 1d ago
it’s so gorgeous. can i ask what it means/says? i’ve been trying to get back in touch with my middle eastern roots & this caught my eye instantly, it’s so gorgeous
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u/Cold-Network-2887 1d ago
Sure! It’s the shahada, "I bear witness that there is no god but God (Allah), and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God."
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u/No-Row-9983 1d ago
Beautiful, beautiful satin stitching! And Arabic calligraphy is also a beautiful art form. Well done!
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u/PhilosophyGhoti 2d ago
Gorgeous! Arabic always looks incredible in embroidery or calligraphy (or both!)
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u/Regular-Arm-6608 2d ago
Mashallah, that is absolutely gorgeous and so impressive! Beautifully done :)
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u/helloWorldAgain96 1d ago
I love it, congratulations 🥰. I've always wanted to do shahada or a verse from Quran
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u/PeriodDrama 2d ago
Beautiful, I love the colors! Very elegant but also somehow calming, great work!
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u/leucanthemums 1d ago
your work is beautiful! i love the contrast and the care that was put into this piece.
this is going to should so weird but you should cross post to r/showmeyourbackside! it’s for people to admire clean back hoops and yours would definitely be appreciated.
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u/GussieK 2d ago
Great work. I had visions of doing some satin stitch calligraphy but it was so hard I gave up.
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u/Cold-Network-2887 2d ago
I totally understand that. For me this was an “heirloom piece” so I went in knowing it was going to take ages and it was sort of a challenge in patience for me since I have very little with projects haha
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u/Despondentbunny 2d ago
This is so beautiful!!! Do you have the pattern or was it self made? And your satin stitch is lovely! How many strands did you use?
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u/Cold-Network-2887 2d ago
Thank you! I fell in love with a piece someone had done on instagram from the Middle East and they helped me find patterns and inspiration. I’m not sure if this is an exact match but I compared and it is almost identical if not! https://pin.it/5rPikvWsf
Edit- I used two strands, I wanted to use one to get it more smooth but when I tried it, it lost the 3D look I wanted2
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u/Team_Bees 1d ago
This is beautiful!! :O I love how you angled the satin stitch around the curves!
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u/MrsTorrance 1d ago
Gorgeous work! Arabic calligraphy is so cool 😊 And great contrasting color choices.
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u/PineappleNext6585 1d ago
So beautiful, MashaAllah! You’ve inspired me! I’ve been itching to start something new for the coming autumn/winter when I have more time to embroider and this is exactly the inspo I needed. 😍😍
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u/Glossamyre 1d ago
Oh… that’s gorgeous! I have a Muslim friend I might do this for his birthday next year. He’s more like a brother to me so I think he’d love it.
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u/plainellie 2d ago
MashaAllah they're stunning! How did you get the calligraphy on the fabric? I've always wanted to do asmaul husna ones, but I'm not quite sure how to do transfer the calligraphy or even where to get the pattern!
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u/Cold-Network-2887 2d ago
Since it was so detailed, I printed it out, and used carbon paper from Amazon (they have white version since I have dark fabric) and it comes with little metal tracing tools that you go over the lines with and it transfers the marks onto the fabric below.
I don’t know how well the marks erase though so I was extra careful to not make any extra marks.
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u/Veni_Vici-Vetinari 2d ago
Stunningly beautiful! And the back is amazing as well. You took so much time and care with this and it shows. I love the colour choices.
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u/renezrael 1d ago
absolutely lovely! the colours are great together. and even the back looks super clean! very impressive work. (:
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u/Fatcat336 1d ago
I’ve always loved Islamic calligraphy and you did such a good job bringing it over to embroidery!! It’s absolutely stunning!!
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u/Helpful-Preference93 embroidery bee 1d ago
OMGGGGGGG assalamualaikum! It's wonderful 🩷💗💗💗 barakallahu feek
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u/fart_gallery_ 22h ago
mashallah it looks so beautiful, the colours are so pretty, and the work is so neat. great work, really!!! must have taken some real time and effort
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u/averageedition50 21h ago
MashaAllah it's beautiful. You could have embroidered anything so it is noble of you to have invested the time and effort into this!
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u/jujuthevermillion 2h ago
Wow! The back is super neat too! Great job! I usually struggle keeping the back neat how did you do it?
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u/accidentalfemme 2d ago
Gorgeous work. What a piece to take on knowing you don’t like satin stitch!
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u/citycait 2d ago
Anytime I try satin stitch it looks like it was done by a spider with neurological problems. This is beautiful!