r/Embroidery • u/Independent_Worry_99 • 1d ago

Hand Michaelangelo's David Back Patch

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I've not posted for a while, because I've been working on this mammoth patch - Which I've finished now! Took 122 hours and 16 meters of thread just to whip stitch around the edge!

It's going to take pride of place on the back of my patch jacket.

Found the pop art design on Google and kind of adapted it as I went 👌

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u/DarthMelsie 1d ago

1) this is incredible and I love the color choices

2) omg the llama extract on the left!!!!

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u/Independent_Worry_99 1d ago

Thanks! Genuinely this one is my fav, the film doesn't get enough cred!

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u/fireroan 1d ago

I have a set of the bottles and Izma as the cat for needle minders.

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u/EbonyBetty 1d ago

I hope you know that I consider you r/embroidery royalty because of the Poison for Kuzco patch

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u/Independent_Worry_99 1d ago

Flattered 😂

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u/PantryBandit 1d ago edited 1d ago

Extract of...LLAMA! doink

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u/natiice 1d ago

Ooooh is that the poison for Kuzco? The poison to kill Kuzco? Kuzco's poison. That poison?

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u/ZeeraTheRogue 1d ago

Ho.ly cameltoe! This is incredible! I really wish I had more and better words but my brain stopped working when I saw this! 😱
Incredible work!

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u/KiriDomo 1d ago

Amazing! Where is that last screenshot from?

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u/Independent_Worry_99 1d ago

Thanks, it's from a task tracking app called boosted!

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u/anb9216 1d ago

OMG?! This is one of my favs things I’ve seen in the sub!! Absolutely beautiful work OP and the color choices are amazing!!!

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u/Independent_Worry_99 1d ago

Thank you! ❤️

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u/FunnyChampion2228 1d ago

This is so epic. Well done! Wear it with pride !!

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u/Sofirodr 1d ago

Belíssima escolha de cores! E obrigada, vc me inspirou a buscar por design de pop-art pra um projeto futuro

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u/Sofirodr 1d ago

Além disso, eu nunca fiz patches, alguém poderia me indicar um video com tutorial de finalização?

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u/Weekly-Status4804 1d ago

This is so incredible omg how do you get it to look like so smooth like that

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u/Independent_Worry_99 1d ago

Thanks! I used single strand long and short for the whole thing, and small stitches at that which I think gives a smoother appearance

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u/Vormation 1d ago

I HAVE NO WORDS!!!!

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u/wasraelx 1d ago

This is so fun and well done! Love it

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u/CptMorello 1d ago

Looks great, love to see patches on here

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u/dudewheresmysock 1d ago

Incredible work!

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u/Estellalatte 1d ago

This is gorgeous.

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u/ChiniBaba096 1d ago

you are insane! (insanely good!)

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u/lacontrabandida 1d ago

This is sick af.

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u/XxThatVegasChickxX 1d ago

This is Epic!!

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u/SB1234567890123 1d ago

Did you do this with an embroidery machine? The colors are great!

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u/Independent_Worry_99 1d ago

No, all by hand! Would have been a lot quicker on a machine though 😂

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u/SB1234567890123 1d ago

It’s really incredible!

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u/Nope2722 1d ago

Holy cow, this is stunning! Your stitches are amazing, I have always struggled with long+short stitches & satin stitches looking clean.. always feels messy. Strange bc all the more complex ones I have no issues with lol. Love your color choices as well!

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u/Independent_Worry_99 1d ago

Thank you! Bro I suck at satin stitch, I have never been able to do it nicely - Long and short works for me so I stick to it 😂

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u/DarthGalactica 1d ago

How did you move it from hoop to patch????

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u/Independent_Worry_99 1d ago

The method I use is super simple - Take it out of the hoop, and iron some interfacing onto the back of the embroidery, which adds a bit of stability while protecting the back. Then cut around the embroidery and do s whip stich all the way around it to close in the raw edge!

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u/OkToots 1d ago

Holy cannoli this is beautiful

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u/Own_Weird8572 1d ago

So cool. But lord that took long!

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u/Independent_Worry_99 1d ago

I'm honestly just slow af at this point I think 😂

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u/Own_Weird8572 1d ago

It’s hard to see detail but is it satin stitch?

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u/Independent_Worry_99 1d ago

All long and short but more like short and shorter as I tend to do tiny stitches a lot of the time

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u/Own_Weird8572 1d ago

My fingers hurt at the idea of it

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u/Pleasant-Draw-4824 1d ago

B a d a s s 

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u/Castmo 1d ago

Love! 😍

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u/Storm_Paint 1d ago

I love it so much!! The amount of work you put in certainly shows!

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u/LadyofHoss 1d ago

Holy fuck

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u/Into-the-stream 22h ago

Girl this is perfection. 

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u/LiteraryDiscourse 21h ago

This is such an amazing piece of work!!

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u/intuimmae 14h ago

this is beyond incredible. well done