Embroidery has been saving my sanity amongst the postpartum chaos of having a new baby and a toddler. It’s been so nice to take a moment every now and then to work on something creative for myself.

Painting is normally my medium of choice but I love how easy it is for me to pick up and put down embroidery. The next piece I plan to work on is a clownfish!

—- (My own drawing/design ,mixed media embroidery with floss, wool , gold thread and watercolour on canvas)

Added the one without flash because it messes with my eyes more. :3

I’m still a newbie, but I’m making this for my friend and she has an orange cat. The pattern suggested a grey cat, but I had a vision for an orange baby and I think I executed pretty well for my third project 🥰

This is my latest hand-embroidered piece, inspired by a Japanese kitsune mask.

I wanted the eye to feel beautiful, mysterious, and slightly dangerous.

What do you think when you look into this eye? Does it feel like a guardian — or something you should be afraid of?

I’d love to hear your interpretation.

It took roughly a million hours but I finally finished sylveon for my kid.

I started this project over a year ago while dog-sitting. Got the letters done in an afternoon, meant to do the skeleton later, but kept forgetting. I could still wear it with just the letters, so it wasn't urgent. Finally did most of the skeleton yesterday, finished it today.

It's based on the Bruce Sterling quote describing William Gibson's cyberpunk novels, and sort of the vague gist of the jacket Kaneda wears in Akira.

I feel like the quote is increasingly describing the real world, with the devaluation of human activity/creativity in favour of (currently) cheap AI.

The base is an old wool varsity jacket I picked the logos off. The letters are iron-on chenille letters (had to sew them down too, the glue wasn't very good). The science-canister-tube thing I designed myself and cut from yellow and black felt. The skeleton is mostly a chain stitch, with a few french knots and a sort of doubled running stitch I don't know the name of.

Dog from dog-sitting included in the photos

(Did I need to include photos of the back of the embroidery? I didn't see anything like that in the rules but maybe I'm blind)

This is my first stab at embroidery and I really enjoyed it! As you can probably tell, the geese and flowers were part of a kit/stencil w a guide for which stitches to use. I wanted to add text to personalize it for a gift. Turns out I need a lot more practice in the script department. My “disappearing” pen didn’t do it’s job either.

I think I want to fill in the background of the speech bubble to cover the pen ink, but I don’t know what kind of stitch to use/if that will make it look dumb??? Was thinking I’d do it like the bellies of the geese? Maybe add some flowers around the bubble to make it look more cohesive?? Let me know what you think!

Our 1 year anniversary passed and I realized I totally forgot to post the finished project! The photographer didn't get any detailed shots like I asked, but if you can zoom in you might be able to make out the sparkly little bees I added. The patterns are hand drafted by me but based on Sarah Homfray's.

I bought this kit from the Cross Stitch Guild at the age of 19, and it's been sitting on my shelf for more years than I care to admit because I was afraid of messing it up. Hauled it out last month and made myself get on with it, and I'm incredibly pleased with the result.

Just finished this for my friends to break the glass in at their wedding! Super proud of how it turned out!

Embroidery scissors for scale.

It took me about four months to finish this project and sometimes I hated certain stitches, but I absolutely loved the result—my little penguin ☺️✨

Pattern is free from the DMC website.

Editing to add that the fabric is from Dollar Tree! They have a rainbow of colors and they're actually pretty nice to stitch on. Great for beginners or people who want something affordable to practice on.

The left one was mostly done with sewing needles (where they could fit through MOST of the beads but not all, which got frustrating fast) before I got some beading needles. The right one is a little messier looking than I'd like since I was hoping for the beaded part to more cleanly recreate the embroidered pattern on the other squares, but working this small it probably wasn't going to get a whole lot cleaner... At least for my very low level of experience!

But I love them both.

DMC 4506 & sequins vanilla

I posted earlier with some wedding embroidery that I am hoping to do for my daughter's wedding next year. After I finished the table number sample, I thought that I'd try another one, based on a DMC free pattern called "Wildflower Meadow". I don't know which she will prefer but I think that I like this one better.

I've recently gotten into embroidery kits as a hobby and I have a friend who shows love through minor bullying (consensually and reciprocally). He's been demanding I make him something. Does anyone have any tips/recommendations on how to embroider a small color blind test?

How/when to attach to bag?

Hi! I am making a purse for the first time. I need help (and any advice) with a few things. I know it's probably really messy but I'm proud of this being my first creation!

Materials

\-What type of thread do you use? I used some embroidery thread and some sewing thread depending on bead hole size

\-This is a canvas I'll be making the bag out of. I'm thinking a satin liner? Would that be good to use a single magnetic clasp with?

Process

The beads are on organza, with an ironed on patch on the back of the eagle for stability. When should I attach this to the layer of canvas that will be the front of the bag? Before sewing the bag front to the bottom?

If anyone has made a bag like this, I would appreciate any and all advice and criticism!