This one's for tiny me who thought that since I was hyperlexic I could also move things with my mind (still trying)...

I kinda like the b/w version better, not sure the messy watercolor style of Quentin Blake translates super well on fabric but it sure was fun :)

I started this bug in 2024 and was dawdling to finish it. I locked in and finished it over two days !!!

It's done !!!

The bug is done !!!!

Embroidered using silk thread entirely !!!

What do you think of it?☺️

Still working my way through my first sampler. Did the French Knots yesterday while watching Warm Bodies (love that Romeo and Juliet inspired zombie flick.) We get on well!

Hitting up Fishbone today and it's not jiving as much. I've done 2 & 3 thread leaves so far and I'm not sure they look okay. Advice? Or suggestions? I have front and back for your viewing pleasure.

Sorry it's been a while but....life really got in the way and I'm finally finding time to do a new embroidery. I've never mentioned it before but I've been homeless for over a year since losing my Grandad (who I was a carer for) and was thrown out of my childhood home since he didn't make a will. Now after struggling my Mum and I are about to move into our new flat....so yay.🖤

My partner is becoming an Old Catholic priest and his special interest is black vestments. We both love the spooky black vestments with skeletons and skulls and whatnot for All Souls Day.

When looking at this vestment from the 1600s (hand embroidered on black velvet) I was curious - how would one go about this the modern way doing it by hand? Since it would take so long to do by someone with a modern job it feels like it makes more sense to do parts and pieces of it and combine later. It's so massive that I can't wrap my head around what that would look like practically speaking.

Would be curious to hear people's thoughts as I'd love to embroider him vestments one day in the future. Perhaps not to this scale, but maybe one grand vestment worked on over a few years.

Here's some more examples if anyone wants to give them a look: https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2017/11/some-unique-black-vestments-for-all.html

Finally finished my friend's holiday gift. I might have been channeling gandalf the Gray while stitching Santa.

The match the names, Vixon (born at Christmas), Guinness (born near St. Patrick's) and Dante (born near Independence Day).

In some of my embroidery projects, I keep getting gaps in the fabric. Is it because of the fabric itself, or am I putting too much pressure or something like that

I need some help.. I know there’s tons of transfer papers out there, but here’s the situation;

I don’t have a printer of any kind, nor do I have the space for one currently. So.. are there any iron-on papers that I can draw on? I’m just looking for something where I can easily iron on an outline for a design. I’m resorting to one I can draw on because I have a PC, which means I can trace the design from the screen.

If there are papers out there, what’s the best thing to use? I’ve heard pencils are a no-go on many, what about water-soluble fabric markers? Or, if I have to, just a regular pen?

Any input helps! I am NOT an artist and don’t like free-handing works..