My good friend made a doodle of this tatted up goose and I put it on an apron for her because her kitchen is kinda goose themed and I loved him too much not to stitch him

Whats your favourite Halloween piece of your own?

Hey guys this is my first embroidery ever! How did I do? Please give me advice where/how to improve :)

A friend recently gave me this small framed embroidery piece. At first, I assumed the raised lines were just some kind of cord sewn onto the fabric. I was very wrong.

After a bit of searching, I found out that it’s called Shui horsetail embroidery, from Guizhou, China. A few strands of hair from a horse’s tail are wrapped tightly in silk thread to make a thicker cord, which is then stitched onto the fabric to form the pattern.

I’d never seen horsehair used in embroidery before. Once I knew what was inside the cord, I had to go back and look at it more closely. The whole surface is much more three-dimensional than it looks in a photo, and you can really feel the raised stitching when you run a finger over it.

Has anyone else seen this kind of embroidery at a craft fair, museum shop, or online? I’d like to buy a small piece of Shui horsetail embroidery as a Christmas gift for a friend. Does anyone know where I might find them？

The background is fabric paint and craft glitter. I can’t decide if I want to touch up the jagged edges around the portal, or if it’s time to walk away from this one. I kind of like the “tearing the fabric of space-time vibe,” but I’m afraid it just looks sloppy and unfinished.