Embroidery journal, to record every week's attempts at creating this fine craft. Feel free to DM, if you want your work featured!
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#Embroidery project #5:
"Borysek lives here" - decorative piece of my own design, gift for a friend.
Sticky Solvy paper did really well for the text. It did not help with the filled space, should've just stitched the outline and then fill in the space. Well, live and learn.
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Lessons learned:
What went well - Black lettering looks absolutely stunning, especially when compared to project #3.
What went poorly - trying to mark the limbs, face features and fat rolls on the cat's silhouette did end up with the whole project looking like a cow meat map :/
#Embroidery project #4:
Some #minidroideries - #youtried and ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Couple of exercises in filling printed guides, both in larger surfaces and smaller, curved lines. Both worked out quite pleasant, with only minute, tiny issues that could be fixed. Also - a nice profile pic
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What went well:
I really like the feel of the yellow fabric when it follows straight lines towards the center of the design. Very smooth.
What went poorly:
The lines on ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) are quite granular, and not as curved as I would like them to be.
#Embroidery project #3:
Monokuma, from #Danganronpa series!
This is why I've started embroidering - this was a gift for a relative, which turned out very fine. Design transfered by using Sticky Fabri-Solvy stabilizer, with mouline, that is actually properly colour cataloged!
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Lessons learned:
Exercise: Making a gift!
What went well: The fill of space is nice with both colours - and I really like the black letters.
What went poorly: White letters however are barely visible with poorer light, so the design is nearly unreadable in the evening :c
#Embroidery project #2:
The Knight and Hornet from #HollowKnight and #Silksong
Pattern's original artist: @Von_Vector
This time, I've tried using freezer paper to print a design directly on the cotton (and got myself some nice cotton to embroiden onto). And it was way easier...
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Lessons learned:
Exercise: Filling space on regular cotton.
What went well: Splitting the thread into thinner threads made the design look a lot better than thick thread.
What went poorly: My basic method made the design... squished, i guess? Time to learn proper techniques.
#Embroidery project #1:
Baba, from @babaisyou_
That was a fun way to start! Not a cross-stitch, but aida cloth helped in keeping the "pixels" consistent. The alternating pattern also looks really good in white (and is invicible in black so no one can spot the one mistake :^])
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Bonus:
Level Too Hard
Baba Is Done
Better Watch Out
Baba Has Gun
(weirdly, this thing gives me a stupid idea...)
And to reflect:
Exercise: Using needle, thread and embroidery hoops
What went well: Filling in the space with regular, consistent pattern that meshes together quite well
What went poorly: Not having enough cloth to properly stretch the work outside of the hoop was irritating