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Reblogging, as I have updated my pinned post after some questions about commissions.

Hi!

Thought I should make one of those nice pinned posts :D

I'm Michelle (she/her/they)

I live in Australia - I make things with needle and thread, and I walk in the wild. I have degrees in science and education, and do freelance STEM education writing/consulting.

I make strange little things in textiles and beads, I sell the objects I make in a local store. I also have a small webshop where I sell a small number of objects and I have a couple of online workshops and some downloadable tutorials and patterns.

website and shop - https://www.pardalotemakes.com/

insta - pardalotemakes

online courses - https://pardalote.teachable.com/

my embroideries as online jigsaw puzzles: https://www.jigsawplanet.com/pardalote/embroidery

My favourite makes from 2023: #pardalote's top 20 makes for 2023

All my recent posts are my own work. All my nature photos are from my hiking adventures and are my own photos.

I'm currently open for commissions. Note that I'm in Aus, so postage times and costs might be a factor for you. My commission process varies according to the size and complexity of the work, but always includes at least half up-front payment. My most common commission pieces are my beetles, which I've sent all over the world to new homes in the UK, Europe, US and even Borneo!

Asks are always open.

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Two silk-wrapped stones. Just hanging out, doing stone things.

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hi! this is probably not your highest priority project which I totally respect, but do you have any other pictures you might make into puzzles soon? they're so fun and I love seeing your different stuff!

Eyyy. I lovemaking jigsaws, but I'm never really sure what people like. So! tell me what you like: - my craft-focused photos or my outside in the wild photos? - how many pieces?

Orrrr...?

And I'll get back into the jigsaw train game :D

And for new folks, I have some jigsaws of my work here:

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The things you make are so beautiful. How you find the particular in the abstract and vice versa. This sounds weird but textile arts have low-key traumatized me because I was raised hardcore conservative Christian in the rural American south and I was forced to learn knitting/embroidery as part of being a "good homemaker" and I have always been so clumsy with my hands and could never get it right and I would always up in tears and seeing what you make is so beautiful and your eye for colours and lines and shapes; I wish I would have stuck with it, I really wish my fingers weren't so clumsy.

Heyo! Thank you for your kind words. Hugs to you for your past trauma <3 But know that you can reclaim textile arts to be whatever you want them to be. And clumsy hands are just part of starting out again in any craft. You don't want to see how clumsy I am painting! Or with clay! OMG my clay creations are hilarious! :D Steady hands comes with practice, so if there's something you want to make, stick at it, be patient with yourself, and do the things that bring you joy. <3<3

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A stone in a silk jacket.

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Elytra, stitched and ready for their beetles. I had fun with these!

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This will be a jacket for a stone. x+x+x+x

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Squiggles and elytra in progress.

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Today I made a squiggle.

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My shelf looked pretty in the evening light.

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I thought I remembered you posting a couple months ago that you were considering doing a workshop about your felted/embroidered earrings. Is that something that is actually in the works? It sounds like it would be right up my sister’s alley.

Hiya! Yep, you’re correct, I’m in the midst of working on it at the moment. I don’t have a release date for you though yet, there’s still a lot to do :D

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This is more of an interest check to see if you'd ever consider doing this - I Love love love your embroidered stones. Would you ever make a tutorial about how to do those? I hope this doesn't come across as demanding, I just love them a lot and would adore the chance to make them too. Hope you are doing well!!

Hiya~ No, that doesn’t come across as demanding, it’s really useful to know what people are interested in learning about, so thank you. Good news is that I do have embroidered stones on my list of thingies to write something about - you aren’t the first to have asked :D I’m not sure if it will be a tutorial (pdf) or it might be a work-at-your-own-pace workshop (video and text course thingie).  Bad news is that I’m partway through writing another short online course (Embroidered earrings, yay! Also, Leaks! Spoilers! hehe) So it will be a while before I start the stones tutorial. But it is a Thing in my mind that will happen. Probably this year, <3

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A little SALE! To celebrate the upcoming eclipse, two of my spacey patterns are 30% off! My small Solar System pattern and my HUGE Inner Solar System blackwork patterns are now available with a 30% discount upon entering the code ECLIPSE24 at checkout.

https://www.pardalotemakes.com/shop/space Happy spacey stitching! <3

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I dunno. It’s Friday and I’m coming up for air, after spending all day in surveys, privacy statements, analytics and report writing. I just needed to breathe. And say hi to my creative friends (that’s you❤️). So hi. I have some stitching to do this weekend, a gift to finish and a beanie to make. I am dealing with bad news (badly) but I also had a pretty jolly phone chat with Dad over lunch. And a huge black cockatoo was noisily pulling the bark off the acacia out the back, oblivious to me watching. Or more likely just not caring, because I am just a small pink blob that can’t even fly. A roller coaster of a day. Like most days really. How has your day been?

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Two little beetle friends I finished today, as part of a commission for a lovely customer. They will be a gift for two of her friends.

I had lots of fun making these little creatures. I hope she loves them!

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hi, sorry if this is a weird question but can i ask where oyu got your website made? thank you

Hiya! Not a weird question at all.  I made it using squarespace.

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Some beetley friends in progress.

Step 1: get a new job that's almost full time

Also Step 1: get 5 commissions at once

Step 2: This is fine. (insert dog + mug + fire)