#hand stitching

[lazy-daisy-stitchsparkle]

My next embroidery work on a movie theme, this time The Hobbit.

[kleinergeist]

I'd like to introduce to everyone this horrid thing I created about a year ago but haven't shown many people yet (probably for the best).

This is Baby. AKA The Monster. AKA Sight Tremendous and Abhorred, AKA Vile Insect, AKA A Thing Such As Even Dante Could Not Have Conceived, etc, etc. It's made from bits of scrap fabric I scrounged from various sources and is roughly the size of a human toddler. Its design is based on Mary Shelly's original descriptions of Frankenstein's creature.

But that's not all! Behold!

You can dissect this little abomination to reveal a full set of crocheted, knitted, and scrap fabric organs, all hand-stitched by yours truly!

It has a heart, stomach, lungs, liver, small and large intestine, kidneys, bladder, and, of course, a brain! So it can ponder the horrors of its own existence!

I used this pattern by Less Than Three for the heart. I ended up felting it because I screwed up most of the stitches (I was relatively new to crochet at the time). The result was a bit of a blobby mess, but oh well.

So yeah. This thing lives in my house now (my family hates it). I have yet to reap the full consequences of my hubris.

[whatahoop]

Lysistrata 💙

[rosymushrooms]

the vintage dress i’m hand embroidering in between holiday commissions is coming along nicely 💘☁️ once i’m done filling in the heart i’ll be adding some detail to the handle & it’ll be done!

(update: this dress is finished! ❤️)

more embroidery on my etsy 🎀

[laurakwatson]

SAMPLER

Little embroideries of little things.

[archerinventive]

Happy Faire Friday!

For today I thought I'd share a closeup look at some of the work that went into my fire top.

In an effort to stay away from flammable materials, I made it out of scrap pieces of leather i had around the shop and fire tested it before use. :)

I wore it for the first time during last year's faire season, and it's been holding up really well since. That being said, I'm always keeping an eye out for fitting pendants to decorate it with.

Next, it's onto the leg covers and possible mask.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. I can't wait to see you guys at this upcoming faire season. ^^

[bluedesignwall]

A small beginning on squaring up the big blue star hexie quilt. It is nice to get back to some hand stitching.

[upcycleqween45]

Mending soothes my soul when life is loud🪡♻️

[flowercrown-bard]

And a fox somewhere is hiding (The Calling)

Here's my entry for the Ruin anniversary Day 1: Secret Worlds or The Calling

@amazingdevilfanpage

[fresh-fire-flames]

My most recent cross stitch bookmark, made for my friend. Her cats name is squid, hence the theme for the bookmark!

[sakrafka]

:•)

[racheldreimiller]

Little anatomical heart pairing

[lazy-daisy-stitchsparkle]

Moomin time

[firesidetextiles]

Found 4 last (mis)prints of the ufo design, so I stitched up another one for either a wall hanging or another patch. The light beams are fun for back stitching!

I redid the art for this design a little bit ago to make it bigger for the glow-in-the-dark sticker version and I also wanted to re-stock the embroidery design with a full color variation. The original hand print above was for 4-inch hoops, but I'm thinking of making the new one for a 6-inch hoop. Do you have a preference size-wise when stitching?

[ID: A very closeup snap shot of a embroidery art piece featuring a small silver ufo lifting up a silver and spotted cow on a black fabric background and surrounded by a moon and stars in matching silver. The light beam coming down from the bottom of the ship and surrounding the cow in a loose cone shape is completely filled in with vertical lines of embroidery thread that shifts across throughout the back stitching from light yellow to bright yellow to a bright green-yellow. The stitching continues where there are lights in the ship with little colonial knots along the disc's side. End.]

[rosymushrooms]

skeleton hand & rose patch 🥀 based off of a similar design for a pin i made earlier this year! 100% hand stitched ❤️

available! sold, thank you!!

more embroidery on my etsy

[idembroiderthat]

“Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other" is a song written by musician Ned Sublette in 1981 and covered by Willie Nelson in 2006.

I really wanted to finish this piece for YeeHaugust, but alas, it was a menace from start to finish to restart to second finish.

Some of the lyrics use outdated language, but I loved this line so much I asked Gav to draw an image to go with it for me to embroider. 8x8 inches, hand-stitched.