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Vi's Embroidery Thread! (pun unintended)
I've been looking for a place to post my embroidery for a while now and remembered the CB, so here I am :D I started stitching when I was 10-11, took a break for a couple of years, and only just started back up again in January. My mom introduced me to the art, but mostly she just got the ball rolling-- almost all of what I know now is self-taught (with ample help from the internet, of course). My favorite stitches are French knots and split stitch, and I usually use three- or six-strand floss.
That's all I can think of to say for now! I'm planning to finish a piece tomorrow, which I'll probably post soon, but if this thread is up before then I might send in an older piece first :)
submitted by Vi, she/they
(April 23, 2024 - 5:24 pm)
(April 23, 2024 - 5:24 pm)
Oh wow, that's BEAUTIFUL. Congrats to you and your friend!!
(April 29, 2024 - 6:17 pm)
The chimera's amazing!! I'm not at all surprised it won a prize :) Congratulations to you and your friend!
(April 30, 2024 - 3:54 pm)
Got a hand-me-down hoodie from my sister today-- what should I embroider on it? It's light blue, and I’m thinking I want to do something on the left of the chest (i.e. where the pocket might be on a shirt). I’m thinking a raccoon, opossum, pigeon, or a similar sort of creature. Any thoughts?
(May 4, 2024 - 5:22 pm)
Maybe a raccoon?
(May 5, 2024 - 12:28 pm)
A raccoon would be super cute! Or a bunny rabbit amongst some flowers. I love bunny rabbits :) Or perhaps a squirrel looking all cute and perky and standing on its hind legs :)
(May 5, 2024 - 7:58 pm)
an opossum would be really fun! but since it's blue, maybe something flying like in the sky or a fish? You could do a shark! You could even do a tide pool scene with an epaulette shark or something if you were up for something bigger. or a hammerhead or blacktipped reef shark or something. or a whale. if it was darker maybe a bat!
is it different embroidering on knit fabrics? will the fabric pucker? I've only ever done woven fabrics.
also i actually found something i embroidered but literally everything about it is rushed because i was doing it in like 2 days before Halloween to make a treat bag for one of my stuffies. also i'm just not great at embroidering XD maybe i'll post it though idk... a lot of the french knots in particular are messy. thanks for this thread though it's been getting me back into embroidery
(May 7, 2024 - 1:27 pm)
@admins - I'm not sure if this is how things work but I accidentally submitted the last comment with my real name, is there anyway that could be removed? Thank you so much, and I understand if that's not possible!
I hope I changed the right comment. It's better if you specify the beginning words of the comment.
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(May 4, 2024 - 6:30 pm)
That's the one, thank you again! I'll keep that in mind in case it happens again (although hopefully it won't). So sorry for the inconvenience.
(May 5, 2024 - 10:56 am)
I really liked the idea of the blue being the sky so I decided to go with the pigeon because I thought it would be easiest (+ I just really like birds haha).
(May 14, 2024 - 5:17 am)
Oops, did not realize how terrible that picture was. Here's a slightly better one!
Next up: graduation gift for my sister!
(May 14, 2024 - 6:46 pm)
It's adorable! And the stitches are beautiful :D
I don't do embroidery myself, but I agree that it would be great to see other people's stitches too! I'm really enjoying seeing yours, though, they're so creative and pretty.
(May 14, 2024 - 9:26 pm)
Awwwww! That's sooo cute!
(May 15, 2024 - 10:48 am)
Little WIP! I love how the strings look (although the picture doesn't really do it justice), but I don’t think I’ll ever work with metallic threads again-- it's so much worse than all the horror stories I've heard :'0
I do believe the pegs are supposed to be asymmetrical, but the head being crooked is 100% my own doing oops
(June 1, 2024 - 5:04 am)
Beautiful embroidery Vi! I've got some projects that I want to share but I don't have them with me right now. \:" also does anyone know the difference between a violin and a viola? I can never figure it out.
(June 1, 2024 - 6:27 pm)
This is a great violin, Vi! It's actually really acurate, so much more so than many art works of violins out there. I've been enjoying seeing all your beautiful embroidery creations!
@Tea'n'Tacos: The difference between a violin and viola is that a violin's strings are tuned E, A, D, and G; whereas a viola's are A, D, G, and C. The viola's pitch register is lower than a violin's, and violas are generally bigger in size.
(June 1, 2024 - 9:31 pm)