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My character Alder! I’ve been working to get her character right and solidify her personality. I really like the orange background in the first one! Thanks❤️
I don’t have time for both, I have my grocery store job :( I wanted to try Poliński shorthand system, I heard it’s the best for writing in polish, but also I haven’t embroidered in a few months now and I fell a new motivation for it coming…
Xoxo
Reblog for a bigger sample size
Oh hey, do you know what time it is? It is highly specific resource time!
Today we have the Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank! There are HUNDREDS of stitch types in the RSN Stitch Bank.
And more added regularly, let’s look at a recent addition
I picked the first one in the 25 recently added Elizabethan stitches, the Elizabethan French Stitch
The stitch bank provides written and photo tutorials as well as a video option to learn to do it yourself. There are examples of the stitch in use, resources, references, everything but a needle and thread!
rsnstitchbank.org
A porcelain moth patch! He’s got a wingspan of about 2 1/2 inches.
Have y'all tried embroidery?
It's very therapeutic, and you get...
A Butterfly!
A Small Tortoiseshell to brighten the day.
Kalì nifta
I almost forgot about this little piece I embroidered a while ago but didn’t frame until last week. It’s inspired by a traditional song from south Italy where my dad’s from.
Song under the cut
Kalì nifta
Ti en glicea tusi nifta ti en òria
cìevò plonno pensèonta ‘ss'esena
C'ettù mpì ‘s ti ffenèstra ssu agàpi mu
tis kardia mmu su nifto ti ppena.
Larilò larilò lallerò, larilò larilò llà llà……
Evò panta ss'esena penseo
jati ‘sena, fsichi mmu ‘gapò
ce pu pao, pu sirno, pu steo
sti kkardìa panta sena vastò
Larilò larilò lallerò, larilò larilò llà llà……
Kali nifta se finno ce pao
plaia ‘su ti vo pirda prikò
ma pu pao, pu sirno pu steo
sti kkardia panta sena vastò.
Larilò larilò lallerò, larilò larilò llà llà……
Ti en glìcea tusi nìfta, ti en òria
C' evò e' plonno pensèonta ‘ss'esèna,
C'ettu-mpì ‘s ti' ffenèstra-ssu, agàpi-mu,
Sti kardia-mu su nìfto ti ppena.
Evò panta ss'èsena penseo
jatì' sena, fsichi-mmu ‘gapò
Ce pu pao, pu sìrno, pu steo,
sti kkardia panta sena vastò.
Lalallalalero...
And Finrod fell before the throne
Piece inspired by the Duel of Finrod and Sauron from the Lay of Leithian rock opera.
See under the cut for some more inspirations (and a Leithian photo dump)
The pics with the screen background come after I already started on my piece but they match perfectly the aesthetic I was going for and I just wanted to post them anyways.
Another big inspo was the art used for The Battle of Finrod and Sauron by Clamavi de Profundis, here’s a mediocre screenshot:
Last in my inspirations were several fanarts I saw on tumblr using the a similar colour scheme with abstract swirls to represent the song of power.
Note to self: spending nearly 3 hours hunched over my embroidery like Gollum and unblinkingly staring at tiny tiny beads is Bad for my body.
day 5 of quarantine, I’ve run out of fabric and have had to resort to cross stitching this old strainer. Turned out pretty good I think! by Skittle_kittle
Long time no update. The second half of 2023 really ran me over until I was completely flat and all of my blood was gone. But I’m back babey! This is everything I finished in January 2024. Three embroidered hoops, three embroidered pins, and two collages. This doesn’t include the sketching and tie dyeing for future projects. Don’t know what kinda manic wave I’m riding but we’re gonna ride it till it crashes!
Work in progress
The golden beads were too small even for my smallest, thinnest needle so I had to put them one by one directly on the thread. Time consuming but so worth the hassle, and the blue bit is done!
Now I can start on the red part, with even more tiny beads!
Finished! A sad Maglor by the beach 🦀
Latest and greatest embroidery project yet, complete with bling!
I am so excited to share this, as it's based on gorgeous artwork by @runawaymun that accompanies her fic To Partake, both of which I am asbolutely obsessed with (in case that that wasn't obvious).
I've been wanting to make this ever since I saw the artwork for the Nightingale Pin almost a year ago, but at the time I didn't really have the skills to pull it off. But I kept thinking about it and the bug never left me so here we are :). Of course there are things I would do differently next time, but I love how this came out regardless and I hope it reps the original artwork in some small measure!
I'm so inspired by @runawaymun's fic and art along with all the other writers and artists that post amazing things on this site every day; your talent and creativity makes me want to push my own creative boundaries, and so I have!
To the folks who is responding to my silly little poll about how y'all are progressing on projects during this holiday crunch with "I don't make gifts anymore because they are not appreciated", I am so very sorry y'all have had that experience.
I sometimes think we all have.
I no longer paint, because as a teen I spent months on a painting for my sperm donor in yet another attempt to bring out of him the father I always wanted. He promptly began criticizing everything that was wrong. Heartbroken, I took it back on the pretense I was going to "fix" it. Years later, after I finally ended my relationship with him; I burned it in a ritual as a final break from him.
I never painted a picture again. Rarely drew.
Having someone not appreciate your gift or are pointedly indifferent to it will shatter your soul.
To all y'all who have experienced this, I am so very sorry. I give to you my sincerest love and deepest hope that none of us experience that ever again.
Also, I am so proud of y'all for protecting yourselves! It is not worth the pain and anger to go through that shit again. I know some of y'all have that deep-rooted guilt because you have heard "but <insert excuse>" your whole fucking life until it just sits inside you giving your internal bully ammo to hit you with. (Especially true when it comes to family.) Let me assure y'all, it's bullshit and it eventually goes away.
To those who are planning to give handmade gifts, may each and every onr bring the kind of joy that sets your soul alight.
My mini Spoopy Collection 2023
All of these embroideries have been adopted 🧡
Link to my shop here
Girl with a Pearl Earring
(actual pearl for scale)
I made a Moonshine Cybin Flannel to see NADDPOD Live at Carnegie Hall (featuring an embroidered PawPaw)
Read more for details on how I made this
Making the Shirt:
Like a week before I left for New York, I decided that I wanted to make my own NADDPOD clothes to wear since I don’t have a lot of merch. I remembered that JoAnn Fabrics had this mushroom flannel and so I ran out and bought two yards.
I used this button up shirt/lined jacket pattern from MCall’s:
The problem is that I’m right in between the largest boy’s size and the smallest men’s size. So I had to make some adjustments. I cut out the pattern, then shortened it at the waist because there wasn’t room for my hips in the original pattern. Then I cut out all the pieces: shirt front, shirt back, sleeves, pocket, collar, and cuffs.
I knew from using the pattern before that the sleeves were too big for the armhole, and I don’t like the look of gathered sleeves. So I trimmed 5/8” from both arm holes.
Once those adjustments to the pattern were made, I stitched the sides together.
Next up was the collar. I cut two collar pieces, stitched them with the pattern-side of the fabric facing each other, trimmed the excess at the edges and flipped it right side out and ironed it.
I pinned the collar in place around the neck and stitched it in place.
Next up was the sleeves. I stitched each sleeve together, leaving a gap open at the bottom so that the sleeves could be unbuttoned. I hemmed the opening of each sleeve so no raw edges were visible, the gathered the top of the sleeves so they fit into the arm hole.
I pinned the sleeves into the arm hole and stitched them in place.
I cut two cuff pieces, and turned down one edge so that once it was stitched in place, there wouldn't be any raw edges. Then I pinned it in place so the right sides were together and the excess fabric of the cuff was pointed towards the shoulder. I stitched it in place, then folded the cuff in half, right sides together and stitched the ends. That way when the cuff was folded out the right way, all the raw edges would be held inside.
With that, the main construction of the shirt was complete.
Next were my first attempts at embroidery. I found a reference image online that reminded me of PawPaw and printed it out in various sizes. I stitched together a breast pocket, and pinned it to the shirt. Then I was able to use that and my printed images to decide how big I wanted the embroidery.
Once I decided on the size, I unpinned the pocket and transferred the drawing to the fabric using transfer paper. I pinned the drawing and transfer paper in place, and traced over the image. It left a carbon copy on the fabric, and I traced over that with heat erase pen so it wouldn't rub off while I worked.
After that, it was lot of stitching with embroidery thread. Have some in progress pictures.
With the embroidery done, it was time for the finishing touches. Using the guides on my pattern, I marked off the places where buttons and buttonholes were meant to go.
I used the buttonhole foot attachment and setting for my sewing machine to install the button holes, then I sewed the buttons in place by hand.
To secure the embroidery I cut out a patch of white flannel and ironed heat and bond to the back. Then I placed the patch over the thread on the backside of the embroidery, and ironed it in place. The patch prevents the loose threads from getting snagged on anything.
After that, I hemmed the shirt and it was finished!
I literally finished this project the night before I flew to New York. It ended up being a huge hit at the fan meet up in Central Park.
HhhAAAaaaattt?!!
Moon. Fabric and thread. Stitched from a photo my brother took.
Three truly atrocious sketches for embroidery projects. I will have to make a neat version of each before I can start working on them (and buy lots of floss).
They’ll be Christmas presents for my cousins so I’d better start before mid-October if I don’t want to make a stitching marathon and hurst my shoulder three days before the family reunion.
Just a little poll to share some of my embroidery ideas and maybe inspire fellow embroidery enthusiasts. Feel free to make one yourself, and tag me if you post the result on tumblr so I can see it.
The difficulty level is largely based on the size of the embroidery. The larger it is, the easier to stitch. I do love a very small and detailed piece (see my Golden Flower Locket) but it isn’t very beginner friendly.
Anyways, all of these are on my to-do list but I already have at least four other projects to start and complete before Christmas so they’re not very high on my priority list. I already embroidered the horse-head banner of Rohan on a shirt I am making so it’s one ticked off on this list but I put it anyways for inspiration. The Doors of Durin (see profile pic) is the first "big" embroidery project I ever made and it was very fiddly with the details because of the small scale of the design.
I just finished a quick sketch for a new embroidery project and I hope so, so much I will be able to make it. It’ll be a gift to celebrate a friend’s recovery from a long illness but I don’t dare start on the project until I know for sure she really recovered because I’m afraid to jinx her chances at getting better if I take for granted she is out of danger.
painting this wouldve taken all of 5 minutes but noooo i had to take hours to haphazardly embroider it even though i have no idea what im doing
“Oh well, whatever, never mind”
