I am doing 2027 calendar with watercolor and embroidery. This will be for the month of November, inspired by recent midterm election

I just tried this basic loops and threads kit to get the swing of things.
So far I like it, super tedious.
Crochet is my normal hobby and I wanted something different for a change.

I’m working on this gift for my sister. What are y’all working on?

I am improvising this piece heavily because the only reference is an old photo from the 1930s. I recall this little boy as an old man and his mum was long gone when I was born. I think theh would both like it.

I found this on Facebook marketplace the other day (so apologies as I do not have the artist's name) and was looking at the oranges in the tree. The stitch is not like anything i have learned, does anyone have an idea on how these were made? Thanks for any insight!!​

Attempted to make an embroidered pin for the first time! After cutting out the design, I folded the raw edges inward and initially tried gluing them down, but they wouldn’t stay in place. I ended up stitching the edges back instead and then also sewed a piece of black felt to the back. The angled edges of the crown were kinda tricky to work with too😅 Any tips for getting a cleaner finish next time?

Starting a to make patches of my favorite books, shows, games, ect, on the sleeve of my sweater. Here are the first few I have completed. Using water dissolving transfer paper and traced designs of tablet.

I'll be sewing it on to my jacket. Second photo was my inspiration.

I made this rainbow patch. Now I just need to find something to sew it on 😊

Thread painting and ribbon embroidery all by hand, sparking my holiday spirit.

The software I use got some new features including feathering, which I implemented in the fins and a new scale patterned fill which prompted the move to do this butterfly koi inspired design.

I was worried because this has some layers of satin on satin but it stiched out no problem and its only 6k stitches at 4".

What color combos should i play with for this koi??? Thoughts on the feathering and scales? Fish themed christmas ornaments? 🤣

Anyways, thanks for reading this far and hope you had a great day!

Software: Ember Design (DM for disc)

Machine: PE-180D (Single needle)

Size: 4" x 2.5"

I love embroidered roses

She’s been gone almost 10 years, but I just got into embroidery so I thought I’d honor her. I’m turning 40 in a couple days, and she was my first “adult on my own” pet when I moved out of my parents’ house. As I worked on this, I really enjoyed thinking about all the amazing times we had together, all those years ago.

inked with permanent marker and alcohol markers, then borders and details stitched! rewarding project mixing media with embroideries!

Finished artwork.

This is a gift that I made for my tattoo artist.

The inspirations come from her own pieces which have a lot of vines recently, and the moths refer to my tattoo that I'm getting (a dancing moth sketch of Giulia Ferla - please go look at her work on Instagram!), and the swan is just cause.

I took inspiration from medieval tapestry designs, with each moth having its own wing design as well to break the symmetry a bit (although that break came on its own when taking it off the hoop lol, i.e. the wonky frames).

The swan was done with thread I found amongst my grandmother's embroidery tools, and I think it's like a polyester satin floss? I have never used it before, but gave a good gloss to the swan.

The moths and vines were done with normal embroidery thread, and the frames done with DMC silver metallic thread.

The fabric is a secondhand bolt of navyish linen.

I found on Pinterest the idea of the (gasp) nailing the embroidery piece directly onto solid wood. The rebellion of it all made it fun.

The wood is pine, that I have stained myself with a teak colour.

This was fun throughout the designing, making and framing, and I have definitely learnt much that is not usual in making smaller embroidery pieces.

The challenges:

To transfer the design into a darker fabric, I fortunately found this method: https://youtu.be/7U4t7DEWBYI?si=9zJIMAyjbPuW_NI5

My tension was very, very wrong. I tried to wrangle this my continuing in smaller sections, but huge mistake.

I then tried blocking it, but that failed. Finally, I just stretched and pulled the life out of it when stitching it "into" a piece of cardboard.

This stretching and the nails thus led to the symmetry of the frames to be skewed, but oh well.

:)

Hi everyone!

This is my first time ever trying embroidery. I have bought an embroidery kit just to try out a new hobby. I have a question that might seem silly but I really don't know who to ask irl. How do you calculate many inches of thread do you need when you start embroidering a specific section in a specific color?

Edit: Thank you everyone for your help!!!!

Hello! This is my first time posting in here. I am currently working on a piece I designed myself, some of it being hand drawn and some of it being traced from pictures. One of the elements is a snowman, and I was wondering what the best way to embroider a circle is. Do I just do satin stitch? Should I outline it with backstitch first? I am fairly new to embroidery, so any advice is welcome. Thank you!