The next major project is at last done. 5inch hoop, mostly single strand with three strand for the scales. Holo shimmer accents, felt padding for the bubbles. I like how it turned out for my first fish!
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.]
Last year (2022) I decided to create a series of “Strange Saints” — figures based on religious iconography design, but representing more “unconventional” virtues.
This is the first of that series, “Our Lady of Sensitivity & Softness”
😮💨 I work at this for hours and then feel like I have little to show for it. This piece is stressing me out but I am happy with the middle of his face at least.
A custom magnetic embroidery bobbin charm needle minder. The commissioner picked dmc#550, which is probably my fav purple of theirs. Commissions for miniature bobbin minders with or without the scissors, plus diy bobbins for your own projects, are both available through my kofi.
Ten blue butterflies hand embroidered on an oversized zip up hoodie 🦋
Zip up — from Amazon (Trendy Queen)
Rough process:
I took a picture of the zip up laid flat. Planned out the butterfly designs in Procreate. Traced the drawings on Sulky Sticky Solvy. Cut out the different butterflies and stuck them in the locations I planned with my iPad. Then I stitched a running stitch around each butterfly. Then I placed an embroidery hoop on the fabric & solvy. I did have to go to my local hardware store to purchase a longer screw and bolt to be able to fit the sweatshirt fabric in the hoop. When I was all finished, I applied iron on interfacing to cover and protect the threads and backside of the embroideries. I soaked the embroidery in a water-vinegar mixture to set the colors and to minimize chances of the colors bleeding. Then soaked and rinsed off the remaining solvy. I did have to run the zip up through the wash a couple of times because the sticky goo residue was being stubborn to remove.
The diamond sleeps
The waves awake
A diamond dreams
And waves are washing
Shells awake
Washing over, like soft feathers
Washing over, seaside treasures
Gouache, inks, pencil, paper, sequins, beads, and textile art on 5" x 5" Ampersand panel
Fuck being sick and not being able to work…now I can’t afford groceries. I hate living in this world.
If anybody is looking to buy some embroidery, an embroidery or cross stitch pattern, hand dyed floss, hand dyed fabric, or fabric from my stash, please help out…
I literally don’t know what else to do…I’m very uncomfortable asking for help, but I have 13 cents in my bank until I can work again.