I’ve made a lot of progress on the 13th Doctor hoop! I’ve completed one…. ….two…. ….three lines of text…. ….as well as started on the surrounds. Half-finished goggles here. I’m very happy with how flat and neat the satin stitch is on these, I usually have problems with it being uneven but this is great!…… Continue reading 13 Hoop
Category: Embroidery
Project Roundup
I've been making some small jars recently, to be 'filled' with jam and honey, which would be delicious on toast... The honey won't be that bright, and both the lids still need painting. I can't wait to glue the labels on! I also started this little embroidery, I'm not sure if it's going to be… Continue reading Project Roundup
Finished Hoop
My latest embroidery hoop is finished! I'm very pleased with it overall, but especially with the wave break, all those little knots give it great texture. I also really like this brain coral, the chain stitch worked really well. Here's the quote on the page... ...and the book the quote and story are in! It's… Continue reading Finished Hoop
Project Roundup
The TARDIS console is slightly further along than it is here, but I've begun painting it! I'll add a bit of orange to the yellow crystal in the centre to give it depth, and paint the underside metallic bronze. The embroidery hoop is also coming along, I've started the coral reef on the side as… Continue reading Project Roundup
Making Waves
I've been starting a new embroidery hoop recently, based on one of the stories from The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo. I don't have the patience to embroider those big sections of wave entirely, so I'm using pieces of felt to block in a base colour... ...then stitching on heaps of lines to convey the… Continue reading Making Waves
New Styles
I finished the khaki jacket! I embroidered two patches onto the arms because it looked a little plain otherwise. On the right, there's this little crest I made up: And on the left are these arrows (?) that I've seen on similar jackets. I would like to put something on the back eventually, but it's… Continue reading New Styles
Hanging Around
These photos show the progression of a recent Mollie Makes freebie project, which was originally a necklace (the big white bit at the top was for folding over the chain). And here's the finished embroidery, which I made into a mini wall hanging, tadaaa! I really like the little vines at the top, especially the little… Continue reading Hanging Around
Finished Plushie
I thought I could fit one last in-progress shot in before I show you the finished rabbit (because I completely forgot to take photos in between here and the finished product, oops!)... ...and here's the finished rabbit! Look at all those colourful, teeny stitches. Between this and the amount of reading I do, I'm surprised… Continue reading Finished Plushie
Hanging Hoops
I finished my first embroidery design! I'm really happy with it. My favourite part of the hoop is the leaves, they look so realistic. I put a line of backstitch on the purple fabric to give a little definition and suggest that the fabric's twisted. I think it worked, the backstitch is a slightly different… Continue reading Hanging Hoops
Embroidery Progress
I've made quite a bit of progress on the hoop since it's last been up here. I love how the leaves turned out, they look gorgeous! I taught myself a new stitch to do this sheer purple shawl, though the stitch isn't very sheer. It's called 'raised stem stitch', and the idea was to make… Continue reading Embroidery Progress
My Life in Miniature 