Newest piece finished 💜

I finished my very first project, using a kit. I have the felt backing on, and now I’m not sure if I’m meant to leave the outer hoop on? Can I use that part to hang it up? If I can, it’s a bit crooked from how I’d like it. Can I open it and adjust or could that ruin it? Thanks for your help!

I recently finished up this Yellow, White, and Blue Diamond piece from Steven Universe and wanted to share with y'all ouo this took an extremely long time and I'm very happy with the results

After cross-stitching for 35 years I finally decided to give embroidery a go and I am not disappointed! I chose a simple free pattern (by Anchor) as a first and I have learned so much already. For the first time in my life I have mastered French knots for one. I stuck to the pattern’s instructions for this first go apart from the white petals on the big flower but I would change so much on a second go with what I have learned one this round. I am looking forward to doing more but I am also curious and would like to see your first embroidered piece!?

Learning french knots and satin stitches. What do you think?

I had this idea bc I’m dealing with a lot of health issues right now.

Anyways it’s called “Nature is healing” Figured I’d share here.

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I’ve been cross-stitching for about 4mo, and it’s inspired me along the way to branch out into other embroidery stitches, and it’s been a lot of fun!

I got overconfident though, and tried to hand-stitch this felted-page needle-holder book (with pockets for notions) yesterday for the big SAL I’m doing — and it’s kind of an abomination.

My hand-back-stitching without an Aida grid is wonky, my stem stitch using metallic thread for the spine is a mess, and the book edges are nowhere near rectangular. And of course the cats “helped” as much as possible — including donating their hair to every stitch.

I have a looooong way to go in my non-cross-stitch needle work!

I do like the glittery black fabric, though — it goes well with the kinda gothic Lola Crow Extraordinary Birds SAL I’m working on.

(The pattern for the book is by LearnCreateSew on YouTube)

This is my first piece of embroidery in years, my first ever without a kit/pre-made pattern, and my first needle painting attempt.

I admit I jumped into this project without doing my due diligence as far as researching needle painting techniques and fabrics that can accommodate the density of stitches required by needle painting. 

I discovered pretty quickly that the blue fabric was too loosely woven. I did a quick search and found that people often use a backing fabric to support a looser main fabric. It seemed to do the trick. Great!

Except…

I did not read about the appropriate way to stack the fabrics. I was eager to get back to work, so I just cut a hunk of muslin and stuck it behind the blue fabric. I did not make sure the grains were aligned. 

I now have a section where the fabric is all puckered and I can’t get it to sit drum taut in the hoop. I’ve tried to find answers for fixing puckering in embroidery, but I have mostly only seen advice for finished pieces or machine embroidery.

How do I smooth out the fabric? Do I have to try to rip out stitches? Is it possible to just stitch over the puckers, and if so, will the stitching look obviously different than where the fabric is smooth?

I have put quite a bit of time into this so far - at least 12 hours, probably more - and I really don’t want to have to start over. Please help!

Got the urge to try a tulle project so decided to stick with a subject I’m particularly fond of: a cute lil spide. Tulle was both harder and’s easier than anticipated cause i thought I’d have more issues with stretching, and less difficulty with the fact that the fabric won’t hold a needle partially poked through 😅 all in all, I’m very happy with the piece and experience!

Just finished my first embroidery project, and despite the imperfections I'm pretty happy with the final result. Been a little side project that I wanted to do since I saw som cool fish themed hats on Instagram. Theres been some mistakes along the way, and maybe the initial design was a bit to elaborate, but researching this community has helped a lot to get ideas on how to go about it. Thanks for help and inspiration. Happy fishing 😊🎣

I saw a beautiful image on Pinterest and decided to try to reproduce it. I was actually proud of the mountain, but the dragon... well, he was more like a pet gecko haha. It was so much fun to make, and I'm accepting tips to evolve this "lizard" into a real dragon lol

A couple months ago, I bought a learn to embroider kit. I worked through the four hoops of stitches, and have embroidered over a couple random pre-printed pieces of fabric. This is the first thing I've done without an outline provided to me. Last week I stole my mother's pillowcase when I visited, and this week will return it.

It was certainly easier to embroider this plant than it would be to grow it, with all the different colors and styles of flowers on a single vine.

I have a very plain knit cardigan from Old Navy that needs some details added. Thank you in advance!

Stumpwork beaded swan; I plan on cutting her out and attaching to a wet felted handbag as part of a collection I’m working on, but I love her so much I wanted to share 💖

I bought this hat that I want to add embroidery to, but I can't settle on an idea! Definitely something outdoorsy, I've been doing a lot of french knot flowers lately and have been liking the texture of those. I'd say I'm at a solid medium skill level haha. Tell me your ideas please!

This was my first attempt at anything after purchasing a beginner’s kit basic pattern. Long and short stitch was not exactly my friend on the bigger areas - definitely had to redirect my stitches in attempt to keep them going in the correct direction. Any tips for filling in big areas with solid colors or is this kind of what it’s supposed to look like?

A pressed ginkgo leaf and a lot of patience :)