The Scrap-Yarn-Embroidery-Practice thing continues to grow. This one isn't scrap yarn it's green sewing thread I mixed with some kind of green tinsel-like thread. Absolutely atrocious for crocheting with but looks nice for embroidery. Atrocious to work with though. But we persevere
Decided to try crocheting some trim with three strand sewing thread and at a loose gauge it went fine. Very soft and cute. The colours (just pieces of half empty tubes of thread I wanted to use up) helped bring out the detail too.
....and then I had the bright idea of going down two hook sizes and using all black. It is ummmm how you say...not fucken worth it. Very much continuing doing this for sunk cost reasons
U are not above adding a row of gay little picots on the edge of ur project. U are not above frippery. Nor above being a silly little guy. U are a homosexual. Commit to it.
I have been taking things slow recently, or desperately trying to at least, so I made this more simple, laidback and scrappy textile art in an attempt to remind myself to slow down and stop trying to do ten million things at once, and all perfectly on top of that. I am human (annoyingly so, why can't I be a wood elf huh?!), so therefore I am allowed to, and will, make mistakes. I am also autistic, and therefore cannot work the same pace as everyone else. Be kinder and more patient with yourself, for goodness sake (I say to myself, and YOU).
Now that this project has been delivered to its recipient, I can brag about it online a little.
I made this Elizabethan petal hussif for a friend who received an award for her historical costuming work. Hussifs were often used as sewing kits with spots for all of the notions you need for a project. Wives would send them with their husbands to war with extra uniform buttons and repair supplies. This one has an inner pouch area that can fit a small project or pieces thereof.
My friend likes owls, pomegranates, blurple, and starlight. Hopefully this mashup harmonizes nicely. I worked almost entirely from scraps already in my stash.
I self drafted the pattern, but it's approximated from this write up and Sheila Marshall's book "Elizabethan Needlework Accessories". My library didn't have the book, so I relied on Google images.
This little owl friend is a needle minder by greennerddesigns on Etsy. I chopped up a pin and stuck a magnet on there.
The lucette braided cord nearly thwarted me, but we got there in the end. I opted for fancy silk ribbon for the inner pouch instead. I swear lucette gave me arthritis.
I'm still pretty new to embroidery, so this was a real level up project for me. I used wool felt for the leaves and pomegranates to give them a little dimensionality (and to better hide any satin stitch sins) TIL, embroidering velveteen sucks.
The pomegranates are so crunchy! I fondled them frequently throughout the making of this. But the lattice stitch with tiny gold details is my favorite part.
The laurels are a symbol of the award she's receiving. I don't love how they turned out, but they hold up okay from a distance.
Blue beads are from my local embroidery shop, Country Crafts. Silver loops came from my stash. Owl scissors from onethriftystitcher on Etsy. Wool pieces are from my local wool store Black Sheep Wool.
Overall, I have some improvements to make if I ever do another one, but after some 100 hours of work poured into this little guy, I couldn't be more proud of myself. I hope she loves it and uses it until it falls apart.
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